Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 8 (2002), Issue 1, Pages 87-99
doi:10.1080/10241230211381

QCA implementation of a multichannel filter for image processing

J. L. Cardenas-Barrera,1 K. N. Plataniotis,2 and A. N. Venetsanopoulos3

1Centre for Studies on Electronics and Information Technologies, Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba
2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G4, Canada
3Multimedia Laboratory, The Edward S. Rogers St., University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G4, Canada

Received 26 June 2001

Copyright © 2002 J. L. Cardenas-Barrera et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

A novel way to implement a color image filter is introduced here. The quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) framework is adopted due to its adequacy to implement highly parallel systems. The principle behind the new design is explained in detail, and simulation results are included to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.