Tyzx DeepSea High Speed Stereo Vision System

Abstract

This paper describes the DeepSea Stereo Vision System which makes the use of high speed 3D images practical in many application domains. This system is based on the DeepSea processor, an ASIC, which computes absolute depth based on simultaneously captured left and right images with high frame rates, low latency, and low power. The chip is capable of running at 200 frames per second with 512x480 images, with only 13 scan lines latency between data input and first depth output. The DeepSea Stereo Vision System includes a stereo camera, onboard image rectification, and an interface to a general purpose processor over a PCI bus. We conclude by describing several applications implemented with the DeepSea system including person tracking, obstacle detection for autonomous navigation, and gesture recognition.