Class Thin

java.lang.Object
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public class Thin

extends java.lang.Thread

Thin is an algorithm to thin a binary image using a 3x3 kernel.

Author:

Simon Horne.

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

Thin()
The default constructor with no parameters.

Method Summary

static BinaryFast	thin_image(BinaryFast binary, int[] kernel, int iterations) Takes an image and a kernel and thins it the specified number of times.
static BinaryFast	ThinBinaryRep(BinaryFast b, int[] kernel) Takes an image and a kernel and thins it once.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, run, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Thin

public Thin()

The default constructor with no parameters.

Method Detail

ThinBinaryRep

public static BinaryFast ThinBinaryRep(BinaryFast b,
                                       int[] kernel)

Takes an image and a kernel and thins it once.

Parameters:

b - the BinaryFast input image

kernel - the thinning kernel

Returns:

the thinned BinaryFast image

thin_image

public static BinaryFast thin_image(BinaryFast binary,
                                    int[] kernel,
                                    int iterations)

Takes an image and a kernel and thins it the specified number of times.

Parameters:

b - the BinaryFast input image

kernel - the thinning kernel

iterations - required

Returns:

the thinned BinaryFast image