Kotebe University of
Education
Digital Image
Processing and CV
Mulugeta A.(PhD)
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Chapter One
Introduction to Digital Image
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Outline
Digital Image and processing concept
Image
Digital Image
Digital Image Processing
Review of Signal Processing
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Image
A two-dimensional signal that can be observed
by human visual system
it represents a measure of some
characteristic such as brightness or color of a
viewed scene.
An image is a projection of a 3D scene into a
2D projection plane.
An image may be defined as a two-
dimensional function f(x,y), where x and y are
spatial (plane) coordinates, and the amplitude
of f at any pair of coordinates (x,y) is called
the intensity of the image at that point.
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Digital Image
Digital image :- Representation of images by
sampling in time and space.
Digital image is composed of a finite number
of elements, each of which has a particular
location and value.
These elements are called picture elements,
image elements and pixels.
Pixel is the term used most widely to denote
the elements of digital image.
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Cont.
Digital Image
a two-dimensional function
x and y are spatial coordinates
The amplitude of f is called intensity or gray level at the point (x, y)
Digital Image Processing
process digital images by means of computer, it covers
low-, mid-,and high-level processes
low-level: inputs and outputs are images
mid-level: outputs are attributes extracted from input images
high-level: an ensemble of recognition of individual objects
Low Level Process Mid Level Process High Level
Input: Image Input: Image Process
Input: Attributes
Output: Image Output: Attributes Output:
Understanding
Examples: Noise Examples: Object Examples: Scene
removal, image recognition, understanding,
sharpening segmentation autonomous
navigation
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Digital Image Processing
Perform digital signal processing operations on digital
images
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Cont.
An image processing operation typically
defines a new image g in terms of an
existing image f.
We can transform either the range of f.
Or the domain of f:
Why Image processing
Storage: as the number of images increase
the memory gets full and the system gets slow
down.
Example: storage can be dome by
compression of images
Transmission: in order to transmit the image
the size of the image must be less.
Human perception: to view the image it
must be better and viewed properly.
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Key Stages in Digital Image
Processing
Image Morphologic
Restoration al Processing
Image Segmentatio
Enhancement n
Image Object
Acquisition Recognition
Representatio
Problem Domain n&
Description
Colour Image Image
Processing Compression
Key Stages in Digital Image Processing:
Image Acquisition
Image Morphologic
Restoration al Processing
Image Segmentatio
Enhancement n
Image Object
Acquisition Recognition
Representatio
Problem Domain n&
Description
Colour Image Image
Processing Compression
Key Stages in Digital Image
Processing:
Image Enhancement
Image Morphologic
Restoration al Processing
Image Segmentatio
Enhancement n
Image Object
Acquisition Recognition
Representatio
Problem Domain n&
Description
Colour Image Image
Processing Compression
Key Stages in Digital Image
Processing:
Image Restoration
Image Morphologic
Restoration al Processing
Image Segmentatio
Enhancement n
Image Object
Acquisition Recognition
Representatio
Problem Domain n&
Description
Colour Image Image
Processing Compression
Key Stages in Digital Image
Processing:
Morphological Processing
Image Morphologic
Restoration al Processing
Image Segmentatio
Enhancement n
Image Object
Acquisition Recognition
Representatio
Problem Domain n&
Description
Colour Image Image
Processing Compression
Key Stages in Digital Image
Processing:
Segmentation
Image Morphologic
Restoration al Processing
Image Segmentatio
Enhancement n
Image Object
Acquisition Recognition
Representatio
Problem Domain n&
Description
Colour Image Image
Processing Compression
Key Stages in Digital Image
Processing:
Object Recognition
Image Morphologic
Restoration al Processing
Image Segmentatio
Enhancement n
Image Object
Acquisition Recognition
Representatio
Problem Domain n&
Description
Colour Image Image
Processing Compression
Key Stages in Digital Image Processing:
Representation & Description
Image Morphologic
Restoration al Processing
Image Segmentatio
Enhancement n
Image Object
Acquisition Recognition
Representatio
Problem Domain n&
Description
Colour Image Image
Processing Compression
Key Stages in Digital Image
Processing:
Image Compression
Image Morphologic
Restoration al Processing
Image Segmentatio
Enhancement n
Image Object
Acquisition Recognition
Representatio
Problem Domain n&
Description
Colour Image Image
Processing Compression
Key Stages in Digital Image
Processing:
Colour Image Processing
Image Morphologic
Restoration al Processing
Image Segmentatio
Enhancement n
Image Object
Acquisition Recognition
Representatio
Problem Domain n&
Description
Colour Image Image
Processing Compression
Applications
And
Research Topics
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Purpose
► Improvement of pictorial information for human
interpretation
► Compression of image data for storage and
transmission
► Preprocessing to enable object detection,
classification, and tracking
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Typical application areas
► Television Signal Processing
► Satellite Image Processing
► Medical Image Processing
► Robotics
► Visual Communications
► Law Enforcement
► Etc.
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Television Signal Processing
► Image brightness, contrast, color hue
adjustment
► Video compression for efficient delivery and
storage and storage
► Conversion among different video formats
QVGA<->VGA<->XVGA
SDTV<->HDTV
NTSC<->PAL
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Medical Image Processing
► Images are acquired to get information about
Anatomy and Physiology of a patient
► How to reconstruct the image from captured data
► How to process/analyze the image to help
diagnosis/treatment?
Ultra Sound (US)
Magnetic resonance Imaging
Positron Emission
Tomography(PET)
Computer Tomography (CT)
X-rays
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Visual Communication
Videophone
Tele-conferencing
Tele-conferencing
Tele-shopping
How to compress the video to reduce bandwidth/storage
requirements
How to conceal
How to conceal artifacts due to transmission losses?
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Law Enforcement
► Biometric identification / verification
Fingerprint
Face
Iris
How to extract features that can be
used to differentiate among different
images? 26
Robot Control
Automatic
inspection
Unmanned operations
Autonomous Vehicle driving
How to detect and track
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Satellite Image Processing
Remote sensing
Climate
Geology
Land resource
Flood monitor
How to enhance the
image to facilitate
interpretation?
How to analyze the
image to detect
certain phenomena?
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Basic Image Processing
Operations
Simple point processing
Special effects
Noise reduction
Image enhancement
Image restoration
Face detection
Image segmentation
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Simple point processing
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Contrast Enhancement
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Noise Reduction
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Image Sharpening
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Image Restoration
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Image debluring
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Special Effects
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Face Detection
Face detection in an image or video
Face tracking in a video
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Image Segmentation
Segmentation of different object in the scene
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Research Area
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Document Handling
Signature Verification
Biometrics
Fingerprint Verification /
Identification
Object Recognition
Object Recognition Research
reference view 1 reference view 2
novel view recognized
Target Recognition
► Department of Defense (Army, Airforce,
Navy)
Interpretation of Aerial
Photography
Interpretation of aerial photography is a problem domain in both computer vision and registration.
Autonomous Vehicles
Land, Underwater, Space
Traffic Monitoring
Face Detection
Face Recognition
Facial Expression Recognition
Face Tracking
Human Activity Recognition
Medical Applications
skin cancer breast cancer
Morphing
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