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GP-GPU Implementation of the "Local Rank Differences" Image Feature

HEROUT Adam, JOŠTH Radovan, ZEMČÍK Pavel and HRADIŠ Michal. GP-GPU Implementation of the "Local Rank Differences" Image Feature. In: Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Vision and Graphics 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2008, pp. 1-11. ISBN 978-3-642-02344-6.
Czech title
Implementace obrazového příznaku "Local Rank Differences" na GP-GPU
Type
conference paper
Language
english
Authors
URL
Keywords

pattern recognition, adaptive boosting, AdaBoost, WaldBoost, image features, LRD, Local Rank Differences, hardware acceleration

Abstract

A currently popular trend in object detection and pattern
recognition is usage of statistical classifiers, namely AdaBoost and its modifications. The speed performance of these classifiers largely depends on the low level image features they are using: both on the amount of information the feature provides and the processor time of its evaluation. Local Rank Di erences is an image feature that is alternative to commonly used haar wavelets. It is suitable for implementation in programmable (FPGA) or specialized (ASIC) hardware, but - as this paper shows - it performs very well on graphics hardware (GPU) used in general purpose manner (GPGPU, namely CUDA in this case) as well. The paper discusses the LRD features and their properties, describes an experimental implementation of the LRD in graphics hardware using CUDA, presents its empirical performance measures compared to alternative approaches, suggests several notes on practical usage of LRD and proposes directions for future work.

Published
2008
Pages
1-11
Proceedings
Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Vision and Graphics 2008
Series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Conference
International Conference on Computer Vision and Graphics 2008 , Varšava, PL
ISBN
978-3-642-02344-6
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Place
Heidelberg, DE
BibTeX
@INPROCEEDINGS{FITPUB8869,
   author = "Adam Herout and Radovan Jo\v{s}th and Pavel Zem\v{c}\'{i}k and Michal Hradi\v{s}",
   title = "GP-GPU Implementation of the {"}Local Rank Differences{"} Image Feature",
   pages = "1--11",
   booktitle = "Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Vision and Graphics 2008",
   series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
   year = 2008,
   location = "Heidelberg, DE",
   publisher = "Springer Verlag",
   ISBN = "978-3-642-02344-6",
   language = "english",
   url = "https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/8869"
}
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