Image Edge Detection
Image Edge Detection
• Step edges
• Ramp Edges
• Ridge Edges
• Roof edge
DIRECTIONS OF EDGE DETECTIONS
GRADIENT OPERATORS
• The gradient of the image I(x,y) at location (x,y), is the vector:
Prewitt Edge Detection: Edges are calculated by using difference between corresponding pixel
intensities of an image. All the masks that are used for edge detection are also known as
derivative masks. Because as we have stated many times before in this series of tutorials that
image is also a signal so changes in a signal can only be calculated using differentiation.
Canny Edge Detection:Canny Edge Detection is used to detect the edges in an image. It
accepts a gray scale image as input and it uses a multistage algorithm. Canny edge detection is a
technique to extract useful structural information from different vision objects and dramatically
reduce the amount of data to be processed.
In this project we used sobel operator for finding the edges of an image.
It also works on the principle of above mask and calculates difference among
the pixel intensities of a particular edge. As the center row of mask is consist of
zeros so it does not include the original values of edge in the image but rather it
calculate the difference of above and below pixel intensities of the particular
edge. Thus increasing the sudden change of intensities and making the edge more
visible.