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- DIP - Weighted Average Filter
- DIP - Laplacian Operator
- DIP - Robinson Operator
- DIP - Kirsch Operator
- DIP - Sobel Operator
- DIP - Prewitt Operator
- DIP - Understanding Convolution
- DIP - Watermark
- DIP - Eroding & Dilation
- DIP - Box Filter
- DIP - Gaussian Filter
- DIP - Image Shape Conversions
- DIP - Basic Thresholding
- DIP - Image Pyramids
- DIP - Adding Image Border
- DIP - Image Compression Technique
- DIP - Enhancing Image Sharpness
- DIP - Enhancing Image Brightness
- DIP - Enhancing Image Contrast
- DIP - Grayscale Conversion
- DIP - Image Pixels
- DIP - Image Download & Upload
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Java DIP - Eroding and Dilating
In this chapter we learn apply two very common morphology operators:Dilation and Erosion.
We use OpenCV function erode and dilate. They can be found under Imgproc package. Its syntax is given below −
Imgproc.erode(source, destination, element); Imgproc.dilate(source, destination, element);
The parameters are described below −
Sr.No. | Parameter & Description |
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1 |
source It is Source image. |
2 |
destination It is destination image. |
3 |
element It is a structuring element used for erosion and dilation, if element=Mat(), a 3 x 3 rectangular structuring element is used. |
Apart from erode() and dilate() methods, there are other methods provided by the Imgproc class. They are described briefly −
Sr.No. | Method & Description |
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1 |
cvtColor(Mat src, Mat dst, int code, int dstCn) It converts an image from one color space to another. |
2 |
dilate(Mat src, Mat dst, Mat kernel) It dilates an image by using a specific structuring element. |
3 |
equapzeHist(Mat src, Mat dst) It equapzes the histogram of a grayscale image. |
4 |
filter2D(Mat src, Mat dst, int depth, Mat kernel, Point anchor, double delta) It convolves an image with the kernel. |
5 |
GaussianBlur(Mat src, Mat dst, Size ksize, double sigmaX) It blurs an image using a Gaussian filter. |
6 |
integral(Mat src, Mat sum) It calculates the integral of an image. |
Example
The following example demonstrates the use of Imgproc class to perform erosion and dilation on an image −
import org.opencv.core.Core; import org.opencv.core.CvType; import org.opencv.core.Mat; import org.opencv.highgui.Highgui; import org.opencv.imgproc.Imgproc; pubpc class main { pubpc static void main( String[] args ) { try{ System.loadLibrary( Core.NATIVE_LIBRARY_NAME ); Mat source = Highgui.imread("digital_image_processing.jpg", Highgui.CV_LOAD_IMAGE_COLOR); Mat destination = new Mat(source.rows(),source.cols(),source.type()); destination = source; int erosion_size = 5; int dilation_size = 5; Mat element = Imgproc.getStructuringElement(Imgproc.MORPH_RECT, new Size(2*erosion_size + 1, 2*erosion_size+1)); Imgproc.erode(source, destination, element); Highgui.imwrite("erosion.jpg", destination); source = Highgui.imread("digital_image_processing.jpg", Highgui.CV_LOAD_IMAGE_COLOR); destination = source; Mat element1 = Imgproc.getStructuringElement(Imgproc.MORPH_RECT, new Size(2*dilation_size + 1, 2*dilation_size+1)); Imgproc.dilate(source, destination, element1); Highgui.imwrite("dilation.jpg", destination); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("error:" + e.getMessage()); } } }
Output
When you execute the given code, the following output is seen −
Original Image
On the above original image, some erosion and dilation operations have been performed which have been shown in the output below −