Development of model based design tool for image processing LSI.

• Project/Area Number: 24500063
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Computer system/Network
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: KUROKI Nobutaka 神戸大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (90273763)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NUMA Masahiro 神戸大学, 大学院工学研究科, 教授 (60188787)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
• Keywords: 画像処理 / LSI設計 / CAD / FPGA / 自動合成 / Verilog / 超解像

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Recently, image processing LSIs are very important in smart phones, 4K/8K televisions, digital cameras, etc. In this project, a model based LSI design tool "Image Processing Builder" was developed and released on the Internet. "Image Processing Builder" is very useful for not only LSI developers, but also students learning image processing algorithms.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Energy-efficient AES SubBytes transformation circuit using asynchronous circuits for ultra-low voltage operation (2015)
  • Author(s): Y. Shizuku, T. Hirose, N. Kuroki, M. Numa, M. Okada
  • Journal Title: IEICE Electronics Express Volume: 12 Issue: 4 Pages: 20141157-20141157
  • DOI: 10.1587/elex.12.20141157
  • NAID: 130004939971
  • ISSN: 1349-2543
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Nano watt power rail-to-rail CMOS amplifier with adaptive biasing circuits for ultralow-power analog LSIs (2015)
  • Author(s): T. Ozaki, T. Hirose, K. Tsubaki, N. Kuroki, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Volume: 54 Issue: 4S Pages: 04DE13-04DE13
  • DOI: 10.7567/jjap.54.04de13
  • NAID: 210000145001
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] A 0.21-V Minimum Input, 73.6% Maximum Efficiency, Fully Integrated 3-Terminal Voltage Converter with MPPT for Low-Voltage Energy Harvesters (2015)
  • Author(s): T. Ozaki, T. Hirose, T. Nagai, K. Tsubaki, N. Kuroki, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: The 20th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference Volume: ASP-DAC Pages: 30-31
  • DOI: 10.1109/aspdac.2015.7058931
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Object Detection with Deformable Part Models and Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (2015)
  • Author(s): S. Ohtani, N. Kuroki, T. Hirose, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of 2015 RISP International Workshop on Nonlinear Circuits, Communications and Signal Processing Volume: NCSP 2015 Pages: 218-221
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Architecture of a JPEG Noise Reduction Method with Total Variation (2015)
  • Author(s): T. Onishi, N. Kuroki, T. Hirose, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of 2015 RISP International Workshop on Nonlinear Circuits, Communications and Signal Processing Volume: NCSP 2015 Pages: 353-356
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Bayer Demosaicing with Example-Based Super-Resolution (2015)
  • Author(s): K. Miyahara, N. Kuroki, T. Hirose, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of 2015 RISP International Workshop on Nonlinear Circuits, Communications and Signal Processing Volume: NCSP 2015 Pages: 421-424
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] An ECO-friendly Design Style Based On Reconfigurable Cells (2015)
  • Author(s): Y.Kabata, T. Hirose, N. Kuroki, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: The 19th Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information technologies Volume: SASIMI 2015 Pages: 319-324
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A Fully On-Chip, 6.66-kHz, 320-nA, 56ppm/°C, CMOS Relaxation Oscillator with PVT Variation Compensation Circuit (2014)
  • Author(s): K. Tsubaki, T. Hirose, Y. Osaki, S. Shiga, N. Kuroki, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: IEICE Transactions on Electronics Volume: E97.C Issue: 6 Pages: 512-518
  • DOI: 10.1587/transele.E97.C.512
  • NAID: 130004841651
  • ISSN: 0916-8524, 1745-1353
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A 24-Transistor Static Flip-Flop Consisting of NORs and Inverters for Low-Power Digital VLSIs (2014)
  • Author(s): Y. Shizuku, T. Hirose, N. Kuroki, M. Numa, and M. Okada
  • Journal Title: 12th IEEE International NEWCAS conference Volume: NEWCAS Pages: 137-140
  • DOI: 10.1109/newcas.2014.6934002
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A Nano-Watt Power Rail-to-Rail CMOS Amplifier with Adaptive Biasing for Ultra-Low Power Analog LSIs (2014)
  • Author(s): T. Ozaki, T. Hirose, K. Tsubaki, N. Kuroki, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: Extended abstract of the 2014 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials Volume: SSDM 2014 Pages: 964-965
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A 0.21-V Input, 73.6% Efficiency, Fully Integrated Voltage Boost Converter with Maximum Power Point Tracking for Low-Voltage Energy Harvesters (2014)
  • Author(s): T. Ozaki, T. Hirose, T. Nagai, K. Tsubaki, N. Kuroki, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 40th European Solid-State Circuits Conference Volume: ESSCIRC 2014 Pages: 255-258
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Scene Segmentation for TV Programs Based on a Bag-of-VisualWords Model (2014)
  • Author(s): S. Ijiri, N. Kuroki, T. Hirose, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of 2014 RISP International Workshop on Nonlinear Circuits, Communications and Signal Processing Volume: NCSP 2014 Pages: 41-44
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Estimation of Visual Importance Map for Image Quality Assessment (2014)
  • Author(s): N. Izumi, N. Kuroki, T. Hirose, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of 2014 RISP International Workshop on Nonlinear Circuits, Communications and Signal Processing Volume: NCSP 2014 Pages: 501-504
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A Scene Matching Method for TV Programs Based on Audio Features (2014)
  • Author(s): J. Oura, N. Kuroki, T. Hirose, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of 2014 RISP International Workshop on Nonlinear Circuits, Communications and Signal Processing Volume: NCSP 2014 Pages: 361-364
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Architecture of Digital Zooming Function with Example-Based Hierarchical Super-Resolution (2014)
  • Author(s): Y. Sugahara, K. Tsuchikawa, N. Kuroki, T. Hirose, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of 2014 RISP International Workshop on Nonlinear Circuits, Communications and Signal Processing Volume: NCSP 2014 Pages: 301-304
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 1.2-V Supply, 100-nW, 1.09-V Bandgap and 0.7-V Supply, 52.5-nW, 0.55-V Sub-Bandgap Reference Circuits for Nano-Watt CMOS LSIs (2013)
  • Author(s): Y. Osaki, T. Hirose, N. Kuroki, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits Volume: vol. 48, no. 6 Pages: 1530-1538
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A 32.55-kHz, 472-nW, 120ppm/℃, Fully On-chip, Variation Tolerant CMOS Relaxation Oscillator for a Real-Time Clock Application (2013)
  • Author(s): K. Tsubaki, T. Hirose, N. Kuroki, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: 39th IEEE European Solid-State Circuits Conference Volume: ESSCIRC 2013 Pages: 315-318
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] An error diagnosis technique using QBF solver to fix LUT functions (2013)
  • Author(s): N. Katayama, H. Sakamoto, T. Hirose, N. Kuroki, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: The 18th Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information technologies Volume: SASIMI 2013 Pages: 28-33
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A compact and energy-efficient Muller C-element for low-voltage asynchronous CMOS digital circuits (2013)
  • Author(s): Y. Shizuku, T. Hirose, Y. Danno, N. Kuroki, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: The 18th Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information technologies Volume: SASIMI 2013 Pages: 118-122
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A technique for accelerating adaptive super resolution technique based on local features of images using GPU (2013)
  • Author(s): K. Kugai, Y. Shizuku, T. Hirose, N. Kuroki, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: The 18th Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information technologies Volume: SASIMI 2013 Pages: 170-175
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Technology remapping based on multiple solutions for post-mask functional ECO (2013)
  • Author(s): Y.Kabata, T. Hirose, N. Kuroki, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: The 18th Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information technologies Volume: SASIMI 2013 Pages: 253-258
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A memory-saving technique for 4K super-resolution circuit with binary tree dictionary (2013)
  • Author(s): A. Kiriyama, R. Matsuzuka, K. Michibata, T. Kitayama, Y. Shizuku, T. Hirose, N. Kuroki, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: The 18th Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information technologies Volume: SASIMI 2013 Pages: 360-365
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 学習型超解像のための二分木辞書 (2013)
  • Author(s): 橋本明信, 中矢知宏, 黒木修隆, 廣瀬哲也, 沼 昌宏
  • Journal Title: 電子情報通信学会論文誌 Volume: Vol. J96-D, No.2 Pages: 357-361
  • NAID: 110009577728
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Highlight Generation Technique for Baseball Games Based on Information Entropies (2013)
  • Author(s): T. Sadamoto, M. Kataoka, N. Kuroki, T. Hirose, and M. Numa
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of 2013 RISP International Workshop on Nonlinear Circuits, Communications and Signal Processing Volume: NCSP 2013 Pages: 373-376
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 学習型超解像による4倍拡大映像出力ハードウェアの実現と辞書探索回路の規模削減 (2014)
  • Author(s): 松塚 凌，切山亜弓，道畠昂平，雫 譲，廣瀬哲也，黒木修隆，沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: 第13回情報科学技術フォーラム（FIT2014）
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-03 – 2014-09-05
• [Presentation] 電力変換効率の負荷電流依存性を考慮したオンチップチャージポンプの高効率化 (2014)
  • Author(s): 浅野 大樹, 廣瀬 哲也, 椿 啓志, 尾崎 年洋, 黒木 修隆, 沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: 第27回 回路とシステムワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 淡路島夢舞台国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-04 – 2014-08-05
• [Presentation] 高耐圧CMOSトランジスタによる低電力バンドギャップリファレンス回路 (2014)
  • Author(s): 松本 香, 廣瀬 哲也, 椿 啓志, 黒木 修隆, 沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: 第27回 回路とシステムワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 淡路島夢舞台国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-04 – 2014-08-05
• [Presentation] PWM制御方式を用いた時間分解能型ADコンバータの低電力化 (2014)
  • Author(s): 小國 一道, 廣瀬 哲也, 椿 啓志, 尾崎 年洋, 黒木 修隆, 沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: 第27回 回路とシステムワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 淡路島夢舞台国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-04 – 2014-08-05
• [Presentation] 時間計測アプリケーシ ョンに向けた超低電力弛張発振回路 (2014)
  • Author(s): 椿 啓志，廣瀬 哲也，尾崎 年洋，黒木 修隆，沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会 集積回路研究専門委員会 集積回路研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-04 – 2014-08-05
• [Presentation] 逐次比較AD コンバータに向けたコンパレータのオフセット補正アーキテクチャ (2014)
  • Author(s): 上田 僚太 廣瀬 哲也, 山内 貴仁, 椿 啓志, 黒木 修隆, 沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会 集積回路研究専門委員会 アナログRF研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 屋久島環境文化村センター
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-16 – 2014-07-18
• [Presentation] ばらつき補正技術を用いたシングルスロープADコンバータ (2013)
  • Author(s): 中澤明良, 廣瀬哲也, 大﨑勇士, 椿啓志, 黒木修隆, 沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: LSIとシステムのワークショップ2013
  • Place of Presentation: 北九州国際会議場
• [Presentation] 適応バイアス電流生成技術を用いた超低電力・高速Rail-to-Railオペアンプ (2013)
  • Author(s): 尾崎年洋, 廣瀬哲也, 椿啓志, 黒木修隆, 沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: LSIとシステムのワークショップ2013
  • Place of Presentation: 北九州国際会議場
• [Presentation] 低電圧エネルギー・ハーベスティングに向けた0.27-V入力，効率75%，オンチップ・チャージポンプ回路 (2013)
  • Author(s): 長井崇浩, 廣瀬哲也, 椿啓志, 黒木修隆, 沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: 第26回 回路とシステムのワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 淡路島夢舞台国際会議場
• [Presentation] 事例参照型超解像における幾何学模様の学習 (2013)
  • Author(s): 土川健斗，菅原佑貴, 泉直孝, 黒木修隆, 廣瀬哲也, 沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: 第12回情報科学技術フォーラム（FIT2013）
  • Place of Presentation: 鳥取大学
• [Presentation] 超解像と誤差帰還を用いた電子ズームの構成方法 (2013)
  • Author(s): 菅原佑貴, 土川健斗, 黒木修隆, 廣瀬哲也, 沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: 第12回情報科学技術フォーラム（FIT2013）
  • Place of Presentation: 鳥取大学
• [Presentation] HOGを用いた識別器の構成方法と歩行者検出への応用 (2013)
  • Author(s): 後藤弘樹, 井尻将太, 大浦淳貴，黒木修隆, 廣瀬哲也, 沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: 第12回情報科学技術フォーラム（FIT2013）
  • Place of Presentation: 鳥取大学
• [Presentation] 画質評価のための注視重要度の関数近似 (2013)
  • Author(s): 泉 直孝, 黒木修隆, 廣瀬哲也, 沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会 IMQ研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 静岡大学 浜松キャンパス
• [Presentation] 二分木辞書を用いた学習型超解像のストリーム処理型アーキテクチャ (2012)
  • Author(s): 道畠昂平, 切山亜弓, 北山貴彦, 雫 譲, 廣瀬哲也, 黒木修隆, 沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: DAシンポジウム2012
  • Place of Presentation: ホテル下呂温泉水明館
• [Presentation] ウェーブレット変換に基づく学習型超解像のGPUによる高速化手法 (2012)
  • Author(s): 坂本博之, 佐々木 仁, 雫 譲, 黒木修隆, 廣瀬哲也, 沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: 第11回情報科学技術フォーラム
  • Place of Presentation: 法政大学
• [Presentation] 階層的超解像による電子ズームの構成方法 (2012)
  • Author(s): 菅原佑貴, 橋本明信, 黒木修隆, 廣瀬哲也, 沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: 第11回情報科学技術フォーラム
  • Place of Presentation: 法政大学
• [Presentation] 超解像を用いたJPEGコーデックに関する一検討 (2012)
  • Author(s): 清川正徳, 黒木修隆, 廣瀬哲也, 沼 昌宏
  • Organizer: 情報処理学会オーディオビジュアル複合情報処理研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 福井市地域交流プラザ
• [Remarks] 画像処理設計ツール Image Processing Builder
  • URL: http://cas.eedept.kobe-u.ac.jp/WelcomeES1/IPBuilder/
• [Remarks] 神戸大学 集積回路情報研究室
  • URL: http://cas.eedept.kobe-u.ac.jp/index.html
• [Remarks] 画像処理設計ツール Image Processing Builder
  • URL: http://cas.eedept.kobe-u.ac.jp/WelcomeES1/IPBuilder/
• [Remarks] 神戸大学 集積回路情報研究室
  • URL: http://cas.eedept.kobe-u.ac.jp/~kuroki/
• [Remarks] 超解像 応用編
  • URL: http://cas.eedept.kobe-u.ac.jp/WelcomeES1/OpenSoft/SRApplications/