Software organization for a prolog-based prototyping system for machine vision

Andrew C. Jones; Ralf Hack; Bruce G. Batchelor

doi:10.1117/12.258221

14 November 1996 Software organization for a prolog-based prototyping system for machine vision

Andrew C. Jones, Ralf Hack, Bruce G. Batchelor

Proceedings Volume 2847, Applications of Digital Image Processing XIX; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258221
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

We describe PIP (prolog image processing)--a prototype system for interactive image processing using Prolog, implemented on an Apple Macintosh computer. PIP is the latest in a series of products that the third author has been involved in the implementation of, under the collective title Prolog+. PIP differs from our previous systems in two particularly important respects. The first is that whereas we previously required dedicated image processing hardware, the present system implements image processing routines using software. The second difference is that our present system is hierarchical in structure, where the top level of the hierarchy emulates Prolog+, but there is a flexible infrastructure which supports more sophisticated image manipulation which we will be able to exploit in due course . We discuss the impact of the Apple Macintosh operating system upon the implementation of the image processing functions, and the interface between these functions and the Prolog system. We also explain how the existing set of Prolog+ commands has been implemented. PIP is now nearing maturity, and we will make a version of it generally available in the near future. However, although the represent version of PIP constitutes a complete image processing tool, there are a number of ways in which we are intending to enhance future versions, with a view to added flexibility and efficiency: we discuss these ideas briefly near the end of the present paper.

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Andrew C. Jones, Ralf Hack, and Bruce G. Batchelor "Software organization for a prolog-based prototyping system for machine vision", Proc. SPIE 2847, Applications of Digital Image Processing XIX, (14 November 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258221

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