IM2BW

NAME
SYNOPSIS
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DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLE
AUTHORS
AVAILABILITY
SEE ALSO

NAME

im2bw - convert images to binary by thresholding

SYNOPSIS

BW = im2bw(Img, level [, maxvalue])
BW = im2bw(Index, map, level [, maxvalue])

PARAMETERS

Img
M x N x 3 truecolor image or M x N grayscale intensity image.
index and map
M x N indexed image and its M x 3 colormap.
level
the threshold level, between 0 to 1 (a ratio, like percentage). Pixels of the image that are higher or equal than the level are mapped to 1, while pixels that are strictly lower than the level are mapped to zero.
maxvalue
the maximum value to assume Img can take. (Optional, defaults to 1)

DESCRIPTION

Function im2bw converts RGB images, indexed images and grayscale intensity images to binary, by thresholding.

EXAMPLE

initial_dir = PWD;
chdir (SIPDIR + 'images');

[Img,map] = imread('indian.bmp');
xbasc()
imshow(Img, map);
bw = im2bw(Img, map,0.5);
imshow(bw,2);
bw = im2bw(Img, map,0.2);
imshow(bw,2);

chdir(initial_dir);

AUTHORS

Ricardo Fabbri <rfabbri@if.sc.usp.br>

AVAILABILITY

The latest version of the Scilab Image Processing toolbox can be found at
http://siptoolbox.sourceforge.net

SEE ALSO

im2gray