License-plate location in sensor images plays an important role in vehicle identification for
automated transport systems (ATS). This paper presents a novel method based on vector …

Computer vision algorithms are natural candidates for high performance computing systems.
Algorithms in computer vision are characterized by complex and repetitive operations on …

Interval arithmetic (IA) can enhance vector quantization (VQ) in image-compression
applications. In the interval arithmetic vector quantization (IAVQ) reformulation of classical …

This paper presents an algorithm for training vector quantizers with an improved version of
the neural gas model, and its implementation in analog circuitry. Theoretical properties of …

A formal methodology drives the design and realization of a digital very large-scale
integration (VLSI) device supporting hierarchical vector quantization (HVQ) in computation …

This paper presents a new vector quantization (VQ) algorithm exploiting the features of tree-
search as well as finite state VQs for image/video coding. In the tree-search VQ, multiple …

Optimal VLSI array structure design for the implementation of vector quantization (VQ) are
investigated in this paper. After a brief review of the VQ algorithms, the algorithm and …

Bias-tunable double-transconductance-plateau characteristics due to real-space transfer
through the lowering of conduction band offset at high electric fields in a δ-doped …

Vector quantization image encoding requires a huge amount of computation and thus of
power consumption. In this paper a novel method is proposed for the reduction of the power …

We present an algorithm and VLSI architecture of a real-time image compression that is
based on vector quantization (VQ) of discrete wavelet transform (DWT) coefficients …