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| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 203-206 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 0780350081 |
| Publication status | Published - 1998 |
| Event | 5th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS 1998 - Lisboa, Portugal Duration: 7 Sept 1998 → 10 Sept 1998 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems |
|---|---|
| Volume | 2 |
Abstract
This paper proposes the architecture of a coprocesssor module for image compositing. The emerging MPEG-4 standard for multimedia applications allows script-based compositing of audiovisual scenes from multiple audio and visual objects. This involves the composition of the output frame by alpha-blending of Video Object Planes (VOPs). A coprocessor architecture is presented, that works in parallel to an MPEG-4 video-and audio-decoder, and performs computation and bandwidth intensive low-level algorithms for image compositing. The processor has on-chip memories that allow preload of data before it is accessed. VHDL implementation and synthesis for a 0.5μ process show an estimate of 100 MHz achievable clock-frequency and 10 k gates for arithmetic and control circuitry which results in roughly 5 mm2 silicon area. Overall performance is sufficient to compose more than 5 full-screen VOPs with a background of size 704×576 each at 30 Hz.
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- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Engineering(all)
- General Engineering
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Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 1998. p. 203-206 814863 (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems; Vol. 2).
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