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Image Filtering

The document discusses image filtering and feature detection techniques. It describes common filtering operations like blurring, edge detection, and sharpening used to modify images. It also covers noise reduction, morphological operations, and feature detection methods like corner detection, blob detection, SIFT, and SURF that are used to extract patterns from images.

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Image Filtering

The document discusses image filtering and feature detection techniques. It describes common filtering operations like blurring, edge detection, and sharpening used to modify images. It also covers noise reduction, morphological operations, and feature detection methods like corner detection, blob detection, SIFT, and SURF that are used to extract patterns from images.

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Image filtering and feature detection

Sir Umair Abro


Image Filtering

 Image filtering is a computational technique used to modify or enhance digital


images by applying mathematical operations to individual pixels or groups of
pixels.

 Image filtering plays a crucial role in various fields including image


processing, computer vision, and computer graphics, enabling tasks such as
enhancing image quality, extracting important features, and improving the
interpretability of visual data.

 Applications: Noise Reduction, Smoothing And Bluring, edge detection and


Image Restoration.
Common filtering operations

 Blur (or Smoothing): Used to reduce noise or remove detail from an


image. Techniques like Gaussian blur or median filtering are
commonly employed.

 Edge Detection: Detecting edges in an image helps in identifying


object boundaries. Techniques like Sobel, Prewitt, and Canny edge
detectors are frequently used.

 Sharpening: Enhances the edges and details in an image. Techniques


like Laplacian filtering or unsharp masking are used for this purpose.
Conti…

 Noise Reduction: Removing noise from an image using filters like


mean filter, median filter, or bilateral filter.

 Morphological Operations: Techniques like erosion, dilation, opening,


and closing are used for tasks such as noise removal, object
extraction, and shape detection.
Feature Detection:
 Feature detection in computer vision refers to the process of
identifying and extracting distinctive and informative patterns or
structures from images.
 These patterns, known as features, can represent various
characteristics such as points, lines,edges, corners, blobs, or
regions of interest within the image.
 Applications: Object Recognition, Image Stitching , Camera
Calibration, Motion Tracking
Techniques for feature detection
 Corner Detection: Identifying points in an image where the intensity changes
significantly in all directions.

 Blob Detection: Detecting regions in an image with uniform intensity or color.

 Scale-Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT): Identifies key points in an image


that are invariant to scaling, rotation, and translation. SIFT is robust to
changes in viewpoint and illumination.
 Speeded-Up Robust Features (SURF): Similar to SIFT but computationally
more efficient, making it suitable for real-time applications.
 Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG): Used for object detection by
describing the distribution of local intensity gradients or edge directions.
Code
# Perform Canny edge detection
edges = cv2.Canny(blurred, 100, 200)
import cv2
# Read the image # Display the original image
image = cv2.imread("D:\\6th cv2.imshow('Original Image', image)
Semester\\Data Science\\
img1.jpg.jpeg") #blured Image
image = cv2.resize(image, (350,185)) cv2.imshow('Blured Image', image)

# Convert the image to grayscale # Display the image after edge


gray = cv2.cvtColor(image, detection
cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) cv2.imshow('Edges Detected', edges)

# Apply Gaussian blur to reduce noise # Wait for any key press to close the
window
blurred = cv2.GaussianBlur(gray, (5,
cv2.waitKey(0)
5), 0)
v2.destroyAllWindows()

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