An approach for color edge detection with automatic threshold detection

  • M. D. Arpitha*
  • , Megha P. Arakeri
  • , G. Ram Mohan Reddy
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Edge is an important feature for image segmentation and object detection. Edge detection reduces the amount of data needed to process by removing unnecessary features. Edge detection in color images is more challenging than edge detection in gray-level images. This paper proposes a method for edge detection of color images with automatic threshold detection. The proposed algorithm extracts the edge information of color images in RGB color space with fixed threshold value. The algorithm works on three channels individually and the output is fused to produce one edge map. The algorithm uses the Kuwahara filter to smoothen the image, sobel operator is used for detecting the edge. A new automatic threshold detection method based on histogram data is used for estimating the threshold value. The method is applied for large number of images and the result shows that the algorithm produces effective results when compared to some of the existing edge detection methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Computing, Networking and Security - International Conference, ADCONS 2011, Revised Selected Papers
Pages117-124
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
EventInternational Conference on Advanced Computing, Networking and Security, ADCONS 2011 - Surathkal, India
Duration: 16-12-201118-12-2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume7135 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Advanced Computing, Networking and Security, ADCONS 2011
Country/TerritoryIndia
CitySurathkal
Period16-12-1118-12-11

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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