Automatic detection and elimination of specular reflectance in color images by means of MS diagram and vector connected filters

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 681-687

  Ortiz, Francisco ^a   Tones, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brightness detection; brightness elimination; color mathematical morphology; connected vectorial filters; Intensity Saturation (MS) diagram

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC DETECTIONS; BRIGHTNESS DETECTION; BRIGHTNESS ELIMINATION; COLOR IMAGES; COLOR SPACES; CONNECTED FILTERS; CONNECTED VECTORIAL FILTERS; FILTER-BASED; HIGH COSTS; INTENSITY-SATURATION (MS) DIAGRAM; MULTIPLE-VIEW SYSTEMS; REAL SCENES; SPECULAR REFLECTANCES; SPECULARITIES; STEREO IMAGES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL HISTOGRAMS; COLOR MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY;

COLOR; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REFLECTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT REFLECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; STEREO VISION; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947169184     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: 15582442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2005.855424     Document Type: Article

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