A flexible software architecture for scalable real-time image and video processing applications

Rubén Usamentiaga; Julio Molleda; Daniel F. García; Francisco G. Bulnes

doi:10.1117/12.921397

1 May 2012 A flexible software architecture for scalable real-time image and video processing applications

Rubén Usamentiaga, Julio Molleda, Daniel F. García, Francisco G. Bulnes

Proceedings Volume 8437, Real-Time Image and Video Processing 2012; 843708 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.921397
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2012, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

Real-time image and video processing applications require skilled architects, and recent trends in the hardware platform make the design and implementation of these applications increasingly complex. Many frameworks and libraries have been proposed or commercialized to simplify the design and tuning of real-time image processing applications. However, they tend to lack flexibility because they are normally oriented towards particular types of applications, or they impose specific data processing models such as the pipeline. Other issues include large memory footprints, difficulty for reuse and inefficient execution on multicore processors. This paper presents a novel software architecture for real-time image and video processing applications which addresses these issues. The architecture is divided into three layers: the platform abstraction layer, the messaging layer, and the application layer. The platform abstraction layer provides a high level application programming interface for the rest of the architecture. The messaging layer provides a message passing interface based on a dynamic publish/subscribe pattern. A topic-based filtering in which messages are published to topics is used to route the messages from the publishers to the subscribers interested in a particular type of messages. The application layer provides a repository for reusable application modules designed for real-time image and video processing applications. These modules, which include acquisition, visualization, communication, user interface and data processing modules, take advantage of the power of other well-known libraries such as OpenCV, Intel IPP, or CUDA. Finally, we present different prototypes and applications to show the possibilities of the proposed architecture.

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Rubén Usamentiaga, Julio Molleda, Daniel F. García, and Francisco G. Bulnes "A flexible software architecture for scalable real-time image and video processing applications", Proc. SPIE 8437, Real-Time Image and Video Processing 2012, 843708 (1 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.921397

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