Fast Image Matching Based on Multi-core DSP

Traditional image matching algorithm based on gray correlation provides accurate results but it is time-consuming because of large amount of calculation. An improved gray correlation based image matching algorithm based on multi-core DSP is proposed to speed up the matching velocity with the acceptable margin of errors. With the development of portable embedded image processer, especially the multi-core DSPs for parallel computing to speed up the process, these image matching algorithms need to be transplanted to these embedded system. Experiments based on CPU in the form of Visual C++6.0 application program and multi-core Digital Signal Processor(DSP) verify the effectiveness of the algorithm, making it applicable to embedded image processing system with a multi-core DSP.