Geometric centre tracking of tagged objects using a low power demodulation smart vision sensor

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In this study, a modulated light detecting smart CMOS image sensor is presented. The design has the ability to sense asynchronous signals transmitted from electronic markers such as flashing light emitting diodes (LEDs) tagged on moving objects. The geometric centre of the detected region is returned as the output result. With the presented sensor, object localisation and position detection functions are simplified, performed at higher speeds in real time and power requirement is reduced. The sensor in-pixel processing filters out the background image data, detects the modulated marker regions and projects the extracted region on the two axes, while the geometric centre extraction units placed at each axis identify the coordinates assigned to the marker. The design presents less sensitivity to object texture compared with techniques based on edge extraction or binarisation. The sensor has been designed as a 64×64 pixel VLSI CMOS chip in the 0.35 µm standard CMOS technology and analysed in the presence of mismatches and noise. Issues such as sensor array scalability, speed and power dissipation are also examined in this study and features of the sensor are reported and compared with some previous designs.

Inspec keywords: target tracking; intelligent sensors; object detection; CMOS image sensors

Other keywords: light detecting smart CMOS image sensor; tagged object; flashing light emitting diode; VLSI CMOS chip; electronic marker; in pixel processing filter; geometric centre tracking; low power demodulation smart vision sensor; size 0.35 mum; asynchronous signal

Subjects: Computer vision and image processing techniques; Image recognition; Image sensors; Image sensors; CMOS integrated circuits; Intelligent sensors; Intelligent sensors

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