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[29] Zabih R. and Woodfill J., non parametric local transforms for computing visual correspondence, in proceedings of the 3 rd european conference on computer vision , sweden, pp. 151+158, 1994 . Rajeshkannan Sundararajan received his BE degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Government College of Engineering, Thirunelveli, Manonmaniyam Sundaranar Unversity, India in 1998 and ME in Applied Electronics from Sathyabama University, chennai, India in 2004. He is pursuing PhD in the field of Computer Vision Systems, Anna University, Chennai, India. Currently, he is workin g as associate professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication, St. Joseph s College of Engineering, Chennai, India. He has presented a pap er in an ieee conference held at chennai and published a paper in international journal. His research intere st includes image processing and vlsi design. Reeba Korah received her BE degree in Electronics Engineering from Marathwada University, India in 1992 and ME degree in Mechatronics from Anna University, India in 2000. She secured her PhD from Anna University in 2009. Currently, she is working as professor and head of Department of Electronics and Communication of St. Joseph s College of Engineering, Chennai, India. She has published six research papers in international journals and many in national and international conferences. Her research interests are in VLSI des ign and signal processing.