Otsu method is proper to deal with two conditions: (1) two or more classes with distintive gray-values respectively; (2) classes without distinctive gray-values, but with similar areas. However, when the gray-value differences among classes are not so distinct, and the object is small relative to backgroud, the separabilities among classes are insufficient. In order to overcome the above problem, this paper presents an improved spatial low-pass filter with a parameter and presents an unsupervised method of automatic parameter selection for image enhancement based on Otsu method. This method combines image enhancement with image segmentation as one procedure through a discriminant criterion. The optimal parameter of the filter is selected by the discriminant criterion given to maximize the separability between object and background. The optimal threshold for image segmentation is computed simultaneously. The method is used to detect the surface defect of container. Experiments illustrate the validity of the method.


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    Title :

    An Effective Automatic Image Enhancement Method


    Contributors:
    Jiang, Jun (author) / Cheng, Jun (author) / Chen, Xinglin (author)


    Publication date :

    2008-05-01


    Size :

    488478 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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