Advanced Pixel Processor
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The Pixel Processor is a dedicated image processing engine designed to accelerate intensive image processing tasks. It features a reprogrammable processing core and two independent frame buffers used to buffer reference images, incoming camera images, and intermediate results. The Pixel Processor operates on pixel data at rates up to 200MB/s.

The Pixel Processor operates on images presented on the input port, or on images stored in the local frame buffer (images can be pre-loaded into the frame buffers for processing). The output of the Pixel Processor can be directed through the output port or back to the frame buffer memory for storage and further treatment.

The Pixel Processor's Processing Core is a multi-function device that can be reprogrammed to perform any number of image processing tasks. Combinations of several image processing functions are pre-loaded into the processing core and selected via software at run-time. Listed below are several typical image processing functions which are available as standard libraries from Coreco Imaging. Processing rates established in the table below are typical for 512 by 512, 8-bit images. Contact Coreco Imaging for an updated list.

The Pixel Processor can be field installed to the Mamba or Viper series. When installed on the Viper series of products, the Pixel Processor acts exclusively as an image pre-processor.

Features & Benefits

• Image Processing at rates up to 200MB/s
  
  
• Neighborhood or point-to-point acceleration
  
  
• Real-time multiple imaging functions like unsharp mask and flat field correction
  
  
• Reprogrammable imaging functions
  
  
• Image pre-processing or co-processing for the Mamba
  
  
• Field installed
  

Applications

• Image pre-processing for machine vision
  
  
• Image enhancements for radiological imaging
  
  
• Noise reduction for SEM imaging
  
  
• Infra-red imaging
  
  
• Pre-processing front end for the Mamba and Viper Series