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GrayWorld Class

Gray World filter for color normalization.
Inheritance Hierarchy
SystemObject
  Accord.Imaging.FiltersBaseInPlaceFilter
    Accord.Imaging.FiltersGrayWorld

Namespace:  Accord.Imaging.Filters
Assembly:  Accord.Imaging (in Accord.Imaging.dll) Version: 3.8.0
Syntax
public class GrayWorld : BaseInPlaceFilter
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The GrayWorld type exposes the following members.

Constructors
  NameDescription
Public methodGrayWorld
Initializes a new instance of the GrayWorld class.
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Properties
Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodApply(Bitmap)
Apply filter to an image.
(Inherited from BaseInPlaceFilter.)
Public methodApply(BitmapData)
Apply filter to an image.
(Inherited from BaseInPlaceFilter.)
Public methodApply(UnmanagedImage)
Apply filter to an image in unmanaged memory.
(Inherited from BaseInPlaceFilter.)
Public methodApply(UnmanagedImage, UnmanagedImage)
Apply filter to an image in unmanaged memory.
(Inherited from BaseInPlaceFilter.)
Public methodApplyInPlace(Bitmap)
Apply filter to an image.
(Inherited from BaseInPlaceFilter.)
Public methodApplyInPlace(BitmapData)
Apply filter to an image.
(Inherited from BaseInPlaceFilter.)
Public methodApplyInPlace(UnmanagedImage)
Apply filter to an unmanaged image.
(Inherited from BaseInPlaceFilter.)
Public methodEquals
Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodFinalize
Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetHashCode
Serves as the default hash function.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetType
Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodMemberwiseClone
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodProcessFilter
Process the filter on the specified image.
(Overrides BaseInPlaceFilterProcessFilter(UnmanagedImage).)
Public methodToString
Returns a string that represents the current object.
(Inherited from Object.)
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Extension Methods
  NameDescription
Public Extension MethodHasMethod
Checks whether an object implements a method with the given name.
(Defined by ExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodIsEqual
Compares two objects for equality, performing an elementwise comparison if the elements are vectors or matrices.
(Defined by Matrix.)
Public Extension MethodTo(Type)Overloaded.
Converts an object into another type, irrespective of whether the conversion can be done at compile time or not. This can be used to convert generic types to numeric types during runtime.
(Defined by ExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodToTOverloaded.
Converts an object into another type, irrespective of whether the conversion can be done at compile time or not. This can be used to convert generic types to numeric types during runtime.
(Defined by ExtensionMethods.)
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Remarks

The grey world normalization makes the assumption that changes in the lighting spectrum can be modeled by three constant factors applied to the red, green and blue channels of color[2]. More specifically, a change in illuminated color can be modeled as a scaling α, β and γ in the R, G and B color channels and as such the grey world algorithm is invariant to illumination color variations.

References:

  • Wikipedia Contributors, "Color normalization". Available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_normalization
  • Jose M. Buenaposada; Luis Baumela. Variations of Grey World for face tracking (Report).

Examples
Bitmap image = ... // Lena's famous picture

// Create a new Gray World filter
var grayWorld = new GrayWorld();

// Apply the filter
Bitmap result = grayWorld.Apply(image);

// Show on the screen
ImageBox.Show(result);

The resulting image is shown below.

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