Neural chip for fast pattern matching

Real-Time Cutting Path Determination Using Machine Vision-Based Incremental Pattern Tracking

“…These four examples [5,6,11,13] are very encouraging for other workers in the field of real-time imaging. They show, in particular, that it is possible to achieve real-time performance at reasonable cost, although only reference [5] examines the cost aspect in any detail.…”

“…Some examples of cost efficient and high capability imaging performance are given by Edmunds & Davies [5] and Franzi [6].…”

“…Franzi [6] used an AT&T Bell Labs' Neural Circuit NET32K together with a Motorola MC68340 Microcontroller to increase the imaging performance of a small mobile robot. This achieved pattern matching in a 512 ϫ 512 pixel scene for 16 ternary kernels of 16 ϫ 16 bits in typically 1 sec.…”

“…A few authors are prepared to state and discuss algorithm execution times -notably [5,6] and [11,13].…”