The architecture of an embedded smart camera for intelligent inspection and surveillance

Abstract

Real time video surveillance and inspection is complex task, requiring processing large amount of image data. Performing this task in each node of a multi-camera system requires high performance and power efficient architecture of the smart camera. Such solution, based on a Xilinx Zynq heterogeneous FPGA (Field Programmable Logic Array) is presented in this paper. The proposed architecture is a general foundation, which allows easy and flexible prototyping and implementation of a range of image and video processing algorithms. Two example algorithm implementations using the described architecture are presented for illustration - moving object detection and feature points detection, description and matching.