mkfilter

Parameters

name: a string, the name of the filter mask. May be 'sobel', 'prewitt', 'laplace1', 'laplace2', 'laplace3','sh1' (or 'sharp1'), 'sh2' (or 'sharp2'), 'low-pass', 'mean', 'circular', 'circular-mean'. In the future there will be more options.
K: a 2D array containing the convolution kernel.

Description

mkfilter builds well-known 2D filter "masks" (kernels), such as sobel, prewitt, mean, etc. to be used together with a function such as imconv.

K = mkfilter('sobel') returns a 3x3 edge-finding and yderivative approximation filter. To find vertical edges, use -K'.

K = mkfilter('prewitt') returns another 3x3 edge-finding and y-derivative approximation filter. To find vertical edges, use -K'.

K = mkfilter('laplace1') returns a 3x3 kernel which shows points of an image where intensity is varying quickly. The "laplacien" of an image is the two-dimensionnal second derivative. Because images are discrete (and not continuous), the "laplacien" can only be approximated. The 3 different kernels often used to estimate it are given by "laplace1", "laplace2" and "laplace3". These kernels can be used to detect edges of an image.

K = mkfilter('sh1'): "sharp enhancer". Returns a 3x3 kernel which renforce high frequencies of the image: it accentuates the variations of a pixel compared to its neighbours. Problem: it enhances the noise too (it may be useful to denoise the image before).

K = mkfilter('sh2') has the same effect than "sh1" but its coefficients are more powerfull.

K = mkfilter('low-pass') : this is a low-pass filter. The goal is inverse of sharp enhancer filters - the image is smoothed. This kernel is only one of the possible kernels.

K = mkfilter('mean') : this is another low-pass filter. The mean value of the central pixel and its neighbours is affected at the central pixel.

K = mkfilter('circular',rad) is an euclidean circular mask with radius "rad" pixels, whose elements are all 1.

K = mkfilter('circular-mean',rad) is a low pass filter, the same as 'circular', but the matrix K is divided by the number of 1-elements.

Examples

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

Img = imread('tru.jpg');
Img = im2gray(Img);
clf
imshow(Img);
sob = mkfilter('sobel');    // stamp effect
A = imconv(Img, sob);
clf
imshow(A, [])

chdir(initial_dir);

Authors

Ricardo Fabbri <ricardofabbri (AT) users DOT sf DOT net>
Jocelyn Druel <jdruel (AT) users DOT sf DOT net>
Leandro Estrozi <lfestrozi@if.sc.usp.br>

Availability

The latest version of the Scilab Image Processing toolbox can be found at

http://siptoolbox.sourceforge.net