Sensor-level computer vision with pixel processor arrays for agile robots

P Dudek, T Richardson, L Bose, S Carey, J Chen… - Science Robotics, 2022 - science.org
Vision processing for control of agile autonomous robots requires low-latency computation,
within a limited power and space budget. This is challenging for conventional computing …

Neural sensors: Learning pixel exposures for HDR imaging and video compressive sensing with programmable sensors

JNP Martel, LK Mueller, SJ Carey… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Camera sensors rely on global or rolling shutter functions to expose an image. This fixed
function approach severely limits the sensors' ability to capture high-dynamic-range (HDR) …

Neuromorphic vision chips

N Wu - Science China Information Sciences, 2018 - Springer
The paper reviews the progress of neuromorphic vision chip research in decades. It focuses
on two kinds of the neuromorphic vision chips: frame-driven (FD) and event-driven (ED) …

A 0.5-V real-time computational CMOS image sensor with programmable kernel for feature extraction

TH Hsu, YR Chen, RS Liu, CC Lo… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the growing demand on artificial intelligence (AI) Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, smart
vision sensors with energy-efficient computing capability are required. This article presents a …

Senputing: An ultra-low-power always-on vision perception chip featuring the deep fusion of sensing and computing

H Xu, N Lin, L Luo, Q Wei, R Wang… - … on Circuits and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Always-on intelligent visual perception applications are widely deployed in edges in the
AIoT era. In order to eliminate power costs of data conversion and transmission, this paper …

Appcip: Energy-efficient approximate convolution-in-pixel scheme for neural network acceleration

S Tabrizchi, A Nezhadi, S Angizi… - IEEE Journal on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, always-on intelligent and self-powered visual perception systems have gained
considerable attention and are widely used. However, capturing data and analyzing it via a …

MR-PIPA: An Integrated Multilevel RRAM (HfOx)-Based Processing-In-Pixel Accelerator

M Abedin, A Roohi, M Liehr, N Cady… - IEEE Journal on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work paves the way to realize a processing-in-pixel (PIP) accelerator based on a
multilevel HfOx resistive random access memory (RRAM) as a flexible, energy-efficient, and …

A 5500-frames/s 85-gops/w 3-d stacked bsi vision chip based on parallel in-focal-plane acquisition and processing

L Millet, S Chevobbe, C Andriamisaina… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a 3-D stacked vision chip featuring in-focal-plane read-out tightly
coupled with flexible computing architecture for configurable high-speed image analysis …

A bio-inspired spiking vision chip based on SPAD imaging and direct spike computing for versatile edge vision

X Yang, C Yao, L Kang, Q Luo, N Qi… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Edge vision devices face real 3-D scenes with lighting fluctuations. They require a vision
chip capable of acquiring 2-D/3-D vision with a high dynamic range and performing real …

Pisa: A non-volatile processing-in-sensor accelerator for imaging systems

S Angizi, S Tabrizchi, DZ Pan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work proposes a Processing-In-Sensor Accelerator, namely PISA, as a flexible, energy-
efficient, and high-performance solution for real-time and smart image processing in AI …