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VerticalRunLengthSmoothing Class

Vertical run length smoothing algorithm.
Inheritance Hierarchy
SystemObject
  Accord.Imaging.FiltersBaseInPlacePartialFilter
    Accord.Imaging.FiltersVerticalRunLengthSmoothing

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

Constructors
  NameDescription
Public methodVerticalRunLengthSmoothing
Initializes a new instance of the VerticalRunLengthSmoothing class.
Public methodVerticalRunLengthSmoothing(Int32)
Initializes a new instance of the VerticalRunLengthSmoothing class.
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Properties
  NameDescription
Public propertyFormatTranslations
Format translations dictionary.
(Overrides BaseInPlacePartialFilterFormatTranslations.)
Public propertyMaxGapSize
Maximum gap size to fill (in pixels).
Public propertyProcessGapsWithImageBorders
Process gaps between objects and image borders or not.
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Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodApply(Bitmap)
Apply filter to an image.
(Inherited from BaseInPlacePartialFilter.)
Public methodApply(BitmapData)
Apply filter to an image.
(Inherited from BaseInPlacePartialFilter.)
Public methodApply(UnmanagedImage)
Apply filter to an image in unmanaged memory.
(Inherited from BaseInPlacePartialFilter.)
Public methodApply(UnmanagedImage, UnmanagedImage)
Apply filter to an image in unmanaged memory.
(Inherited from BaseInPlacePartialFilter.)
Public methodApplyInPlace(Bitmap)
Apply filter to an image.
(Inherited from BaseInPlacePartialFilter.)
Public methodApplyInPlace(BitmapData)
Apply filter to an image.
(Inherited from BaseInPlacePartialFilter.)
Public methodApplyInPlace(UnmanagedImage)
Apply filter to an unmanaged image.
(Inherited from BaseInPlacePartialFilter.)
Public methodApplyInPlace(Bitmap, Rectangle)
Apply filter to an image or its part.
(Inherited from BaseInPlacePartialFilter.)
Public methodApplyInPlace(BitmapData, Rectangle)
Apply filter to an image or its part.
(Inherited from BaseInPlacePartialFilter.)
Public methodApplyInPlace(UnmanagedImage, Rectangle)
Apply filter to an unmanaged image or its part.
(Inherited from BaseInPlacePartialFilter.)
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 BaseInPlacePartialFilterProcessFilter(UnmanagedImage, Rectangle).)
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 class implements vertical run length smoothing algorithm, which is described in: K.Y. Wong, R.G. Casey and F.M. Wahl, "Document analysis system," IBM J. Res. Devel., Vol. 26, NO. 6,111). 647-656, 1982.

Unlike the original description of this algorithm, this implementation must be applied to inverted binary images containing document, i.e. white text on black background. So this implementation fills vertical black gaps between white pixels.

Note Note
This algorithm is usually used together with HorizontalRunLengthSmoothing, Intersect and then further analysis of white blobs.

The filter accepts 8 bpp grayscale images, which are supposed to be binary inverted documents.

Sample usage:

// create filter
VerticalRunLengthSmoothing vrls = new VerticalRunLengthSmoothing( 32 );
// apply the filter
vrls.ApplyInPlace( image );

Source image:

Result image:

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