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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2015
Linear Algebra Technologies Limited, Dublin, IE;
Richard Richmond, Belfast, GB;
Cormac Brick, Dublin, IE;
Brendan Barry, Dublin, IE;
David Moloney, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
One of the challenges in bringing computational imaging to a mass market is that computational imaging is inherently computationally expensive. The computational challenges associated with computational imaging are apparent with the computation of a histogram of gradient descriptors. Oftentimes, generating a histogram of gradient descriptors involves computing gradients of an image, binning the gradients according to their orientation, and, optionally, normalizing the bins using a non-linear function. Because each of these operations is expensive, the histogram of gradient descriptor computations is generally computationally expensive and is difficult to implement in a power efficient manner for mobile applications. The present application discloses a computing device that can provide a low-power, highly capable computing platform for computing a histogram of gradient descriptors.