Bhagya, M.Tripathi, S.Santhi Thilagam, P.2020-03-312020-03-312015International Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications, 2015, Vol.7, 1, pp.32-40https://idr.nitk.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/12425This paper presents a technique to optimize contour based template matching by using general purpose computation on graphics processing units (GPGPU). Contour based template matching requires edge detection and searching for presence of a template in an entire image, real time implementation of which is not trivial. Using the proposed solution, we could achieve an implementation fast enough to process a standard video (640x480) in real time with sufficient accuracy.Article