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1 FPGA IMPLEMENTATION of SOBEL EDGE DETECTOR V. Kamatchi Sundari 1 & M. Manikandan 2, P.Prakash 3 1 Research scholar, Sathyabama University, Chennai, India 2 Associate Professor, MIT Campus, Anna University, Chennai, India 3 Assistant Professor Anna University,Chennai, Tamilnadu, India 1 vkamatchisundari@gmail.com, 2 maniiz@yahoo.com Abstract Edge detection could be an elementary and important tool in image/video processing notably within the areas of segmentation, feature extraction and tracking. The bottleneck of limited processor speed affects the image processing algorithms in software implementation. This has been overcome with the advancements in VLSI technology. The proposed work presents implementation of edge detection algorithm in FPGA chip named Spartan-3-XC3S200 that can process 1024x1024x8 grey scale image with the help of Sobel Operator. Keywords Edge detection, Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Parallel Processing, Sobel Operator. I. INTRODUCTION Edge detection refers to the process of identifying and locating sharp discontinuities in an image. The discontinuities are abrupt changes in pixel intensity which characterize boundaries of objects in an exceedingly scene. Since the edges of a picture are thought-about to be most important image attributes that offer valuable info to user, the sting detection is one in every of the key stages in image/video processing, object recognition and tracking. The goal of a edge detection algorithm is to locate the sharp changes within the image brightness. There are many ways to perform edge detection. However, the majority of various ways might be grouped into two viz Gradient primarily based edge detection that detects the sides by trying for the utmost and minimum in the first derivative of the image and Laplacian primarily based edge detection that detects edges with zero crossings in the second order derivative of the image. [1],[2]. The second order derivative is very sensitive to noise gift in the image and hence second order derivative operators are not usually used for edge detection operation [3]. In our proposed work, Sobel edge detector is employed to detect edges of a given image. The selection of Sobel edge detection operator is motivated by the actual fact that it incorporates each the edge detection also acts a smoothing operator property. As the quantity of knowledge involved in edge detection is terribly giant, the implementation of this algorithm is a challenging problem and this could be overcome by using FPGA [4]. The unique structure of the FPGA has allowed the technology to be employed in several applications from video surveillance to medical imaging applications. The remainder of the paper is organized as follows: Section 2 discuss the most features of Sobel edge detection algorithm. Section 3 describes the options of FPGA. Section 4 describes our proposed system design. Section 5 is discussion on experimental results. Conclusive remarks are addressed at the tip of this paper. II. SOBEL EDGE DETECTION ALGORITHM The Sobel Operator is used in image processing particularly at intervals edge detection algorithms. Technically, its discrete differentiation operator, computing an approximation of the gradient of the image intensity perform. At each purpose in the image, the results of the Sobel Operator are either the corresponding gradient vector or the norm of this vector. Sobel Operator is a smaller amount deteriorated in high levels of noise and this adds the extendibility to the selection of an operator. The Sobel Operator is based on convolving the image with a little, separable, and integer valued filter in horizontal and vertical direction and is thus comparatively cheap in terms of computations. The operator uses two 3 3 kernels that are convolved with the first image to obtain the edge or high passed image by calculating approximations of the derivatives - one for horizontal changes, and one for vertical. 3X3 spatial masks for Sobel Operator is given in figure G x G y Fig.1 Convolution kernels in x and y directions These kernels can then be combined together to find the absolute magnitude of the gradient at each point using G = (G x 2 +G y 2 ) 0.5 (1) 255

2 Typically an approximate magnitude is computed using the formula G = G x + G y (2) This is much faster to compute. Even though the accuracy in Sobel edge detection is relatively low, it has the advantage of simplicity in its calculation. III. FPGA ( Field Programmable Gate Array) Throughout the recent years, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) have become the dominant kind of programmable logic. In comparison to previous programmable devices like Programmable Array Logic (PAL) and Complicated Programmable Logic Devices (CPLD), FPGA can implement so much larger logic functions. FPGA could be a giant-scale integrated circuit which will be re-programmed. The term field programmable refers to ability of changing the operation of the device. Gate array refers to the basic internal design that creates re-programming possible. FPGA supports sufficient logic to implement complete systems and sub-systems. It provides designers with reconfigurable logic that can be reprogrammed on application-specific basis. This drastically will increase flexibility in the event of image processing algorithms on FPGA. Apart from this a high computational density invariably stands as one more features which becomes a plain reason for adopting the employment of FPGA. The special potential of the FPGA is to possess parallel and high computational density as compared to a general purpose microprocessor. This step is coupled together with the ability of FPGA of being re-programmable and because of this reason throughout the recent years FPGAs became the dominant form of programmable logic which paves a path for implementation of image/video processing algorithms. IV. PROPOSED SYSTEM DESIGN The software that is used to model FPGA device could be a specialized hardware description language, the VHDL, a parallel programming language which is in distinction to procedural computing languages like C that run sequentially. The key advantage of VHDL, when used for systems design, is that it allows the behavior of the desired system to be described (modeled) and verified (simulated) before synthesis tools translate the look into real hardware (gates and wires). The different software platforms that are used include the MATLAB and the XILINX. Xilinx ISE (Integrated Software Environment) is a software tool for synthesis and analysis of HDL styles, enabling the developer to compile styles, perform timing analysis, examine RTL diagrams, simulate a style's reaction to different stimuli, and configure the target device. MATLAB may be a high-level language and interactive environment for numerical computation, visualization, and programming. The process of the Sobel edge detection mechanism can be explained with the help of a flow diagram given in figure 2. Start Image Extraction Convert image file to ASCII text file Transfer to FPGA Edge detection operation Using Sobel Operator Convert ASCII text file to image file Edge detected Output Stop Fig. 2 Flowchart of proposed system In our method the subsequent steps to be dispensed to implement edge detection algorithm using Sobel operator. First step is preparation of FPGA device by dumping the VHDL code for Sobel edge detection in FPGA. Next step is conversion of given image to text file using MATLAB. Then transfer this text file to FPGA device in that edge detection process has been administered successfully using Sobel operator and its corresponding text file got generated. Finally convert that text file to image file using MATLAB which is of 256

3 our interest that is edge detected output will be displayed in the screen. The system style consists of 2 main sections specifically the LAPTOP section and the FPGA section. Figure 3 shows the conceptual block diagram of our work done. The PC section consists of the MATLAB software to that the input image is fed. This input image is converted to text format so as for the VHDL codes to work with it. Once the image becomes a converted text format it's then fed to the FPGA device. In the FPGA device the Sobel core module is dumped with which edge detection of a given image has been done successfully. Once the image is edge detected it is fed to the monitor with via a VGA PORT located in the FPGA device. Thereby a edge detected output appears over the screen of the monitor. Within the parallel port, the EPP mode is chosen for data transmission. Fig. 4 Spartan XC3S200 kit Fig. 3 Conceptual block diagram Fig. 5 Input Image (Cameraman) V. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION In this section our algorithm has been tested and presented the results for two different images. This algorithm is implemented in Spartan XC3S200 Kit by writing VHDL code for Sobel core using ISE Style Suite. The ISE Design Suite is the central Electronic Design Automation (EDA) product family by Xilinx. The ISE Style Suite options embrace design entry and synthesis supporting Verilog or VHDL, place-androute (PAR), completed verification and debug using Chip Scope Professional tools, and creation of the bit files that are used to configure the chip. Conversion from image file to ASCII text file and again ASCII text to image file is carried out with the help of MATLAB R2010a. Figure 4 shows the Spartan XC3S200 Kit that we used in our work. Fig. 6 ASCII text file for Cameraman image 257

4 Fig. 7 Utilization summary for Cameraman image Fig.11 Utilization summary for Girl image Fig. 8 Edge Detected Output (Cameraman) Fig. 12 Edge Detected Output (Girl) VI. CONCLUSION Fig. 9 Input Image (Girl) In this paper, work tired the world of edge detection using Sobel Operator is reviewed and focus has been made on detecting the edges of the digital images. The hardware was realized in Spartan XC3S200 Kit. The processor was coded using VHDL. VHDL cannot handle the standard image formats so the images were converted to ASCII text files using MATLAB. The ASCII text file was applied as vector to the hardware interface. The output files were equally converted and viewed in MATLAB. Since Sobel edge detection operator is insensitive to noise, this methodology reduces the complexity of the look and conjointly the processing time. The execution time for the complete program of edge detection for a picture of size is few seconds. Our design can locate the edges of the given gray image quickly and efficiently. To improve the speed and efficiency pipelining will be done. VII. REFERENCES Fig. 10 ASCII text file for Girl image [1] D. Ziou and S. Tabbone, Edge detection techniques - an overview, International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, vol. 8, pp ,

5 [2] Raman Maini, Dr. Himanshu Aggarwal, Study and Comparison of Various Image Edge Detection Techniques, International Journal of Image Processing (IJIP), Volume (3) [3] S.Sarangi and N.PRath, Performance Analysis of Fuzzy-based Canny Edge Detector, pp , IEEE Computer Society. [4] D. T.Saegusa, T.Maruyama, Y.Yamaguchi, How fast is an FPGA in image processing?, IEICE Technical Report, Vol.108. No.48, 2008, pp [5] Yangli,Yangbing. Study of FPGA based Parallel Processing of Sobel Operator AI Modern Electronics Technique 2005.J. [6] I.Yasri*, N.H.Hamid, V.V.Yap, Performance Analysis of FPGA Based Sobel Edge Detection Operator IEEE. [7] Mohamed Nasir Bin Mohamed Shukor, Lo HaiHiung, Patrick Sebastian3, Implementation of Real-time Simple Edge Detection on FPGA pp ,IEEE. [8] Heath M., Sarker S., Sanocki T. and Bowyer K.," Comparison of Edge Detectors: A Methodology and Initial Study", Proceedings of CVPR'96 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, pp , [9] G. Anusha, T. JayaChandra Prasad, D. Satya Narayana., Implementation of SOBEL Edge Detection on FPGA International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology- volume (3) issue (3) [10] R.Gonzalaz, R Woods, Digital ImageProcessing, New Jersey: Prentice Hall V.Kamatchi Sundari is currently working as Associate Professor at MNM Jain Engineering College, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. She is pursuing her PhD in Sathyabama University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. Her research intrests are Image & Video Processing, Implementation of computer vision algorithms in FPGA. She is life member of IETE and ISTE. Dr.M.Manikandan is currently working as Associate Professor at Anna University,Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. He completed his Masters from Madras University and PhD from Anna University and his areas of include are Image & Video Processing, computer vision, Wireless Networks. He is life member of ISG and ISTE. Dr.P.Prakash is currently working as Assistant Professor (Senior Grade)at Anna University,Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. He completed his PhD from Anna University and his research areas are Signal Processing, Image Processing, and Wireless Networks. 259