Image subsystem including image feature detection hardware component and image processing system including the same

An image processing system for performing a plurality of image processing operations, the image processing system comprising:

• a bus;
• a hardware component, coupled to the bus, configured to receive a first image and generate a first feature value and a first segmented image from the image for each image processing operation, wherein the first segmented image is generated based on a pattern of the first image;
• a central processing unit (CPU), coupled to the bus, configured to generate a first transformation matrix based on the first segmented image and the first feature value for the each image processing operation,
• wherein the hardware component is further configured to generate a first transformed image by applying the first transformation matrix to the first image,
• wherein the hardware component comprises:
• an image segmentation hardware component, coupled to the bus, configured to output the first segmented image of the first image to the bus;
• an image feature detection hardware component, coupled to the bus, configured to output the first feature value to the bus, wherein the first feature value is detected from the first image or the first segmented image;
• and
• an image transformation hardware component, coupled to the bus, configured to transform the first image into the first transformed image using the first transformation matrix, and
• wherein the image transformation hardware component is further configured to receive the first image and scale the received first image, outputting the scaled first image to the segmentation hardware component or the image feature detection hardware.

An image processing system comprising:

• a hardware component configured to receive a first image and generate a first feature value and a first segmented image from the first image;
• a central processing unit (CPU) configured to generate a first transformation matrix based on the first segmented image and the first feature value,
• wherein the hardware component is further configured to generate a first transformed image by applying the first transformation matrix to the first image,
• wherein the hardware component includes:
• an image segmentation hardware component configured to segment the first image and generate the first segmented image;
• an image feature detection hardware component configured to detect the first feature value from the first image or the first segmented image;
• and
• an image transformation hardware component configured to transform the first image into the first transformed image using the first transformation matrix, and
• wherein the image transformation hardware component is further configured to receive the first image and scale the received first image, outputting the scaled first image to the segmentation hardware component or the image feature detection hardware.