In this paper, we investigate the implementation of reconfigurable computing in commercial applications. A Reconfigurable Processing Unit, the Xilinx XC6200 is introduced and our design flow with the HOTWorks development system is shown. We show the design of reconfigurable computing versions of Photoshop plug-ins, and compare various approaches of implementation. We analyze the test result and...

OBJECTIVE To describe a highly quantitative facial function-measuring tool that yields accurate, objective measures of facial position in significantly less time than existing methods. METHODS Facial Assessment by Computer Evaluation (FACE) software was designed for facial analysis. Outputs report the static facial landmark positions and dynamic facial movements relevant in facial reanimation...

Photoshop processing of latent fingerprints is the preferred methodology among law enforcement forensic experts, but that appproach is not fully reproducible and may lead to questionable enhancements. Alternative, independent, fully reproducible enhancements, using IDL Histogram Equalization and IDL Adaptive Histogram Equalization, can produce better-defined ridge structures, along with conside...

We compute the growth series and the growth functions of reducible and pseudo–Anosov elements of the pure mapping class group of the sphere with four holes with respect to a certain generating set. We prove that the ratio of the number of pseudo–Anosov elements to that of all elements in a ball with center at the identity tends to one as the radius of the ball tends to infinity.

This paper presents the results of a project designed to produce a commercial application for reconfigurable logic. We describe how we took the popular image processing application Adobe Photoshop and used its plug-in technology to devise a set of FPGA-based filters to accelerate colour space conversion and image convolution operations. Some of the barriers that make it difficult to produce por...

In this paper the authors have presented the design and implementation of Edutactile, a crossplatform software which automates the process of creation of tactile diagrams. Edutactile provides for automated application of guidelines or presets as well as Braille translation and thus abstracts away the production related issues. This relieves special educators for the visually challenged from hav...