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Edge Grouping Combining Boundary And Region Information, Joachim S. Stahl, Song Wang
Edge Grouping Combining Boundary And Region Information, Joachim S. Stahl, Song Wang
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This paper introduces a new edge-grouping method to detect perceptually salient structures in noisy images. Specifically, we define a new grouping cost function in a ratio form, where the numerator measures the boundary proximity of the resulting structure and the denominator measures the area of the resulting structure. This area term introduces a preference towards detecting larger-size structures and, therefore, makes the resulting edge grouping more robust to image noise. To find the optimal edge grouping with the minimum grouping cost, we develop a special graph model with two different kinds of edges and then reduce the grouping problem to …
Lightweight Error Correction Coding For System-Level Interconnects, Jason D. Bakos, Donald M. Chiarulli, Steven P. Levitan
Lightweight Error Correction Coding For System-Level Interconnects, Jason D. Bakos, Donald M. Chiarulli, Steven P. Levitan
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"Lightweight hierarchical error control coding (LHECC)" is a new class of nonlinear block codes that is designed to increase noise immunity and decrease error rate for high-performance chip-to-chip and on-chip interconnects. LHECC is designed such that its corresponding encoder and decoder logic may be tightly integrated into compact, high-speed, and low-latency I/O interfaces. LHECC operates over a new channel technology called multi-bit differential signaling (MBDS). MBDS channels utilize a physical-layer channel code called "N choose M (nCm)" encoding, where each channel is restricted to a symbol set such that half of the bits in each symbol are set to one. …