Applications Of Algebraic Image Operators To Model-Based Vision

Bao-Ting Lerner; Michael V. Morelli; Hans J. Thomas

doi:10.1117/12.969257

21 March 1989 Applications Of Algebraic Image Operators To Model-Based Vision

Bao-Ting Lerner, Michael V. Morelli, Hans J. Thomas

Proceedings Volume 1095, Applications of Artificial Intelligence VII; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.969257
Event: SPIE 1989 Technical Symposium on Aerospace Sensing, 1989, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

This paper extends our previous research on a highly structured and compact algebraic representation of grey-level images. Addition and multiplication are defined for the set of all grey-level images, which can then be described as polynomials of two variables. Utilizing this new algebraic structure, we have devised an innovative, efficient edge detection scheme.We have developed a robust method for linear feature extraction by combining the techniques of a Hough transform and a line follower with this new edge detection scheme. The major advantage of this feature extractor is its general, object-independent nature. Target attributes, such as line segment lengths, intersections, angles of intersection, and endpoints are derived by the feature extraction algorithm and employed during model matching. The feature extractor and model matcher are being incorporated into a distributed robot control system. Model matching is accomplished using both top-down and bottom-up processing: a priori sensor and world model information are used to constrain the search of the image space for features, while extracted image information is used to update the model.

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Bao-Ting Lerner, Michael V. Morelli, and Hans J. Thomas "Applications Of Algebraic Image Operators To Model-Based Vision", Proc. SPIE 1095, Applications of Artificial Intelligence VII, (21 March 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.969257

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