ISVC 2006: Advances in Visual Computing pp 731-740 | Cite as

Edge Detection Using a Complex-Valued Directional Vector Representation

  • Sung Bae Kim
  • Rae-Hong Park
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 4292)

Abstract

Edge detection is a fundamental step in computer vision and image analysis. A new method using the modified Laplacian and position mask is proposed for edge detection of both gray-evel and color images. A directional field is computed by the proposed masks and edges are detected by additional simple mask operations. Edge detection results by the proposed masks are shown in comparison with those by Sobel, Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG), and Canny operators.

Keywords

Edge Detection Modified Laplacian Directional Field Position Mask 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Sung Bae Kim
    • 1
  • Rae-Hong Park
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Electronic EngineeringSogang UniversitySeoulKorea
  2. 2.Interdisciplinary Program of Integrated BiotechnologySogang University 

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