eFFT: An Event-Based Method for the Efficient Computation of Exact Fourier Transforms
Summary
We developed eFFT, an efficient method for exact Fourier transforms of asynchronous event streams. This approach reuses computations, reducing processing time for real-time applications.
Area of Science:
- Signal Processing
- Computational Mathematics
Background:
- Calculating exact Fourier transforms for asynchronous event streams is computationally intensive.
- Existing methods often struggle with real-time processing and resource constraints.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce an efficient method for computing the exact Fourier transform of asynchronous event streams.
- To reduce computational overhead and enable real-time analysis on limited hardware.
Main Methods:
- Developed eFFT, utilizing a tree data structure for Radix-2 FFT matrices.
- Implemented event-by-event and event packet processing with computational reuse.
- Ensured exactness by avoiding unnecessary calculations and reusing stored data.
Main Results:
- eFFT demonstrates exactness and significantly reduced processing times.
- Validated through extensive testing on public datasets and experiments.
- Proven feasible for online execution on resource-constrained hardware.
Conclusions:
- eFFT offers an efficient and exact solution for Fourier transforms of asynchronous event streams.
- The method is suitable for real-time applications and hardware with limited resources.
- A C++ implementation is publicly released to the scientific community.
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