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AVL.LawsFilter
Filters image with one of the classic LAWS filter.
| Namespace: | AvlNet |
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| Assembly: | AVL.NET.dll |
Syntax
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public static void LawsFilter ( AvlNet.Image inImage, AvlNet.LawsFilterType inVerticalFilter, AvlNet.LawsFilterType inHorizontalFilter, AvlNet.LawsFilterSize inFilterSize, int inMacroBlockSize, bool inNormalizeLocalContrast, AvlNet.Image outTextureImage, AvlNet.Image outTextureEnergyImage )
Parameters
| Name | Type | Range | Default | Description | |
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 | inImage | AvlNet.Image | Input mono image. | ||
| inVerticalFilter | AvlNet.LawsFilterType | Level | Vertical part of filter. Default value: Level. | |
| inHorizontalFilter | AvlNet.LawsFilterType | Edge | Horizontal part of filter. Default value: Edge. | |
| inFilterSize | AvlNet.LawsFilterSize | Filter window size. | ||
| inMacroBlockSize | int | <3, INF> | 15 | Macroblock is used to gather generated texture energy. Default value: 15. |
| inNormalizeLocalContrast | bool | False | Whether to normalize image before processing. Default value: False. | |
 | outTextureImage | AvlNet.Image | Filtered image. | ||
| outTextureEnergyImage | AvlNet.Image | Texture energy (AVG). |
Description
The operation applies texture filters to input image to obtain energy measures.
Laws filter types are: Level, Edge, Wave, Spot, Ripple, Oscillation and Undulation.
Examples
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From left: sample image, applied Level and Wave filters, Spot and Edge, Spot and Ripple.
Errors
List of possible exceptions:
| Error type | Description |
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| DomainError | Laws filters can be applied to single channel images only. |
| DomainError | Not supported inImage pixel format in LawsFilter. |
