A fast segmentation method for high-resolution color images of foreign fibers in cotton

Foreign fibers in cotton seriously affect the quality of cotton products. The identification of foreign fibers in cotton is a critical step in the automated inspection of foreign fibers in cotton; image segmentation is crucial in this identification process. This paper presents a new approach for segmenting images of foreign fibers in cotton. Firstly, color images were captured, and the edge of color images were detected by an edge detection method based on improved mathematical morphology. The color images were subsequently converted into a gradient map, the law of experience values was analyzed, and the best thresholding value of the gradient map was chosen by selecting the best experience value iteratively. The experiment results indicate that the proposed method successfully segments the high-resolution color images of cotton foreign fibers both directly and precisely. Furthermore, the speed of image processing is much faster than that of conventional methods.     

基于非参数密度估计对烤烟烟叶颜色CIE1976(L~* a~* b~*)色空间的三维空间图的研究

利用色差仪对云南9个烟区K326烤烟品种,3个部位的烟叶进行了颜色指标的测定。应用CIE 1976(L*a*b*)色空间理论,采用非参数密度估计函数,对颜色数据做非参数密度估计图,并以颜色的3个指标L、a*b*,分别作三维空间的坐标轴Z轴、X轴、Y轴,绘制了三维山峰图和等值线图。结果表明,通过三维图能够清晰地表征出3个部位的空间层次分布,通过山峰图能有空间立体层次地表现颜色指标,通过等值线图能看出每个部位颜色数据的分布情况,解决了颜色3个指标来表征一个特性的情况,可为今后颜色指标的数据库建立提供一定的基础。