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CIS 595 Image Fundamentals. Dr. Rolf Lakaemper. Fundamentals. Parts of these slides base on the textbook Digital Image Processing by Gonzales/Woods Chapters 1 / 2. Fundamentals. These slides show basic concepts about digital images. Fundamentals. In the beginning…
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CIS 595 Image Fundamentals Dr. Rolf Lakaemper
Fundamentals Parts of these slides base on the textbook Digital Image Processing by Gonzales/Woods Chapters 1 / 2
Fundamentals These slides show basic concepts about digital images
Fundamentals In the beginning… we’ll have a look at the human eye
Fundamentals • We are mostly interested in the retina: • consists of cones and rods • Cones • color receptors • About 7 million, primarily in the retina’s central portion • for image details • Rods • Sensitive to illumination, not involved in color vision • About 130 million, all over the retina • General, overall view
Fundamentals Distribution of cones and rods:
Fundamentals The human eye is sensible to electromagnetic waves in the ‘visible spectrum’ :
Fundamentals The human eye is sensible to electromagnetic waves in the ‘visible spectrum’ , which is around a wavelength of 0.000001 m = 0.001 mm
Fundamentals • The human eye • Is able to perceive electromagnetic waves in a certain spectrum • Is able to distinguish between wavelengths in this spectrum (colors) • Has a higher density of receptors in the center • Maps our 3D reality to a 2 dimensional image !
Fundamentals …or more precise: maps our continous (?) reality to a (spatially) DISCRETE 2D image
Fundamentals • Some topics we have to deal with: • Sharpness • Brightness • Processing of perceived visual information
Fundamentals Sharpness The eye is able to deal with sharpness in different distances
Fundamentals Brightness The eye is able to adapt to different ranges of brightness
Fundamentals Processing of perceived information: optical illusions
Fundamentals optical illusions: Digital Image Processing does NOT (primarily) deal with cognitive aspects of the perceived image !
Fundamentals What is an image ?
Fundamentals The retinal model is mathematically hard to handle (e.g. neighborhood ?)
Fundamentals Easier: 2D array of cells, modelling the cones/rods Each cell contains a numerical value (e.g. between 0-255)
Fundamentals • The position of each cell defines the position of the receptor • The numerical value of the cell represents the illumination received by the receptor 5 7 1 0 12 4 … … …
Fundamentals • With this model, we can create GRAYVALUE images • Value = 0: BLACK (no illumination / energy) • Value = 255: White (max. illumination / energy)
Fundamentals A 2D grayvalue - image is a 2D -> 1D function, v = f(x,y)
Fundamentals As we have a function, we can apply operators to this function, e.g. H(f(x,y)) = f(x,y) / 2 Operator Image (= function !)
Fundamentals H(f(x,y)) = f(x,y) / 2 6 8 2 0 3 4 1 0 12 200 20 10 6 100 10 5
Fundamentals Remember: the value of the cells is the illumination (or brightness) 6 8 2 0 3 4 1 0 12 200 20 10 6 100 10 5
Fundamentals As we have a function, we can apply operators to this function… …but why should we ? some motivation for (digital) image processing
Fundamentals • Transmission of images
Fundamentals • Image Enhancement
Fundamentals • Image Analysis / Recognition
Fundamentals The mandatory steps: Image Acquisition and Representation
Fundamentals Acquisition
Fundamentals Acquisition
Fundamentals Acquisition
Fundamentals • Typical sensor for images: • CCD Array (Charge Couple Devices) • Use in digital cameras • Typical resolution 1024 x 768 (webcam)
Fundamentals CCD
Fundamentals CCD
Fundamentals CCD: 3.2 million pixels !
Fundamentals Representation The Braun Tube
Fundamentals Representation Black/White and Color
Fundamentals Color Representation: Red / Green / Blue Model for Color-tube Note: RGB is not the ONLY color-model, in fact its use is quiet restricted. More about that later.
Fundamentals Color images can be represented by 3D Arrays (e.g. 320 x 240 x 3)
Fundamentals But for the time being we’ll handle 2D grayvalue images
Fundamentals Digital vs. Analogue Images Analogue: Function v = f(x,y): v,x,y are REAL Digital: Function v = f(x,y): v,x,y are INTEGER
Fundamentals Stepping down from REALity to INTEGER coordinates x,y: Sampling
Fundamentals Stepping down from REALity to INTEGER grayvalues v : Quantization
Fundamentals Sampling and Quantization
Fundamentals MATLAB demonstrations of sampling and quantization effects