REPRESENTING DIRECTIONS FOR HOUGH TRANSFORMS

Fabian Wenzel, Rolf-Rainer Grigat

2006

Abstract

Many algorithms in computer vision operate with directions, i. e. with representations of 3D-points by ignoring their distance to the origin. Even though minimal parametrizations of directions may contain singularities, they can enhance convergence in optimization algorithms and are required e. g. for accumulator spaces in Hough transforms. There are numerous possibilities for parameterizing directions. However, many do not account for numerical stability when dealing with noisy data. This paper gives an overview of different parametrizations and shows their sensitivity with respect to noise. In addition to standard approaches in the field of computer vision, representations originating from the field of cartography are introduced. Experiments demonstrate their superior performance in computer vision applications in the presence of noise as they are suitable for Gaussian filtering.

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Wenzel F. and Grigat R. (2006). REPRESENTING DIRECTIONS FOR HOUGH TRANSFORMS . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP, ISBN 972-8865-40-6, pages 116-122. DOI: 10.5220/0001373301160122


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@conference{visapp06,
author={Fabian Wenzel and Rolf-Rainer Grigat},
title={REPRESENTING DIRECTIONS FOR HOUGH TRANSFORMS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP,},
year={2006},
pages={116-122},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001373301160122},
isbn={972-8865-40-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 2: VISAPP,
TI - REPRESENTING DIRECTIONS FOR HOUGH TRANSFORMS
SN - 972-8865-40-6
AU - Wenzel F.
AU - Grigat R.
PY - 2006
SP - 116
EP - 122
DO - 10.5220/0001373301160122