Monday 9 January 2012

CVIPtools

 A software package for the exploration of computer vision and image processing

One of the primary purposes of the CVIPtools development is to allow students, faculty, and other researchers to explore the power of computer processing of digital images.
Team lead by :: Dr. Scott E Umbaugh
Developed by:
Computer Vision and Image Processing Laboratory
Southern Illinois University @  Edwardsville
Illinois, USA

The new Windows version of CVIPtools, CVIPtools 5.x is implemented in four layers: the algorithms code layer, the Common Object Module (COM) interface layer, the CvipOp layer, and the Graphical User Interface (GUI).

    Brief list of the functionality currently available from the CVIPtools GUI:
          o Edge/Line detection and edge linking
          o Image segmentation - fuzzyc mean,  principal components transform/median cut,
          o Morphological filters -
          o Two-dimensional fast transforms - Fourier (FFT), cosine (DCT),
          o Frequency domain filters - highpass, lowpass, bandpass, bandreject,
          o Feature extraction - binary, RST-invariant, histogram,
          o Feature analysis - Range-Normalization, Unit Vector Normalization,
          o Pattern classification - nearest neighbor, K-nearest neighbor and nearest centroid.
          o Spatial domain image restoration - order filters, mean filters, adaptive filters.
          o Frequency domain image restoration filters - inverse, geometric mean,
          o Noise functions - negative exponential, rayleigh, gaussian,
          o Geometry transformation - user specified mesh. Nearest neighbor,
          o Histogram-based image enhancement - histogram equalization,
          o Pseudo-color enhancement - frequency domain mapping, gray level mapping,
          o Spatial and frequency domain image smoothing and sharpening.
          o Image compression algorithms - bitplane run-length-coding,
          o Support for common image formats - Sun Raster, IRIX, GIF, TIFF, JPEG,
          o Image geometry operations - copy-paste, translate, resize, rotate, zoom.
          o Utilities for arithmetic and logic operations, image file conversion,

CVIPTools based book:

Digital Image Processing and Analysis: Human and Computer Vision Applications with CVIPtools, Second Edition.
ISBN-10: 143980205X   ISBN-13: 978-1439802052 
Publication Year: 2010
CRC Press
Author:: Dr. Scott E Umbaugh
cost :: around 100$

I am not satisfied with the GUI of the tool. It is not very intuitive. I have not downloaded and used. Photo of the BOOK takes 2.5MB. Very few full text papers are there to download.