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# ScanMultipleEdges

Locates multiple transitions between dark and bright pixels along a given path.

### Syntax

C++
C#

void avl::ScanMultipleEdges
(
const avl::Image& inImage,
const ScanMap& inScanMap,
const EdgeScanParams& inEdgeScanParams,
float inMinDistance,
atl::Optional<float> inMaxDistance,
atl::Optional<const avl::LocalBlindness&> inLocalBlindness,
atl::Array<avl::Edge1D>& outEdges,
atl::Array<avl::Gap1D>& outGaps,
avl::Profile& diagBrightnessProfile,
avl::Profile& diagResponseProfile
)

### Parameters

Name Type Range Default Description
inImage const Image& Input image
inScanMap const ScanMap& Data precomputed with CreateScanMap
inEdgeScanParams const EdgeScanParams& Parameters controlling the edge extraction process
inMinDistance float 0.0 - 0.0f Minimal distance between consecutive edges
inMaxDistance Optional<float> 0.0 - NIL Maximal distance between consecutive edges
inLocalBlindness Optional<const LocalBlindness&> NIL Defines conditions in which weaker edges can be detected in the vicinity of stronger edges
outEdges Array<Edge1D>& Found edges
outGaps Array<Gap1D>& Gaps between consecutive edges
diagBrightnessProfile Profile& Extracted image profile
diagResponseProfile Profile& Profile of the edge (derivative) operator response

### Description

The operation scans the image using inScanMap previously generated from a scan path and detects image edges perpendicular to the path. Depending on the inEdgeScanParams.edgeTransition parameter, edges representing increase or decrease (or both) of image brightness along the path will be taken into account.

When the number of edges to be found is known, one can use the ScanExactlyNEdges.

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

• Define inEdgeScanParams.EdgeTransition to detect a particular edge type, and only that type.
• If too few edges are found, try decreasing inEdgeScanParams.MinMagnitude. Verify this with the values on the diagResponseProfile output.
• If consecutive edges are closer than 6 pixels apart, change inEdgeScanParams.ProfileInterpolation to Quadratic3.
• Adjust inMinDistance (in pixels) to filter out false edges that appear in proximity to other edges.

### Examples

ScanExactlyNEdges locates the edges using a scan map representing the scan path above.