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AvsFilter_ScanExactlyNStripes
This is Filter Equivalent. This function may be present in generated code, but should not be used in hand-written code. CreateScanMap and ScanExactlyNStripes should be used instead.
Locates a specified number of multiple pairs of opposite edges across a given path.
Syntax
void avs::AvsFilter_ScanExactlyNStripes ( ScanExactlyNStripesState& ioState, const avl::Image& inImage, const avl::Path& inScanPath, atl::Optional<const avl::CoordinateSystem2D&> inScanPathAlignment, int inScanWidth, avl::InterpolationMethod::Type inImageInterpolation, const avl::StripeScanParams& inStripeScanParams, int inStripeCount, avl::Selection::Type inStripeSelection, float inMinGapWidth, atl::Optional<float> inMaxGapWidth, atl::Optional<const avl::LocalBlindness&> inLocalBlindness, atl::Conditional<atl::Array<avl::Stripe1D> >& outStripes, atl::Conditional<atl::Array<avl::Gap1D> >& outGaps, atl::Optional<avl::Path&> outAlignedScanPath = atl::NIL, avl::Profile& diagBrightnessProfile, avl::Profile& diagResponseProfile, atl::Array<avl::Path>& diagSamplingPoints )
Parameters
Name | Type | Range | Default | Description | |
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ioState | ScanExactlyNStripesState& | Object used to maintain state of the function. | |||
inImage | const Image& | Input image to be measured | |||
inScanPath | const Path& | Path along which the scan is performed | |||
inScanPathAlignment | Optional<const CoordinateSystem2D&> | NIL | Adjusts the scan path to the position of the inspected object | ||
inScanWidth | int | 1 - | 5 | Width of the scan field in pixels | |
inImageInterpolation | InterpolationMethod::Type | Bilinear | Interpolation method used in extraction of image pixel values | ||
inStripeScanParams | const StripeScanParams& | StripeScanParams ( ProfileInterpolation: Quadratic4 SmoothingStdDev: 0.6f MinMagnitude: 5.0f MaxInnerEdgeMagnitude: Nil StripePolarity: Dark MinStripeWidth: 0.0f MaxStripeWidth: Nil ) | Parameters controlling the stripe extraction process | ||
inStripeCount | int | 0 - | 1 | Number of stripes to be found | |
inStripeSelection | Selection::Type | Selection mode of the resulting stripes | |||
inMinGapWidth | float | 0.0 - | 0.0f | Minimal distance between consecutive stripes | |
inMaxGapWidth | Optional<float> | 0.0 - | NIL | Maximal distance between consecutive stripes | |
inLocalBlindness | Optional<const LocalBlindness&> | NIL | Defines conditions in which weaker edges can be detected in the vicinity of stronger edges | ||
outStripes | Conditional<Array<Stripe1D> >& | Found stripes | |||
outGaps | Conditional<Array<Gap1D> >& | Gaps between consecutive stripes | |||
outAlignedScanPath | Optional<Path&> | NIL | Path along which the scan is performed; in the image coordinate system | ||
diagBrightnessProfile | Profile& | Extracted image profile | |||
diagResponseProfile | Profile& | Profile of the edge (derivative) operator response | |||
diagSamplingPoints | Array<Path>& | Array of paths each one containing the sampling points that contributed to a single value of the extracted profile |
Description
The operation scans the image along inScanPath and finds a set of inStripeCount consecutive stripes (i.e. pairs of opposite-polarity edges running across the path). If no subset (of inStripeCount elements) of detected edge pairs meets the requirements of inStripeScanParams.stripePolarity, inStripeScanParams.minMagnitude, inStripeScanParams.minStripeWidth and inMinGapWidth then the outputs are set to NIL.
The optional parameter inScanPathAlignment defines a transform to be performed on the inScanPath so that the actual scan path (outAlignedScanPath) is adjusted to the position of the object, typically detected by one of Template Matching filters.
Note that in case of a scan path which is closed, the parameters controlling the distances between consecutive found objects do not control the distance between the first and the last of the found objects (counting from the beginning of the scan path).
Hints
- Set inStripeCount to the number of stripes that are to be found (the N number).
- Define inStripeScanParams.StripePolarity to detect a particular stripe type, and only that type.
- If the expected number of stripes cannot be found, try decreasing inStripeScanParams.MinMagnitude. Verify this with the values on the diagResponseProfile output.
- If consecutive edges are closer than 6 pixels apart, change inStripeScanParams.ProfileInterpolation to Quadratic3.
- Adjust inMinGapWidth (in pixels) to filter out false stripes that appear in proximity to other stripes.
- Adjust inStripeScanParams.inMinStripeWidth and inStripeScanParams.inMaxStripeWidth (in pixels) to increase reliability.
Examples
Remarks
For more information about local coordinate systems please refer to the following article.
This filter is a part of the 1D Edge Detection toolset. For a comprehensive introduction to this technique please refer to 1D Edge Detection and 1D Edge Detection - Subpixel Precision chapters of our Machine Vision Guide.