Software architecture for intelligent image processing using Prolog

Andrew C. Jones; Bruce G. Batchelor

doi:10.1117/12.188892

10 October 1994 Software architecture for intelligent image processing using Prolog

Andrew C. Jones, Bruce G. Batchelor

Proceedings Volume 2353, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XIII: Algorithms and Computer Vision; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188892
Event: Photonics for Industrial Applications, 1994, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

We describe a prototype system for interactive image processing using Prolog, implemented by the first author on an Apple Macintosh computer. This system is inspired by Prolog+, but differs from it in two particularly important respects. The first is that whereas Prolog+ assumes the availability of dedicated image processing hardware, with which the Prolog system communicates, our present system implements image processing functions in software using the C programming language. The second difference is that although our present system supports Prolog+ commands, these are implemented in terms of lower-level Prolog predicates which provide a more flexible approach to image manipulation. 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 Prolog+ commands have been implemented. The system described in this paper is a fairly early prototype, and we outline how we intend to develop the system, a task which is expedited by the extensible architecture we have implemented.

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Andrew C. Jones and Bruce G. Batchelor "Software architecture for intelligent image processing using Prolog", Proc. SPIE 2353, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XIII: Algorithms and Computer Vision, (10 October 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188892

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