<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper proposes a new first-scan method for two-scan labeling algorithms. In the first scan, our proposed method first scans image lines three by three with a leaving line, and for foreground pixels among each three lines, assigns them provisional labels, and finds and resolves label equivalences among them. Then, it processes the leaving lines from top to bottom one by one, and for each line, assigns foreground pixels on the line provisional labels, finding and resolving label equivalences between the foreground pixels and those on the lines immediately above and below the current line. Experimental results demonstrated that our method is more efficient than conventional label-equivalence-based labeling algorithms.</p></abstract>

This paper proposes a new first-scan method for two-scan labeling algorithms. In the first scan, our proposed method first scans image lines three by three with a leaving line, and for foreground pixels among each three lines, assigns them provisional labels, and finds and resolves label equivalences among them. Then, it processes the leaving lines from top to bottom one by one, and for each line, assigns foreground pixels on the line provisional labels, finding and resolving label equivalences between the foreground pixels and those on the lines immediately above and below the current line. Experimental results demonstrated that our method is more efficient than conventional label-equivalence-based labeling algorithms.

A New Connected-Component Labeling Algorithm

International Journal of Advanced Network, Monitoring and Controls

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This paper proposes a new first-scan method for two-scan labeling algorithms. In the first scan, our proposed method first scans image lines three by three...

A New Connected-Component Labeling Algorithm

Published Online: Apr 01, 2018

Page range: 1 - 6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijanmc-2016-008

Keywords
connected component, labeling, pattern recognition

© 2016 Yuyan Chao et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

A New Connected-Component Labeling Algorithm

Published Online: Apr 01, 2018

Page range: 1 - 6

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijanmc-2016-008

Keywordsconnected component, labeling, pattern recognition

© 2016 Yuyan Chao et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
connected component, labeling, pattern recognition