Homeland Security – Image Processing for Intelligent Cameras

Image surveillance systems demand is a challenging fast growing domain for TOSA [Thales Optronique Société Anonyme]. To address this domain and image processing architecture in general, TOSA bets on the strategy of using reconfigurable multi-purpose architecture to improve performances, re-use, productivity and reactivity. MORPHEUS project allows to realize this concept and demonstrate its capacities. Among the two phases that compose the MORPHEUS project the first phase is based on the implementation of a motion detection algorithm on an intermediate platform built by TOSA while the second phase is based on the implementation of the same motion detection algorithm on the MORPHEUS chip simulator. Some metrics are defined so as to compare the implementation on the two platforms with a traditional implementation scheme. A global work plan of how to implement any algorithm on MORPHEUS kind of platform is set up. After definition of this work plan, the implementation on phase one demonstrates the advantages and improvements of using this type of architecture while measures on phase two are not yet complete but should confirm the realization of the promises given by the platform.