PRINTES, A. L.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8503216484310346; PRINTES, André Luiz.
Abstract:
This thesis describes the implementation of part of a system, aimed at making the
extraction of objects from images with static and non-homogeneous backgrounds in real
time, capable of tolerating slight global and local brightness variations.
This system proposes a re-configurable hardware implementation of a background
subtraction algorithm, which was adapted in order to allow a low cost hardware
implementation, and real time operation, to render it suitable for applications in the
entertainment industry.
Simulation results are presented, which validate the algorithm functionality for such
applications.
A GPEP-01 (General Purpose Image Processor) platform is also presented. This
platform has been designed and implemented to achieve the minimum requirements of a
prototyping embedded system for real time image processing applications, needed for
development of the proposed system.