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edges_coloredges_colorEdgesColorEdgesColor (Operator)

Name

edges_coloredges_colorEdgesColorEdgesColor — Extract color edges using Canny, Deriche, or Shen filters.

Signature

edges_color(Image : ImaAmp, ImaDir : Filter, Alpha, NMS, Low, High : )

Herror edges_color(const Hobject Image, Hobject* ImaAmp, Hobject* ImaDir, const char* Filter, double Alpha, const char* NMS, const Hlong Low, const Hlong High)

Herror T_edges_color(const Hobject Image, Hobject* ImaAmp, Hobject* ImaDir, const Htuple Filter, const Htuple Alpha, const Htuple NMS, const Htuple Low, const Htuple High)

void EdgesColor(const HObject& Image, HObject* ImaAmp, HObject* ImaDir, const HTuple& Filter, const HTuple& Alpha, const HTuple& NMS, const HTuple& Low, const HTuple& High)

HImage HImage::EdgesColor(HImage* ImaDir, const HString& Filter, double Alpha, const HString& NMS, Hlong Low, Hlong High) const

HImage HImage::EdgesColor(HImage* ImaDir, const char* Filter, double Alpha, const char* NMS, Hlong Low, Hlong High) const

static void HOperatorSet.EdgesColor(HObject image, out HObject imaAmp, out HObject imaDir, HTuple filter, HTuple alpha, HTuple NMS, HTuple low, HTuple high)

HImage HImage.EdgesColor(out HImage imaDir, string filter, double alpha, string NMS, int low, int high)

Description

edges_coloredges_colorEdgesColorEdgesColorEdgesColor extracts color edges from the input image ImageImageImageImageimage. To define color edges, the multi-channel image ImageImageImageImageimage is regarded as a mapping , where n is the number of channels in ImageImageImageImageimage. For such functions, there is a natural extension of the gradient: the metric tensor G, which can be used to calculate for every direction, given by the direction vector v, the rate of change of f in the direction v. For notational convenience, G will be regarded as a two-dimensional matrix. Thus, the rate of change of the function f in the direction v is given by v^T G v, where

The partial derivatives of the images, which are necessary to calculate the metric tensor, are calculated with the corresponding edge filters, analogously to edges_imageedges_imageEdgesImageEdgesImageEdgesImage. For FilterFilterFilterFilterfilter = 'canny'"canny""canny""canny""canny", the partial derivatives of the Gaussian smoothing masks are used (see derivate_gaussderivate_gaussDerivateGaussDerivateGaussDerivateGauss), for 'deriche1'"deriche1""deriche1""deriche1""deriche1" and FilterFilterFilterFilterfilter = 'deriche2'"deriche2""deriche2""deriche2""deriche2" the corresponding Deriche filters, for FilterFilterFilterFilterfilter = 'shen'"shen""shen""shen""shen" the corresponding Shen filters, and for FilterFilterFilterFilterfilter = 'sobel_fast'"sobel_fast""sobel_fast""sobel_fast""sobel_fast" the Sobel filter. Analogously to single-channel images, the gradient direction is defined by the vector v in which the rate of change f is maximum. The vector v is given by the eigenvector corresponding to the largest eigenvalue of G. The square root of the eigenvalue is the equivalent of the gradient magnitude (the amplitude) for single-channel images, and is returned in ImaAmpImaAmpImaAmpImaAmpimaAmp. For single-channel images, both definitions are equivalent. Since the gradient magnitude may be larger than what can be represented in the input image data type (byte or uint2), it is stored in the next larger data type (uint2 or int4) in ImaAmpImaAmpImaAmpImaAmpimaAmp. The eigenvector also is used to define the edge direction. In contrast to single-channel images, the edge direction can only be defined modulo 180 degrees. Like in the output of edges_imageedges_imageEdgesImageEdgesImageEdgesImage, the edge directions are stored in 2-degree steps, and are returned in ImaDirImaDirImaDirImaDirimaDir. Points with edge amplitude 0 are assigned the edge direction 255 (undefined direction). For speed reasons, the edge directions are not computed explicitly for FilterFilterFilterFilterfilter = 'sobel_fast'"sobel_fast""sobel_fast""sobel_fast""sobel_fast". Therefore, ImaDirImaDirImaDirImaDirimaDir is an empty object in this case.

The “filter width” (i.e., the amount of smoothing) can be chosen arbitrarily for all filters except 'sobel_fast'"sobel_fast""sobel_fast""sobel_fast""sobel_fast" (where the filter width is 3x3 and AlphaAlphaAlphaAlphaalpha is ignored), and can be estimated by calling info_edgesinfo_edgesInfoEdgesInfoEdgesInfoEdges for concrete values of the parameter AlphaAlphaAlphaAlphaalpha. It decreases for increasing AlphaAlphaAlphaAlphaalpha for the Deriche and Shen filters and increases for the Canny filter, where it is the standard deviation of the Gaussian on which the Canny operator is based. “Wide” filters exhibit a larger invariance to noise, but also a decreased ability to detect small details. Non-recursive filters, such as the Canny filter, are realized using filter masks, and thus the execution time increases for increasing filter width. In contrast, the execution time for recursive filters does not depend on the filter width. Thus, arbitrary filter widths are possible using the Deriche and Shen filters without increasing the run time of the operator. The resulting advantage in speed compared to the Canny operator naturally increases for larger filter widths. As border treatment, the recursive operators assume that the images are zero outside of the image, while the Canny operator mirrors the gray value at the image border. Comparable filter widths can be obtained by the following choices of AlphaAlphaAlphaAlphaalpha:

     Alpha('deriche2')  = Alpha('deriche1') / 2,
     Alpha('shen')      = Alpha('deriche1') / 2,
     Alpha('canny')     = 1.77 / Alpha('deriche1').

edges_coloredges_colorEdgesColorEdgesColorEdgesColor optionally offers to apply a non-maximum-suppression (NMSNMSNMSNMSNMS = 'nms'"nms""nms""nms""nms"/'inms'"inms""inms""inms""inms"/'hvnms'"hvnms""hvnms""hvnms""hvnms"; 'none'"none""none""none""none" if not desired) and hysteresis threshold operation (LowLowLowLowlow,HighHighHighHighhigh; at least one negative if not desired) to the resulting edge image. Conceptually, this corresponds to the following calls:

         nonmax_suppression_dir(...,NMS,...)
         hysteresis_threshold(...,Low,High,1000,...).

Note that the hysteresis threshold operation is not applied if NMSNMSNMSNMSNMS is set to 'none'.

For 'sobel_fast'"sobel_fast""sobel_fast""sobel_fast""sobel_fast", the same non-maximum-suppression is performed for all values of NMSNMSNMSNMSNMS except 'none'"none""none""none""none". Additionally, for 'sobel_fast'"sobel_fast""sobel_fast""sobel_fast""sobel_fast" the resulting edges are thinned to a width of one pixel.

Attention

Note that filter operators may return unexpected results if an image with a reduced domain is used as input. Please refer to the chapter Filters.

Execution Information

Parameters

ImageImageImageImageimage (input_object)  (multichannel-)image(-array) objectHImageHImageHobject (byte / uint2)

Input image.

ImaAmpImaAmpImaAmpImaAmpimaAmp (output_object)  singlechannelimage(-array) objectHImageHImageHobject * (uint2 / int4)

Edge amplitude (gradient magnitude) image.

ImaDirImaDirImaDirImaDirimaDir (output_object)  singlechannelimage(-array) objectHImageHImageHobject * (direction)

Edge direction image.

FilterFilterFilterFilterfilter (input_control)  string HTupleHTupleHtuple (string) (string) (HString) (char*)

Edge operator to be applied.

Default value: 'canny' "canny" "canny" "canny" "canny"

List of values: 'canny'"canny""canny""canny""canny", 'deriche1'"deriche1""deriche1""deriche1""deriche1", 'deriche2'"deriche2""deriche2""deriche2""deriche2", 'shen'"shen""shen""shen""shen", 'sobel_fast'"sobel_fast""sobel_fast""sobel_fast""sobel_fast"

AlphaAlphaAlphaAlphaalpha (input_control)  real HTupleHTupleHtuple (real) (double) (double) (double)

Filter parameter: small values result in strong smoothing, and thus less detail (opposite for 'canny').

Default value: 1.0

Suggested values: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0

Typical range of values: 0.2 ≤ Alpha Alpha Alpha Alpha alpha ≤ 50.0

Minimum increment: 0.01

Recommended increment: 0.1

Restriction: Alpha > 0.0

NMSNMSNMSNMSNMS (input_control)  string HTupleHTupleHtuple (string) (string) (HString) (char*)

Non-maximum suppression ('none', if not desired).

Default value: 'nms' "nms" "nms" "nms" "nms"

List of values: 'hvnms'"hvnms""hvnms""hvnms""hvnms", 'inms'"inms""inms""inms""inms", 'nms'"nms""nms""nms""nms", 'none'"none""none""none""none"

LowLowLowLowlow (input_control)  integer HTupleHTupleHtuple (integer) (int / long) (Hlong) (Hlong)

Lower threshold for the hysteresis threshold operation (negative if no thresholding is desired).

Default value: 20

Suggested values: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40

Typical range of values: 1 ≤ Low Low Low Low low

Minimum increment: 1

Recommended increment: 5

Restriction: Low >= 1 || Low < 0

HighHighHighHighhigh (input_control)  integer HTupleHTupleHtuple (integer) (int / long) (Hlong) (Hlong)

Upper threshold for the hysteresis threshold operation (negative if no thresholding is desired).

Default value: 40

Suggested values: 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70

Typical range of values: 1 ≤ High High High High high

Minimum increment: 1

Recommended increment: 5

Restriction: High >= 1 || High < 0 && High >= Low

Result

edges_coloredges_colorEdgesColorEdgesColorEdgesColor returns 2 (H_MSG_TRUE) if all parameters are correct and no error occurs during execution. If the input is empty the behavior can be set via set_system('no_object_result',<Result>)set_system("no_object_result",<Result>)SetSystem("no_object_result",<Result>)SetSystem("no_object_result",<Result>)SetSystem("no_object_result",<Result>). If necessary, an exception is raised.

Possible Successors

thresholdthresholdThresholdThresholdThreshold

Alternatives

edges_color_sub_pixedges_color_sub_pixEdgesColorSubPixEdgesColorSubPixEdgesColorSubPix

See also

edges_imageedges_imageEdgesImageEdgesImageEdgesImage, edges_sub_pixedges_sub_pixEdgesSubPixEdgesSubPixEdgesSubPix, info_edgesinfo_edgesInfoEdgesInfoEdgesInfoEdges, nonmax_suppression_ampnonmax_suppression_ampNonmaxSuppressionAmpNonmaxSuppressionAmpNonmaxSuppressionAmp, hysteresis_thresholdhysteresis_thresholdHysteresisThresholdHysteresisThresholdHysteresisThreshold

References

C. Steger: “Subpixel-Precise Extraction of Lines and Edges”; International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, vol. XXXIII, part B3; pp. 141-156; 2000.
C. Steger: “Unbiased Extraction of Curvilinear Structures from 2D and 3D Images”; Herbert Utz Verlag, München; 1998.
S. Di Zenzo: “A Note on the Gradient of a Multi-Image”; Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing, vol. 33; pp. 116-125; 1986.
Aldo Cumani: “Edge Detection in Multispectral Images”; Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing: Graphical Models and Image Processing, vol. 53, no. 1; pp. 40-51; 1991.
J.Canny: “Finding Edges and Lines in Images”; Report, AI-TR-720; M.I.T. Artificial Intelligence Lab., Cambridge; 1983.
J.Canny: “A Computational Approach to Edge Detection”; IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence; PAMI-8, vol. 6; pp. 679-698; 1986.
R.Deriche: “Using Canny's Criteria to Derive a Recursively Implemented Optimal Edge Detector”; International Journal of Computer Vision; vol. 1, no. 2; pp. 167-187; 1987.
R.Deriche: “Fast Algorithms for Low-Level Vision”; IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence; PAMI-12, no. 1; pp. 78-87; 1990.
J. Shen, S. Castan: “An Optimal Linear Operator for Step Edge Detection”; Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing: Graphical Models and Image Processing, vol. 54, no. 2; pp. 112-133; 1992.

Module

Foundation


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