PROGRAMMABLE MIXED-SIGNAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ARCHITECTURE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AUTONOMOUS VISION SYSTEMS IN A SINGLE CHIP AND/OR PRE-PROCESSING OF IMAGES IN HIGHER-LEVEL SYSTEMS

摘要

Architecture programmable integrated mixed signal for performing autonomous vision systems in a single chip and / or image preprocessing in higher level systems circuit.; The architecture designed performs the sensing, storage and processing of images in a massively parallel, concurrent and spatially distributed, and comprises a regular two-dimensional spatial distribution of identical, locally interconnected cells which combine the capabilities of photo-transduction, processing, and storage and processing system and digital storage. Operations, as well as specific parameters which are performed, are controlled globally, ie for all cells with spatially uniform values ​​simultaneously from circuits emplaced on the periphery of the cell distribution. A digital processor is responsible for controlling the sensor / analogue processor and perform processing tasks high level, making decisions based on the images acquired and processed in parallel by the focal plane processor.