Reconfigurable hardware implementation of a phase-correlation stereoalgorithm

This paper describes the implementation of a stereo-vision system using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Reconfigurable hardware, including FPGAs, is an attractive platform for implementing vision algorithms due to its ability to exploit parallelism often found in these algorithms, and due to the speed with which applications can be developed as compared to hardware. The system outputs 8-bit, subpixel disparity estimates for 256× 360 pixel images at 30,fps. A local-weighted phase correlation algorithm for stereo disparity [Fleet, D. J.: {Int. Conf. Syst. Man Cybernetics 1:48–54 (1994)] is implemented. Despite the complexity of performing correlations on multiscale, multiorientation phase data, the system runs as much as 300 times faster in hardware than its software implementation. This paper describes the hardware platform used, the algorithm, and the issues encountered during its hardware implementation. Of particular interest is the implementation of multiscale, steerable filters, which are widely used in computer vision algorithms. Several trade-offs (reducing the number of filter orientations from three to two, using fixed-point computation, changing the location of one localized low-pass filter, and using L1 instead of L2 norms) were required to both fit the design into the available hardware and to achieve video-rate processing. Finally, results from the system are given both for synthetic data sets as well as several standard stereo-pair test images.     

Block Copolymer Surface Reconstuction: A Reversible Route to Nanoporous Films

Thin films of block copolymers have been used as templates and scaffolds for the fabrication of arrays of nanostructured materials. In general, a chemical modification of the film or the removal of one of the components by photodegradative methods is required to produce a nanoporous film that serves as a template or scaffold. Here, however, the preferential interaction of one of the components with a solvent is shown to produce a reconstruction of the block copolymer film that, upon drying, leads to the generation of a nanoporous template. The area density of the pores is identical to that of the original copolymer thin film. Since no chemical reactions occurr, the process is fully reversible. Upon heating the copolymer film above its glass‐transition temperature, mobility is imparted to the copolymer and the original copolymer film with oriented domains is recovered. The film reconstruction significantly simplifies the generation of nanoporous templates.     

一种FPGA抗辐射布线算法设计

随着集成密度的增大以及工作电压的降低,基于SRAM的FPGA芯片更加容易受到单粒子翻转的影响。提出了一种基于通用布局布线工具VPR的抗辐射布线算法,通过改变相关布线资源节点的成本函数,来减少因单粒子翻转引起的桥接错误,并与VPR比较下板测试结果。实验结果表明,该布线算法可以使芯片的容错性能提升20%左右,并且不需要增加额外的硬件资源或引入电路冗余。     

变偏移距提高分辨率地震资料叠加处理方法

野外地震资料采集观测系统直接运用于提高分辨率地震资料处理,不仅忽略了观测系统与分辨率之间的关系,而且会影响分辨率效果的进一步提高。通过分析分辨率处理与地震信号频率范围的关系、分辨率与接收排列长度的关系,对比不同排列长度观测系统的分辨率处理效果,提出了变偏移距提高分辨率地震资料处理方法。