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ICASSP
2011
IEEE
12 years 8 months ago
Sparsity-based defect pixel compensation for arbitrary camera raw images
In high quality imaging even tiny distortions as small as a single pixel are visible and can not be accepted. Although the production quality of CMOS image sensors is very high, f...
Michael Schöberl, Jürgen Seiler, Bernhar...
IS
2010
12 years 11 months ago
Integrated polarization analyzing CMOS Image sensor for autonomus navigation using polarized light
Navigation is important both for insects to perform living tasks and robots to perform assigned tasks. We propose a CMOS image sensor for autonomous agent navigation which mimicks ...
Mukul Sarkar, David San Segundo Bello, Chris Van H...
HCI
2009
13 years 2 months ago
Front Environment Recognition of Personal Vehicle Using the Image Sensor and Acceleration Sensors for Everyday Computing
In this research, we propose the method for detecting moving objects in front of the Segway by detecting running state for the Segway. Running state of the personal vehicle Segway ...
Takahiro Matsui, Takeshi Imanaka, Yasuyuki Kono
DPHOTO
2009
121views Hardware» more  DPHOTO 2009»
13 years 2 months ago
Very-large-area CCD image sensors: concept and cost-effective research
A new-generation full-frame 36x48 mm2 48Mp CCD image sensor with vertical anti-blooming for professional digital still camera applications is developed by means of the so-called b...
E. W. Bogaart, I. M. Peters, A. C. Kleimann, E. J....
ISCAS
2005
IEEE
173views Hardware» more  ISCAS 2005»
13 years 10 months ago
CMOS contact imager for monitoring cultured cells
— There is a growing interest in developing low cost, low power, highly integrated biosensor systems to characterize individual cells for applications such as cell analysis, drug...
Honghao Ji, Pamela Abshire, M. Urdaneta, Elisabeth...
ISCAS
2007
IEEE
172views Hardware» more  ISCAS 2007»
13 years 10 months ago
A 3D Integrated Feature-Extracting Image Sensor
Abstract— In this paper we present a feature-extracting image sensor targeted to wireless image sensor networks. The image sensor was designed and fabricated on a 3D integrated 0...
Zhengming Fu, Eugenio Culurciello
ICMCS
2007
IEEE
167views Multimedia» more  ICMCS 2007»
13 years 10 months ago
Surveillance and Activity Recognition with Depth Information
In the present treatise an image sensor acquiring additional depth information is applied to extend regular computer vision algorithms. The so called Photonic Mixer Device (PMD) b...
Frank Wallhoff, Martin Rub, Gerhard Rigoll, Johann...
DFT
2007
IEEE
141views VLSI» more  DFT 2007»
13 years 10 months ago
A Fault-Tolerant Active Pixel Sensor to Correct In-Field Hot Pixel Defects
Solid-state image sensors develop in-field defects in all common environments. Experiments have demonstrated the growth of significant quantities of hot-pixel defects that degrade...
Jozsef Dudas, Michelle L. La Haye, Jenny Leung, Gl...
CISS
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Video Sensor Node for Low-Power Ad-hoc Wireless Networks
A video sensor platform consisting of a smart image sensor with focal plane motion processing is presented. The camera node is intended for ultra-low bandwidth ad-hoc wireless netw...
Yu M. Chi, Ralph Etienne-Cummings, Gert Cauwenberg...
ISCAS
2008
IEEE
118views Hardware» more  ISCAS 2008»
13 years 10 months ago
Image sensor with focal plane change event driven video compression
— An image sensor with focal plane based hardware acceleration of video compression is presented. The 90×90 pixel CMOS image sensor provides in-pixel processing of intensity cha...
Yu M. Chi, Ralph Etienne-Cummings, Gert Cauwenberg...