EDPF: A REAL-TIME PARAMETER-FREE EDGE SEGMENT DETECTOR WITH A FALSE DETECTION CONTROL

Akinlar C., TOPAL C.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PATTERN RECOGNITION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, vol.26, no.1, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1142/s0218001412550026
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PATTERN RECOGNITION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Parameter-free edge detection, edge/edge segment detection, boundary/contour detection, edge segment validation, Helmholtz principle, real-time imaging, IMAGE REGISTRATION, CONTOUR, PERFORMANCE
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We propose a real-time, parameter-free edge/edge segment detection algorithm based on our novel edge/edge segment detector, the edge drawing (ED) algorithm; hence the name edge drawing parameter free (EDPF). EDPF works by running ED with ED's parameters set at their extremes. This produces all edge segments in a given image with numerous false detections. The detected edge segments are then validated by an "a contrario" validation step due to the Helmholtz principle, which eliminates invalid detections leaving only "meaningful" edge segments.