• DocumentCode
    1134463
  • Title

    A Corner-Finding Algorithm for Chain-Coded Curves

  • Author

    Freeman, Herbert ; Davis, Larry S.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    3/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    297
  • Lastpage
    303
  • Abstract
    A method for detecting sharp "corners" in a chain-coded plane curve is described. A measure for the prominence ("cornerity") of a corner is introduced. The effectiveness of the method is illustrated by means of a number of examples.
  • Keywords
    Corner detection, image processing, incremental curvature, line-drawing processing.; Algebra; Electrons; Flip-flops; Lattices; Sequential circuits; Strontium; Corner detection, image processing, incremental curvature, line-drawing processing.;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TC.1977.1674825
  • Filename
    1674825