Gibson, R.M., Ahmadinia, A., McMeekin, S.G., Strang, N.C. and Morison, G. (2013) A reconfigurable real-time morphological system for augmented vision. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, 2013(134), (doi: 10.1186/1687-6180-2013-134)
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Abstract
There is a significant number of visually impaired individuals who suffer sensitivity loss to high spatial frequencies, for whom current optical devices are limited in degree of visual aid and practical application. Digital image and video processing offers a variety of effective visual enhancement methods that can be utilised to obtain a practical augmented vision head-mounted display device. The high spatial frequencies of an image can be extracted by edge detection techniques and overlaid on top of the original image to improve visual perception among the visually impaired. Augmented visual aid devices require highly user-customisable algorithm designs for subjective configuration per task, where current digital image processing visual aids offer very little user-configurable options. This paper presents a highly user-reconfigurable morphological edge enhancement system on field-programmable gate array, where the morphological, internal and external edge gradients can be selected from the presented architecture with specified edge thickness and magnitude. In addition, the morphology architecture supports reconfigurable shape structuring elements and configurable morphological operations. The proposed morphology-based visual enhancement system introduces a high degree of user flexibility in addition to meeting real-time constraints capable of obtaining 93 fps for high-definition image resolution.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Morison, Mr Gordon |
| Authors: | Gibson, R.M., Ahmadinia, A., McMeekin, S.G., Strang, N.C., and Morison, G. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience |
| Journal Name: | EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| ISSN: | 1687-6180 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1687-6180 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2013 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 2013:134 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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