Accession Number:

ADA090789

Title:

A Special-Purpose Processor for an Automatic Feature Extraction System.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Nov 79-31 Jul 80,

Corporate Author:

SYRACUSE UNIV NY DEPT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Oldfield,John V.

Report Date:

1980-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

The design of a special-purpose vector-type processor particularly applicable to image-processing tasks is discussed. The advantages of parallel processing are described. Particular attention is paid to the register structure of the proposed processor and to the design of a suitable crossbar switch. Author

Descriptors:

• *IMAGE PROCESSING
• *COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
• *PARALLEL PROCESSING
• *PATTERN RECOGNITION
• DATA BASES
• MICROPROCESSORS
• INPUT OUTPUT PROCESSING
• MAPPING
• FLOW CHARTING
• DATA DISPLAYS
• VECTOR SPACES
• TELEVISION DISPLAY SYSTEMS
• ADDRESSING
• COLOR TELEVISION

Subject Categories:

• Computer Hardware
• Human Factors Engineering and Man Machine Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE