RAPID VISION APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT USING HIVE - A Modular and Scaleable Approach to Vision System Engineering

Gregor Miller, Amir Afrah, Sidney Fels

2009

Abstract

In this paper we demonstrate the use of Hive as a novel basis for creating multi-sensor vision systems. Hive is a framework in which reusable modules called drones are defined and connected together to create larger systems. Drones are simple to implement, perform a specific task and using the powerful interface of Hive can be combined to create sophisticated vision pipelines. We present a set of drones defined within Hive and a suite of applications built using these drones which utilize the input from multiple cameras and a variety of sensors. Results demonstrate the flexibility of approaches possible with Hive as well as the real-time performance of the Hive applications.

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Miller G., Afrah A. and Fels S. (2009). RAPID VISION APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT USING HIVE - A Modular and Scaleable Approach to Vision System Engineering . In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111-69-2, pages 101-108. DOI: 10.5220/0001805401010108


in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp09,
author={Gregor Miller and Amir Afrah and Sidney Fels},
title={RAPID VISION APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT USING HIVE - A Modular and Scaleable Approach to Vision System Engineering},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={101-108},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001805401010108},
isbn={978-989-8111-69-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009)
TI - RAPID VISION APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT USING HIVE - A Modular and Scaleable Approach to Vision System Engineering
SN - 978-989-8111-69-2
AU - Miller G.
AU - Afrah A.
AU - Fels S.
PY - 2009
SP - 101
EP - 108
DO - 10.5220/0001805401010108