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Efficient Implementation of Fast Hough Transform Using CPCA Coprocessor

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In this work, a computationally efficient implementation of the Brady algorithm for fast Hough transform (FHT) is built for the Russian coprocessor CPCA, which is a part of the 1890VM9Ya “KOMDIV128-M” system-on-chip. It is shown that FHT is widely used in image analysis, from vision systems of unmanned vehicles to computed X-ray tomography. The classical recursive implementation of FHT is analyzed from a low-level perspective. For the first time, a more efficient non-recursive version of the algorithm is considered. The workload on arithmetic logic units and coprocessor memory is analyzed and experimental performance measurements are carried out. It is shown that the theoretically possible performance of the non-recursive algorithm on CPCA is 800 Mops. The maximum performance achievable in practice is 470 Mops and the maximum experimental value is 406 Mops. At the same time, the workload on the coprocessor units reaches 18%. Thus, despite the relatively small number of arithmetic operations in the method, the use of the coprocessor proves reasonable.

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This work was supported in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project nos. 18-29-26017 and 18-29-26027.

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  1. Scientific Research Institute for System Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nakhimovskii pr. 36/1, 117218, Moscow, Russia

    F. A. Anikeev & G. O. Raiko

  2. Smart Engines Service, pr. 60-letiya Oktyabrya 9, 117312, Moscow, Russia

    E. E. Limonova, M. A. Aliev & D. P. Nikolaev

  3. Federal Research Center Computer Science and Control, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 44/2, 119333, Moscow, Russia

    E. E. Limonova & M. A. Aliev

  4. Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bol’shoi Karetnyi per. 19/1, 127051, Moscow, Russia

    D. P. Nikolaev

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Anikeev, F.A., Raiko, G.O., Limonova, E.E. et al. Efficient Implementation of Fast Hough Transform Using CPCA Coprocessor. Program Comput Soft 47, 335–343 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0361768821050029

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