Image binarization techniques for correlation-based pattern recognition

W. C. Hasenplaugh; Mark Allen Neifeld

doi:10.1117/1.602241

1 November 1999 Image binarization techniques for correlation-based pattern recognition

W. C. Hasenplaugh, Mark Allen Neifeld

Optical Engineering, Vol. 38, Issue 11, (November 1999). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.602241

Correlation using binary images is suited to efficient digital realization or convenient optical implementation. Binarization algorithms are required in order to match grayscale imagery to these binary correlation architectures. We present several novel point-wise and block-wise binarization techniques all of which outperform the grayscale matched filter for large values of input signal-to-noise ratio (SNR=0dB). We discuss direct binarization methods based on global thresholds, local thresholds, histogram equalization, edge-enhancement, and statistical binarization, as well as indirect methods based on auto- and crosscorrelation techniques. These point-wise methods are shown to offer poor noise tolerance and a new block-wise binarization method is introduced to enhance recognition at low values of SNR. This block-wise technique is motivated by vector quantization-based image compression and offers performance superior to the grayscale matched filter for an input SNR as low as -12 dB.

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W. C. Hasenplaugh and Mark Allen Neifeld "Image binarization techniques for correlation-based pattern recognition," Optical Engineering 38(11), (1 November 1999). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.602241

Published: 1 November 1999

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