Development of a compact and practical parallel image processing system with the battery-friendly cluster PC

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23501001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Iwate University
• Principal Investigator: KIMURA Akio 岩手大学, 工学部, 講師 (00281949)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Keywords: 画像処理 / 並列処理 / クラスタ / 低消費電力

Research Abstract

A low power consumption and compact cluster PC, previously prototyping by the principal investigator, was improved about its performance. Moreover, a practical and battery-friendly parallel image processing system with this cluster PC was also developed. Specifically, a concrete method to execute some of combinatorial image processing methods in parallel on this PC was theoretically developed and practically implemented. Furthermore, a project based learning-style educational material which summarized the procedure of constructing the system was produced and its educational effects were verified through the practical teaching. As a result, the effectiveness of the material was rather confirmed from the point of view of human resources development with parallel programming skills.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Affine-invariant 2D shape detection based on affine-invariant ratio of line segments and least-squares method (2013)
  • Author(s): Akio KIMURA, Kazushi TOYOMANE, and Takashi WATANABE
  • Journal Title: The Journal of the Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan Volume: Vol.42, No.4 Pages: 536-545
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Parallelization of combinatorial image processing using GPU (2013)
  • Author(s): Michio YAGIHASHI, Akio KIMURA
  • Journal Title: International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology 2013 Pages: 1176-1183
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] シーン制約を利用した単視点画像からの 3 次元情報抽出 (2013)
  • Author(s): 内沢佑介, 木村彰男
  • Organizer: 第264回画像電子学会研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 高知工科大学(高知県)
  • Year and Date: 2013-02-28
• [Presentation] シーン制約を利用した単視点画像における 3 次元計測について (2012)
  • Author(s): 桐生望, 木村彰男, 渡辺孝志
  • Organizer: 平成 24年度電気関係学会東北支部連合大会
  • Place of Presentation: 秋田県立大学(秋田県)
  • Year and Date: 2012-08-31
• [Presentation] 虚円点像と複比計算を用いた単視点画像のユークリッド校正 (2012)
  • Author(s): 相原翔太, 木村彰男, 渡辺孝志
  • Organizer: 平成 24年度電気関係学会東北支部連合大会
  • Place of Presentation: 秋田県立大学(秋田県)
  • Year and Date: 2012-08-31
• [Presentation] アフィン不変量と投票処理を利用したアフィン変換に不変な形状認識 (2012)
  • Author(s): 木村彰男, 豊間根一志, 渡辺孝志
  • Organizer: 情報処理学会第74回全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋工業大学(愛知県)
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-07
• [Remarks] 木村彰男, 画像認識における技術動向と今後の展開, 岩手大学/アルプス電気技術交流会, 2011.9.28, アルプス電気古川工場 (宮城県)(技術交流会)
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.mips.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/