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The subject of this study is to show the application of fuzzy logic in image processing with a brief introduction to fuzzy logic and digital image processing.
![COMPUSOFT, An international journal of advanced computer technology, 4 (3), March-2015 (Volume-IV, Issue-III)
1555
Applications of Fuzzy Logic in Image Processing – A Brief
Study
Mahesh Prasanna K1
and Dr. Shantharama Rai C2
1
Vivekananda College of Engineering & Technology, Puttur
2
Canara Engineering College, Mangalore
Abstract: The subject of this study is to show the application of fuzzy logic in image processing with a brief introduction to fuzzy
logic and digital image processing. Digital image processing is an ever expanding and dynamic area with applications reaching
out into our everyday life such as medicine, space exploration, surveillance, authentication, automated industry inspection and
many more areas. Fuzzy logic, one of the decision-making techniques of artificial intelligence, has many application areas.
Although it has been subjected to criticisms since its birth, especially in recent years, fuzzy logic has been proven to be applicable
in almost all scientific fields. This shows that the concept of fuzzy logic will maintain its validity and the number of fields where
it draws attention will increase further.
Keywords: Fuzzy Logic, Image Processing, Fuzzy Image Processing, Fuzzy Inference System.
1. INTRODUCTION
This work is structured into three parts. The first part gives a
brief introduction to digital image processing [1]. Given the
importance of digital image processing and the significance of
their implementations on hardware to achieve better
performance, this work addresses image processing algorithms
like median filter, morphological processing, convolution
operation and edge detection. The second part gives an
introduction to fuzzy logic [2] and also covers topics
concerning a range of technologies used in the fuzzy image
processing systems, e.g. image sensors, signal processing
units, memory technologies and displays. Finally, the
applications of fuzzy logic in image processing are briefly
explained.
2. THE CONCEPT OF IMAGE PROCESSING
An image may be defined as a two-dimensional function f(x,
y), where x and y are spatial coordinates. The amplitude of f at
any pair of coordinates (x, y) is called intensity or gray level
of image at that point. When x, y, and the amplitude values of
f are all finite, discrete quantities, the image is called a digital
image. The processing of digital images by means of digital
computer is called digital image processing. Note that, a
digital image is composed of finite number of elements, each
of which has a particular location and value. These elements
are referred to as image elements, picture elements, pels, or
pixels (see Figure 1). Pixel is the term used most widely to
denote the elements of a digital image [3].
Y
(x, y)
Imagef(x, y)
X
Figure1:DigitalImage.
The most commonly used image processing algorithms like, 1)
Filtering, 2) Morphological Operations, 3) Convolution, and
4) Edge detection [1].
2.1 Procedures for Hardware Implementation
There are two types of technologies available for hardware
design. Full custom hardware design also called as
Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) and semi
custom hardware device, which are programmable devices
like Digital signal processors (DSPs) and Field Programmable
Gate Arrays (FPGA‟s). Full custom ASIC design offers
highest performance, but the complexity and the cost
associated with the design is very high. The ASIC design
cannot be changed and the design time is also very high. ASIC
designs are used in high volume commercial applications. In
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addition, during design fabrication the presence of a single
error renders the chip useless. DSPs are a class of hardware
devices that fall somewhere between an ASIC and a PC in
terms of the performance and the design complexity. DSPs are
specialized microprocessors, typically programmed in C, or
with assembly code for improved performance. It is well
suited to extremely complex math intensive tasks such as
image processing. Field Programmable Gate Arrays are
reconfigurable devices. Hardware design techniques such as
parallelism and pipelining techniques can be developed on a
FPGA, which is not possible in dedicated DSP designs.
Implementing image processing algorithms on reconfigurable
hardware minimizes the time-to-market cost, enables rapid
prototyping of complex algorithms and simplifies debugging
and verification. Therefore, FPGAs are an ideal choice for
implementation of real time image processing algorithms. A
comparison is made for the areas where each of these
technologies prevails. This is shown in Table 1.1 and 1.2.
Table 1.1: Comparisons of different types of signal processing
technologies [1]
Technology Performance Power Flexibility Price
ASIC Excellent Good Poor Excellent
DSP Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
FPGA Excellent Fair Excellent Poor
Table 1.2: Comparisons between ASICs and FPGAs [1]
Performance Metric ASICs FPGAs
Power Low High
Flexibility Low High
Clock Speed High Low
Logic Integration High Low
Integrated Features Low High
Back-end Design Effort High Low
Unit Cost with Volume Production Low High
No perfect technology exists that is competent in all areas. For
a balanced embedded system design, a combination of some
of the alternative technologies is a necessity. FPGAs have
traditionally been configured by hardware engineers using a
Hardware Design Language (HDL). The two principal
languages used are Verilog HDL (Verilog) and Very High
Speed Integrated Circuits (VHSIC) HDL (VHDL), which
allows designers to design at various levels of abstraction.
Verilog and VHDL are specialized design techniques that are
not immediately accessible to software engineers, who have
often been trained using imperative programming languages.
Consequently, over the last few years there have been several
attempts at translating algorithmic oriented programming
languages directly into hardware descriptions. C-based
hardware descriptive languages have been proposed and
developed since the late 1980s. Some of the C-based hardware
descriptive languages include Cones, HardwareC,
Transmogrifier C, SystemC, OCAPI, C2Verilog, Cyber,
SpecC, Nach C], CASH. A new C like hardware description
language called Handel-C introduced by Celoxica, allows the
designer to focus more on the specification of an algorithm
rather than adopting a structural approach to coding.
Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) represent a
technology in which engineers create a fixed hardware design
using a variety of tools. Once a design has been programmed
onto an ASIC, it cannot be changed. Since these chips
represent true, custom hardware, highly optimized, parallel
algorithms are possible. However, except in high-volume
commercial applications, ASICs are often considered too
costly for many designs. In addition, if an error exists in the
hardware design and is not discovered before product
shipment, it cannot be corrected without a very costly product
recall. Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) are a class of
hardware devices that fall somewhere between an ASIC and a
PC in terms of performance and design complexity. They can
be programmed with either assembly code or the C
programming language, which is one of the platform‟s distinct
advantages. Hardware design knowledge is still required, but
the learning curve is significantly lower than some other
design choices, since many engineers have knowledge of C
prior to exposure to DSP systems. However, algorithms
designed for a DSP cannot be highly parallel without using
multiple DSPs. Algorithm performance is certainly higher
than on a PC, but in some cases, ASIC or FPGA systems are
the only choice for a design. Still, DSPs are a very common
and efficient method of processing real-time data. Field
Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) represent reconfigurable
computing technology, which is in some ways ideally suited
for video processing. Reconfigurable computers are processors
which can be programmed with a design, and then
reprogrammed (or reconfigured) with virtually limitless
designs as the designer‟s needs change. FPGAs generally
consist of a system of logic blocks (usually look up tables and
flip-flops) and some amount of Random Access Memory
(RAM), all wired together using a vast array of interconnects.
All of the logic in an FPGA can be rewired, or reconfigured,
with a different design as often as the designer likes. This type
of architecture allows a large variety of logic designs
dependent on the processor‟s resources, which can be
interchanged for a new design as soon as the device can be
reprogrammed.
3. THE CONCEPT OF FUZZY LOGIC
Fuzzy control techniques have attracted significant interest
and have become an important part of modern control
engineering. The use of linguistic knowledge in the form of
IF-THEN rules gives a fuzzy system the ability to work as a
universal approximator to nonlinear functions.
Fuzzy logic is a logical system which is an extension of multi-
valued logic. In logics system multi-valued logic is a
propositional calculus in which there are more than two truth
values. There are only two possible values true or false for any
proposition but extension to classical two valued logic is an n-
valued logic or n greater than two.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
