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http://dx.doi.org/10.5391/JKIIS.2005.15.6.709

Line Segments Extraction by using Chain Code Tracking of Edge Map from Aerial Images  

Lee Kyu-won (대전대학교 정보통신공학과)
Woo Dong-min (명지대학교 정보공학과)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems / v.15, no.6, 2005 , pp. 709-713 More about this Journal
Abstract
A new algorithm is proposed for the extraction of line segments to construct 3D wire-frame models of building from the high-resolution aerial images. The purpose of this study Is the accurate and effective extraction of line segments, considering the problems such as discordance of lines and blurred edges existing in the conventional methods. Using the edge map extracted from aerial images, chain code tracking of edges was performed. Then, we extract the line segments considering the strength of edges and the direction of them. SUSAN (Smallest Uni-value Segment Assimilating Nucleus) algorithm proposed by Smith was used to extract an edge map. The proposed algorithm consists of 4 steps: removal of the horizontal, vertical and diagonal components of edges to reduce non-candidate point of line segments based on the chain code tracking of the edge map, removal of contiguous points, removal of the same angle points, and the extraction of the start and end points to be line segments. By comparing the proposed algorithm with Boldt algorithm, better results were obtained regarding the extraction of the representative line segments of buildings, having relatively less extraction of unnecessary line segments.
Keywords
선소;세그먼트;3D;체인코드;에지;
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