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High-speed low-complexity guided image filtering-based disparity estimation

High-speed low-complexity guided image filtering-based disparity estimation
High-speed low-complexity guided image filtering-based disparity estimation
Stereo vision is a methodology to obtain depth in a scene based on the stereo image pair. In this paper, we introduce a discrete wavelet transform (DWT)-based methodology for a state-of-the-art disparity estimation algorithm that resulted in significant performance improvement in terms of speed and computational complexity. In the initial stage of the proposed algorithm, we apply DWT to the input images, reducing the number of samples to be processed in subsequent stages by 50%, thereby decreasing computational complexity and improving processing speed. Subsequently, the architecture has been designed based on this proposed methodology and prototyped on a Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA. The performance of the proposed methodology has been evaluated against four standard Middlebury Benchmark image pairs viz. Tsukuba, Venus, Teddy, and Cones. The proposed methodology results in the improvement of about 44.4% cycles per frame, 52% frames/s, and 61.5% and 59.6% LUT and register utilization, respectively, compared with state-of-the-art designs.
1549-8328
606-617
Vala, Charan Kumar
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Immadisetty, Koushik
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Acharyya, Amit
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Leech, Charles
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Balagopal, Vibishna
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Vala, Charan Kumar, Immadisetty, Koushik, Acharyya, Amit, Leech, Charles, Balagopal, Vibishna, Merrett, Geoff V. and Al-Hashimi, Bashir (2018) High-speed low-complexity guided image filtering-based disparity estimation. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 65 (2), 606-617. (doi:10.1109/TCSI.2017.2729084).

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Stereo vision is a methodology to obtain depth in a scene based on the stereo image pair. In this paper, we introduce a discrete wavelet transform (DWT)-based methodology for a state-of-the-art disparity estimation algorithm that resulted in significant performance improvement in terms of speed and computational complexity. In the initial stage of the proposed algorithm, we apply DWT to the input images, reducing the number of samples to be processed in subsequent stages by 50%, thereby decreasing computational complexity and improving processing speed. Subsequently, the architecture has been designed based on this proposed methodology and prototyped on a Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA. The performance of the proposed methodology has been evaluated against four standard Middlebury Benchmark image pairs viz. Tsukuba, Venus, Teddy, and Cones. The proposed methodology results in the improvement of about 44.4% cycles per frame, 52% frames/s, and 61.5% and 59.6% LUT and register utilization, respectively, compared with state-of-the-art designs.

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Accepted/In Press date: 10 July 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 August 2017
Published date: February 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 413464
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/413464
ISSN: 1549-8328
PURE UUID: 05f1d9e6-da87-4566-b31a-5de6d7978203
ORCID for Charles Leech: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2403-3873
ORCID for Geoff V. Merrett: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4980-3894

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Date deposited: 24 Aug 2017 16:30
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 18:24

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Author: Charan Kumar Vala
Author: Koushik Immadisetty
Author: Amit Acharyya
Author: Charles Leech ORCID iD
Author: Vibishna Balagopal
Author: Geoff V. Merrett ORCID iD
Author: Bashir Al-Hashimi

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