低功耗全流水线JPEG-LS无损图像编码器的VLSI设计

针对JPEG无损/准无损图像压缩标准(JPEG-LS)本身不利于并行计算和低功耗应用的问题,提出了一种JPEG-LS无损图像编码器的超大规模集成电路(VLSI)实现结构。它从功能上分为4部分:模式判别模块;时钟控制器;3条并行流水线;两级数据聚合器。这些模块以全流水线结构组织运算,能够达到实时图像处理的目的。4时钟域交叉并存,并包含专用时钟控制器的时钟管理机制,既保证瓶颈运算的进行,又能及时关断空闲模块的时钟,该措施使平均功耗降低了15.7%。该文提出的JPEG-LS编码器具有低功耗、高速图像处理的特征,已被应用于无线内窥镜系统。     

Smart Image Sensor with Integrated Low Complexity Image Processing for Wireless Endoscope Capsules

A smart image sensor was developed which integrates a digital pixel image sensor array with an image processor designed for wireless endoscope capsules. The camera-on-a-chip architecture and its on-chip functionality facilitate the design of the packaging and power consumption of the integrated capsule. The power reduction techniques were carried out at both the architectural and circuit level. Gray coding and power gating in the sensor array to eliminate almost 50% of the switch activity on the data bus and more than 99% of the power dissipation in each pixel at a transmitting rate of 2 frames per second. Filtering and compression in the processor reduces the data transmission by more than 2/3. A parallel fully pipelined architecture with a dedicated clock management scheme was implemented in the JPEG-LS engine to reduce the power consumption by 15.7%. The smart sensor has been implemented in 0.18 μm CMOS technology.     

基于流水线技术的无损JPEG—LS编码器实现新方法

提出了一种新的无损JPEG—LS编码器的实现方法。该方法首先去除关于接近无损算法的部分，简化LOCO-1算法，并采用流水线技术，提高了JPEG—LS编码器在运行频率、输出处理能力、逻辑面积以及存储器要求等方面的性能。