[Image Processing Engineer Column] The Path Taken

As engineers, we should look forward without looking back. I have been sharing this message, but this time I deliberately chose this title.
Let me introduce the path I have taken. In school, I happened to join a research lab of a teacher who was working part-time in "image processing." My first job after graduating and entering the workforce was the development of an "inspection device using a camera." The main CPU was a Motorola 6809, and I designed the hardware circuits for the image processing section using 74 series components. The binary template matching board was the size of two 6U units.
It was natural for me to write the software for the circuits I created myself. Initially, the camera used a vidicon tube, which later changed to CCD and CMOS.
In the next phase, I upgraded to a 68020 CPU with UNIX as the OS, and I also designed the CPU board myself.
For the specialized image processing section, I used AMD's bit-slice 2901. Thanks to this device, I learned the workings of microcontrollers. Coincidentally, I have been involved in "image processing" continuously from my new graduate days to the present. I believe that my experience in both hardware and software design is beneficial to my current work in "system design."
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