Patent ID: 6456737
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: G01C,G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
A parallel and pipelined image processing system for providing optimal correspondence information between a first data set of image data and a second data set of image data of a scene, comprising:a vector generator for generating, for each selected image data in the first data set and second data set, a plurality of first vectors and a plurality of second vectors, each first vector and second vector representing the ordered relative values between said selected image data and a plurality of selected image data surrounding said selected image data; and a correlation unit, coupled to the vector generator and receiving the plurality of first vectors and the plurality of second vectors, for generating a first correspondence information between a selected first vector and a second vector offset from each other by a first offset while said correlation unit generates a second correspondence information between another selected first vector and another second vector offset from each other by a second offset, the optimal correspondence information determined by selecting either the first correspondence information or the second correspondence information in accordance with optimization criteria.