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Hardware implementation of a real-time 3D video acquisition systemIstvan Andorko¹, Peter Corcoran¹, Petronel Bigioi¹² National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland¹; Tessera (Ireland) Ltd.² i.andorko1@nuigalway.ie; peter.corcoran@nuigalway.ie; petronel.bigioi@nuigalway.ie, pbigioi@tessera.com Abstract-An implementation of a real-time 3D video acquisition system on a single FPGA is presented. Our approach is based on the use of stereo image sensors and can display real-time 3D video when combined with shutter glasses. The 3D effect is generated based on the parallax of the stereo sensors. An overview of the system architecture is given, including some details of the FPGA implementation of actual image processing pipeline. This architecture provides the basis for a low-cost, personal 3D imaging appliance.Index Terms -3D video, stereo imaging, VLSI

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Abstract-The implementation of a dual image processing pipeline camera on a state-of-art FPGA system is described. This camera can simultaneously acquire dual images of a scene and process, analyze and merge both images to enable a range of real-time image enhancement algorithms to be explored. Several examples of image enhancement algorithms implemented on the prototype camera are described.