Programmable Smart Vision Sensor for Multisense Imaging

by Leif Lindgren , Johan Mel , Robert Johansson , Björn Möller

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TITLE	Programmable Smart Vision Sensor for Multisense Imaging	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Leif Lindgren	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Johan Mel	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Robert Johansson	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Björn Möller	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
ABSTRACT	Abstract—This paper presents a multiresolution general-purpose high-speed machine vision sensor with on-chip image processing capabilities. The sensor comprises an innovative multiresolution sensing area, 1536 A/D converters, and a SIMD array of 1536 bit-serial processors with corresponding memory. The sensing area consists of an area part with 1536 512 pixels, and a line-scan part with a set of rows with 3072 pixels each. The SIMD processor array can deliver more than 100 GOPS sustained and the on-chip pixel-analysing rate can be as high as 4 Gpixels/s. The sensor is ideal for high-speed multisense imaging where, e.g., color, greyscale, internal material light scatter, and 3-D profiles are captured simultaneously. When running only 3-D laser triangulation, a data rate of more than 20 000 profiles/s can be achieved when delivering 1536 range values per profile with 8 bits of range resolution. Experimental results showing very good image characteristics and a good digital to analog noise isolation are presented. Index Terms—APS, CMOS image sensors, laser triangulation, machine vision, MAPP, multiresolution, multisense, smart vision sensors, 3-D.	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
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