In this paper, we propose an ultra low cost 2D‐to‐3D conversion system which generates depth maps using the human visual perception characteristics of luminance and color. The proposed method has two major parts, edge feature‐based global scene depth gradient and texture‐based local depth refinement. The near‐to‐far global scene depth is generated by analyzing the edge complexity on each row. Then the local pixel value, Y, Cb, and Cr component of the video content is used to refine the detail depth value by enhance the texture lighting gradient on object surface. Combining the global depth gradient and local depth refinement, the depth map has a comfortable and vivid quality with very low computational complexity. The algorithm can be easily implemented by only line‐based architecture and integrated into the display chip.

This paper presents a new, silicon compiler-based methodology for designing application-specific chips. A newly developed behavioral silicon compiler called DSS is used to implement standard DSP components. This compiler includes a design specification language parser, a high-level synthesizer and a parameterized module generator. The goal is to reduce the overall design time of DSP systems by offering the designer a complete compilation environment. Design space exploration is illustrated in examples, to show the ability of a silicon compiler to create and test many design alternatives in a very short time period. Designers using this compiler are encouraged to try several designs until a feasible one is found. Design examples are given in later sections to illustrate the synthesis result.

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