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ScanSingleStripe_Direct

Header:	FIL.h
Namespace:	fil
Module:	MetrologyBasic

Locates the strongest pair of edges across a given path (without a scan map).

Applications: Very fast detection or measurement of an object defined by a pair of opposite edges.

Syntax

void fil::ScanSingleStripe_Direct
(
	const fil::Image& inImage,
	const fil::Path& inScanPath,
	ftl::Optional<const fil::CoordinateSystem2D&> inScanPathAlignment,
	int inScanWidth,
	const fil::SamplingParams& inSamplingParams,
	const fil::StripeScanParams& inStripeScanParams,
	fil::Selection::Type inStripeSelection,
	ftl::Optional<const fil::LocalBlindness&> inLocalBlindness,
	ftl::Conditional<fil::Stripe1D>& outStripe,
	ftl::Optional<fil::Path&> outAlignedScanPath = ftl::NIL,
	ftl::Optional<fil::Profile&> outBrightnessProfile = ftl::NIL,
	ftl::Optional<fil::Profile&> outResponseProfile = ftl::NIL,
	ftl::Array<fil::Path>& diagSamplingPoints,
	float& diagSamplingStep
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Range	Default	Description
inImage	const Image&			Input image
inScanPath	const Path&			Path along which the scan is performed
inScanPathAlignment	Optional<const CoordinateSystem2D&>		NIL	Adjusts the scan path to the position of the inspected object
inScanWidth	int	1 -	5	Width of the scan field in pixels
inSamplingParams	const SamplingParams&		SamplingParams ( Interpolation: Bilinear SamplingStep: 1.0f SampleCount: Nil )	Parameters controlling the sampling process
inStripeScanParams	const StripeScanParams&		StripeScanParams ( ProfileInterpolation: Quadratic4 SmoothingStdDev: 0.6f MinMagnitude: 5.0f MaxInnerEdgeMagnitude: Nil StripePolarity: Dark MinStripeWidth: 0.0f MaxStripeWidth: Nil )	Parameters controlling the stripe extraction process
inStripeSelection	Selection::Type			Selection mode of the resulting stripe
inLocalBlindness	Optional<const LocalBlindness&>		NIL	Defines conditions in which weaker edges can be detected in the vicinity of stronger edges
outStripe	Conditional<Stripe1D>&			Found stripe
outAlignedScanPath	Optional<Path&>		NIL	Transformed input path
outBrightnessProfile	Optional<Profile&>		NIL	Extracted image profile
outResponseProfile	Optional<Profile&>		NIL	Profile of the edge (derivative) operator response
diagSamplingPoints	Array<Path>&			Array of paths each one containing the sampling points that contributes to a single value of the extracted profile
diagSamplingStep	float&			Used distance between consecutive sampling points on the scan path

Optional Outputs

The computation of following outputs can be switched off by passing value ftl::NIL to these parameters: outAlignedScanPath, outBrightnessProfile, outResponseProfile.

Description

The operation scans the image along inScanPath and locates the strongest stripe (i.e. a pair of opposite-polarity edges running across the path) of the given characteristics. If there is no such stripe then the outputs are set to NIL.

The optional parameter inScanPathAlignment defines a transform to be performed on the inScanPath so that the actual scan path (outAlignedScanPath) is adjusted to the position of the object, typically detected by one of Template Matching filters.

Hints

Define inStripeScanParams.StripePolarity to detect a particular edge type, and only that type.
If no stripe is found, try decreasing inStripeScanParams.MinMagnitude. Verify this with the values on the outResponseProfile output.
If consecutive edges are closer than 6 pixels apart, change inStripeScanParams.ProfileInterpolation to Quadratic3.

Examples

ScanSingleStripe_Direct locates the strongest stripe across inScanPath.

Remarks

Read more about Local Coordinate Systems in Machine Vision Guide: Local Coordinate Systems.

This filter is a part of the 1D Edge Detection toolset. For a comprehensive introduction to this technique please refer to 1D Edge Detection and 1D Edge Detection - Subpixel Precision chapters of our Machine Vision Guide.