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AvsFilter_FitPathToStripe


This is Filter Equivalent. This function may be present in generated code, but should not be used in hand-written code. CreatePathFittingMap and FitPathToStripe should be used instead.

Performs a series of 1D stripe detections and creates a path from the detected points.

Syntax

void avs::AvsFilter_FitPathToStripe
(
	FitPathToStripeState& ioState,
	const avl::Image& inImage,
	const avl::PathFittingField& inFittingField,
	atl::Optional<const avl::CoordinateSystem2D&> inFittingFieldAlignment,
	atl::Optional<float> inScanStep,
	int inScanWidth,
	const avl::InterpolationMethod::Type inImageInterpolation,
	const avl::StripeScanParams& inStripeScanParams,
	avl::Selection::Type inStripeSelection,
	atl::Optional<const avl::LocalBlindness&> inLocalBlindness,
	atl::Optional<int> inMaxInterpolationLength,
	atl::Optional<float> inMaxDeviationDelta,
	float inMaxIncompleteness,
	atl::Conditional<avl::Path>& outPath,
	atl::Conditional<avl::Path>& outLeftPath,
	atl::Conditional<avl::Path>& outRightPath,
	atl::Array<atl::Conditional<avl::Stripe1D> >& outStripes,
	atl::Optional<atl::Conditional<avl::Profile>&> outDeviationProfile = atl::NIL,
	atl::Optional<avl::PathFittingField&> outAlignedFittingField = atl::NIL,
	atl::Array<avl::Segment2D>& diagScanSegments,
	atl::Array<avl::Rectangle2D>& diagSamplingAreas,
	atl::Array<avl::Profile>& diagBrightnessProfiles,
	atl::Array<avl::Profile>& diagResponseProfiles
)

Parameters

Name Type Range Default Description
ioState FitPathToStripeState& Object used to maintain state of the function.
inImage const Image& Image to fit the path to
inFittingField const PathFittingField& Path fitting field
inFittingFieldAlignment Optional<const CoordinateSystem2D&> NIL Adjusts the fitting field to the position of the inspected object
inScanStep Optional<float> 0.0 - 5.0f Optional implicit conversion of the input path to an equidistant one
inScanWidth int 1 - 5 The width of each scan field (in pixels)
inImageInterpolation const InterpolationMethod::Type Bilinear Interpolation method used for 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
inStripeSelection Selection::Type Selection mode of stripe
inLocalBlindness Optional<const LocalBlindness&> NIL Defines conditions in which weaker edges can be detected in the vicinity of stronger edges
inMaxInterpolationLength Optional<int> 0 - 1 Maximal number of consecutive points not found
inMaxDeviationDelta Optional<float> 0.0 - NIL Maximal difference between deviations of consecutive path points
inMaxIncompleteness float 0.0 - 0.999 0.1f Maximal fraction of stripe points not found
outPath Conditional<Path>& Fitted path in the middle of found stripe
outLeftPath Conditional<Path>& Fitted left path
outRightPath Conditional<Path>& Fitted right path
outStripes Array<Conditional<Stripe1D> >& Found stripes
outDeviationProfile Optional<Conditional<Profile>&> NIL Profile of distances between the actual path points and the corresponding reference path points
outAlignedFittingField Optional<PathFittingField&> NIL Fitting field used; in the image coordinate system
diagScanSegments Array<Segment2D>& Segments along which the scans were run
diagSamplingAreas Array<Rectangle2D>& Areas from which the input image is sampled
diagBrightnessProfiles Array<Profile>& Extracted image profiles
diagResponseProfiles Array<Profile>& Profiles of the edge (derivative) operator response

Description

The operation tries to fit a given path to stripe present in the inImage image. Internally, it performs a series of scans with the ScanSingleStripe filter along a number of specific scan segments which length is always equal to the inFittingField width. The found points are then used to determine the actual position of the path in the image. Only inMaxIncompleteness fraction of these scans may fail. If the fitting according to the given parameters is not possible, outPath is set to Nil.

There are also another parameters that control the path fitting process. The inMaxDeviationDelta parameter defines the maximal allowed difference between deviations of consecutive points from the input path points. If some of the scans fail or if some of found points are classified to be wrong according to another control parameters, output path points corresponding to them are interpolated depending on points in their nearest vicinity. No more than inMaxInterpolationLength consecutive points can be interpolated. The exception to this behavior are points which were not found on both ends of the input path. Those are not part of the result at all.

Hints

  • Connect an input image to the inImage input.
  • Define inStripeScanParams.StripePolarity to detect a particular stripe type, and only that type.
  • Adjust inStripeScanParams.MinStripeWidth and inStripeScanParams.MaxStripeWidth to the expected thickness of the stripe (in pixels).
  • If no or too few stripe points are found, try decreasing inStripeScanParams.MinMagnitude.
  • If some of the scans may fail, set the inMaxIncompleteness input accordingly.
  • Use the outStripes outputs to visualize the scanning results.

Examples

Fitting a path to a dark stripe
(inStripeScanParams.SmoothingStdDev = 2.0, inStripeScanParams.MinStripeWidth = 15.0, inStripeScanParams.StripePolarity = Dark).

Remarks

For more information about local coordinate systems please refer to the following article.

This filter is a part of the Shape Fitting toolset. To read more about this technique, one can refer to the Shape Fitting chapter of our Machine Vision Guide

Hardware Acceleration

This operation supports automatic parallelization for multicore and multiprocessor systems.

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