FPGA based system to add text layer to

video

By
S.Sathiya Narayanan
2009203038
Guided by
Asst Pro.Dr.Seshasayanan.R
Abstract

FPGA are in use to build high performance image and video

processing systems. This project presents the design and
implementation of such system for adding text layer to video
. Altera DE2 board with Cyclone II FPGA will be used.
Video input is fed through video in line; ADV7181B TV
decoder is used for decoding purpose, Text data is read from
key board, Processed video is converted to analog format by
ADA7123.
Introduction
For many application text is needed to overlay on

video.
FPGA is used to do this video processing.

Text is overlaid on video while by passing chain of

CPU, Graphic Card.

Why FPGA?
For real time video processing specifications are very

strict.
Digital Signal Processor or Application Specific

Integrated Circuit or FPGA.

Inherent parallelism of FPGA results in better

performance.
Building entire system on single chip is possible.
 Block Diagram

Video in To TV
ADV7181B Cyclone II ADA7123
TV Decoder FPGA Encoder

Key Board
VGA Signals
Horizontal Sync Signal

H sync timing for 640 X 480 @ 60Hz

Portion Description Timing

A Scan Line Time 31.77μs
B Sync Pulse length 3.77μs
C Back Porch 1.89μs
D Active Video 25.17μs
E Front Porch 0.94 μs
Vertical Sync Signal

Q R S
P

O
V sync timing for 640 X 480 @ 60Hz

Portion Description Timing

O Scan Line Time 16.68ms
P Sync Pulse length 0.06ms
Q Back Porch 1.02ms
R Active Video 15.25ms
S Front Porch 0.35ms
Sample Pattern
Video Decoder
 Overlay Generation

1 1 1
1
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1
Realization
Realization Cont.
Realization Cont.
Future improvements
Composite video used here can be modified with

HDMI interface
640X480 resolution can be improved

Text can be generated from Audio to Text converters

or from memory card.

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National Conference on VLSI and Image
Processing
Institution: Velammal Engineering College
Dept: Electronics and Communication Engineering
Date:March 17th 2011