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FitSegmentToStripe_Direct


Header: AVL.h
Namespace: avl
Module: MetrologyPro

Performs a series of 1D stripe detections and finds a segment that best matches the detected points.

Applications: Precise detection of a straight stripe, whose rough location is known beforehand.

Syntax

C++
C#
 
void avl::FitSegmentToStripe_Direct
(
	const avl::Image& inImage,
	const avl::SegmentFittingField& inFittingField,
	atl::Optional<const avl::CoordinateSystem2D&> inFittingFieldAlignment,
	int inScanCount,
	int inScanWidth,
	const avl::SamplingParams& inSamplingParams,
	const avl::StripeScanParams& inStripeScanParams,
	avl::Selection::Type inStripeSelection,
	atl::Optional<const avl::LocalBlindness&> inLocalBlindness,
	float inMaxIncompleteness,
	atl::Optional<avl::LineMEstimator::Type> inOutlierSuppression,
	atl::Conditional<avl::Segment2D>& outSegment,
	atl::Conditional<avl::Segment2D>& outLeftSegment,
	atl::Conditional<avl::Segment2D>& outRightSegment,
	atl::Optional<atl::Array<atl::Conditional<avl::Stripe1D>>&> outStripes = atl::NIL,
	atl::Optional<atl::Array<avl::Point2D>&> outStripePoints = atl::NIL,
	atl::Optional<atl::Conditional<avl::Profile>&> outDeviationProfile = atl::NIL,
	atl::Optional<avl::SegmentFittingField&> outAlignedFittingField = atl::NIL,
	atl::Optional<atl::Array<avl::Profile>&> outBrightnessProfiles = atl::NIL,
	atl::Optional<atl::Array<avl::Profile>&> outResponseProfiles = atl::NIL,
	atl::Array<avl::Segment2D>& diagScanSegments,
	atl::Array<avl::Rectangle2D>& diagSamplingAreas
)

Parameters

Name Type Range Default Description
Input value inImage const Image& Image to fit segment to
Input value inFittingField const SegmentFittingField& Segment fitting field
Input value inFittingFieldAlignment Optional<const CoordinateSystem2D&> NIL Adjusts the fitting field to the position of the inspected object
Input value inScanCount int 3 - 10 The number of points that will be searched to estimate the position of the segment
Input value inScanWidth int 1 - 5 The width of each scan field (in pixels)
Input value inSamplingParams const SamplingParams& Parameters controlling the sampling process
Input value 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
Input value inStripeSelection Selection::Type Selection mode of stripe
Input value inLocalBlindness Optional<const LocalBlindness&> NIL Defines conditions in which weaker edges can be detected in the vicinity of stronger edges
Input value inMaxIncompleteness float 0.0 - 0.999 0.1f Maximal fraction of stripe points not found
Input value inOutlierSuppression Optional<LineMEstimator::Type> NIL Selects a method for ignoring incorrectly detected points
Output value outSegment Conditional<Segment2D>& Fitted segment in the middle of found stripe
Output value outLeftSegment Conditional<Segment2D>& Fitted left segment
Output value outRightSegment Conditional<Segment2D>& Fitted right segment
Output value outStripes Optional<Array<Conditional<Stripe1D>>&> NIL Found stripes
Output value outStripePoints Optional<Array<Point2D>&> NIL Extracted points of middle segment of an image stripe
Output value outDeviationProfile Optional<Conditional<Profile>&> NIL Profile of distances between the actual segment points and the corresponding reference segment points
Output value outAlignedFittingField Optional<SegmentFittingField&> NIL Fitting field used; in the image coordinate system
Output value outBrightnessProfiles Optional<Array<Profile>&> NIL Extracted image profiles
Output value outResponseProfiles Optional<Array<Profile>&> NIL Profiles of the edge (derivative) operator response
Diagnostic input diagScanSegments Array<Segment2D>& Segments along which the scans were run
Diagnostic input diagSamplingAreas Array<Rectangle2D>& Areas from which the input image is sampled

Optional Outputs

The computation of following outputs can be switched off by passing value atl::NIL to these parameters: outStripes, outStripePoints, outDeviationProfile, outAlignedFittingField, outBrightnessProfiles, outResponseProfiles.

Read more about Optional Outputs.

Description

The operation tries to fit a given segment to stripe present in the inImage image. Internally, it performs a series of scans with the ScanSingleStripe_Direct filter along inScanCount specific scan segments which length is always equal to the inFittingField width and cannot be less than 4. The found points are then used to determine the actual position of the segment in the image. Only inMaxIncompleteness fraction of these scans may fail. If the fitting according to the given parameters is not possible, outSegment is set to Nil.

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.
  • If some of the scans may produce false results, try different values of the inOutlierSuppression input.
  • Use the outStripePoints outputs to visualize the scanning results.

Examples

Fitting a segment to the dark stripe of a nail
(inStripeScanParams.Polarity = Dark).

Remarks

Read more about Local Coordinate Systems in Machine Vision Guide: Local Coordinate Systems.

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.

See Also

  • FitSegmentToEdges_Direct – Performs a series of 1D edge detections and finds a segment that best matches the detected points.
  • FitSegmentToRidges_Direct – Performs a series of 1D ridge detections and finds a segment that best matches the detected points.
  • FitSegmentToStripe – Performs a series of 1D stripe detections and finds a segment that best matches the detected points.