Thick Line Segment Detection with Fast Directional Tracking

International audienceThis paper introduces a fully discrete framework for a new straight line detector in gray-level images, where line segments are enriched with a thickness parameter intended to provide a quality criterion on the extracted feature. This study is based on a previous work on interactive line detection in gray-level images. At first, a better estimation of the segment thickness and orientation is achieved through two main improvements: adaptive directional scans and control of assigned thickness. Then, these advances are exploited for a complete unsupervised detection of all the line segments in an image. The new thick line detector is left available in an online demonstration

Blurred Segments in Gray Level Images for Interactive Line Extraction

International audienceAbstract. The recognition of discrete straight segments is a significant topic in the field of discrete geometry and for many applications dealing with geometric feature extraction. It can be performed from noisy binary data using the concept of blurred segments [3,2]. However, to our best knowledge, these algorithms have never been defined to directly extract straight segments in gray level images. This article proposes a solution to extend the recognition by using gray level image information. Although initially intended to be implemented within a semi-automatic line selec- tion tool used in an interactive 3D modeling application, it also meets more general parameter extraction requirements