The Grouper Module gives the users the ability to associate Features into larger groups to either fill in for missing components, or to create higher levels of abstractions, such as creating chains from edgels. Automatic grouping Tasks which use local evidence (features), such as co-linearity, adjacency, proximity, contrast, color, texture, shape, multispectral density, etc., are part of the Grouper Module.
Grouping between two or more classes of features allows the user to create hierarchical relationships, and allows the explicit specification and representation of complex structures. The Grouper Module will greatly facilitate the creation of applications incorporating model- and atlas-based recognition schemes in medical and industrial fields.
Grouper Tasks include: EdglTo Chn1 / PtNbrs / LinkFeats / MakeLinks / NeighFeats / TksOverlap / SpltCCnst / SpltPVCnst / MergeCnst / StatsGrp.
The lower three panes of the Image Examiner show the grouped edgels. The KBVision Grouper Task EdglToChn1 connected and filtered the edgels based on parameters such as: Minimum Seed Magnitude, Minimum Chain Points, Maximum Link Length, Maximum Edgel to Link Angle, Link Length Weight, Edgel to Link Angle Weight. The left pane shows the connected Roads with the white box representing the zoom area for the adjacent pane. The middle pane shows the edgels as points with connecting lines, with the white box representing the zoom area for the adjacent pane. The right pane shows that the edgels are not evenly spaced, but were grouped based on the parameter setting for maximun link length.