Superpixels

Classes
class	cv::ximgproc::SuperpixelLSC
	Class implementing the LSC (Linear Spectral Clustering) superpixels algorithm described in [115]. More...
class	cv::ximgproc::SuperpixelSEEDS
	Class implementing the SEEDS (Superpixels Extracted via Energy-Driven Sampling) superpixels algorithm described in [203] . More...
class	cv::ximgproc::SuperpixelSLIC
	Class implementing the SLIC (Simple Linear Iterative Clustering) superpixels algorithm described in [1]. More...

Enumerations
enum	cv::ximgproc::SLICType {   cv::ximgproc::SLIC = 100,   cv::ximgproc::SLICO = 101,   cv::ximgproc::MSLIC = 102 }

Functions
Ptr< SuperpixelLSC >	cv::ximgproc::createSuperpixelLSC (InputArray image, int region_size=10, float ratio=0.075f)
	Class implementing the LSC (Linear Spectral Clustering) superpixels. More...
Ptr< SuperpixelSEEDS >	cv::ximgproc::createSuperpixelSEEDS (int image_width, int image_height, int image_channels, int num_superpixels, int num_levels, int prior=2, int histogram_bins=5, bool double_step=false)
	Initializes a SuperpixelSEEDS object. More...
Ptr< SuperpixelSLIC >	cv::ximgproc::createSuperpixelSLIC (InputArray image, int algorithm=SLICO, int region_size=10, float ruler=10.0f)
	Initialize a SuperpixelSLIC object. More...

Detailed Description

Enumeration Type Documentation

SLICType

enum cv::ximgproc::SLICType

Enumerator
SLIC  Python: cv.ximgproc.SLIC
SLICO  Python: cv.ximgproc.SLICO
MSLIC  Python: cv.ximgproc.MSLIC

Function Documentation

createSuperpixelLSC()

Ptr<SuperpixelLSC> cv::ximgproc::createSuperpixelLSC	(	InputArray	image,
		int	region_size = 10,
		float	ratio = 0.075f
	)

Python:
	retval	=	cv.ximgproc.createSuperpixelLSC(	image[, region_size[, ratio]]	)

Class implementing the LSC (Linear Spectral Clustering) superpixels.

Parameters

image	Image to segment
region_size	Chooses an average superpixel size measured in pixels
ratio	Chooses the enforcement of superpixel compactness factor of superpixel

The function initializes a SuperpixelLSC object for the input image. It sets the parameters of superpixel algorithm, which are: region_size and ruler. It preallocate some buffers for future computing iterations over the given image. An example of LSC is ilustrated in the following picture. For enanched results it is recommended for color images to preprocess image with little gaussian blur with a small 3 x 3 kernel and additional conversion into CieLAB color space.

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createSuperpixelSEEDS()

Ptr<SuperpixelSEEDS> cv::ximgproc::createSuperpixelSEEDS	(	int	image_width,
		int	image_height,
		int	image_channels,
		int	num_superpixels,
		int	num_levels,
		int	prior = 2,
		int	histogram_bins = 5,
		bool	double_step = false
	)

Python:
	retval	=	cv.ximgproc.createSuperpixelSEEDS(	image_width, image_height, image_channels, num_superpixels, num_levels[, prior[, histogram_bins[, double_step]]]	)

Initializes a SuperpixelSEEDS object.

Parameters

image_width	Image width.
image_height	Image height.
image_channels	Number of channels of the image.
num_superpixels	Desired number of superpixels. Note that the actual number may be smaller due to restrictions (depending on the image size and num_levels). Use getNumberOfSuperpixels() to get the actual number.
num_levels	Number of block levels. The more levels, the more accurate is the segmentation, but needs more memory and CPU time.
prior	enable 3x3 shape smoothing term if >0. A larger value leads to smoother shapes. prior must be in the range [0, 5].
histogram_bins	Number of histogram bins.
double_step	If true, iterate each block level twice for higher accuracy.

The function initializes a SuperpixelSEEDS object for the input image. It stores the parameters of the image: image_width, image_height and image_channels. It also sets the parameters of the SEEDS superpixel algorithm, which are: num_superpixels, num_levels, use_prior, histogram_bins and double_step.

The number of levels in num_levels defines the amount of block levels that the algorithm use in the optimization. The initialization is a grid, in which the superpixels are equally distributed through the width and the height of the image. The larger blocks correspond to the superpixel size, and the levels with smaller blocks are formed by dividing the larger blocks into 2 x 2 blocks of pixels, recursively until the smaller block level. An example of initialization of 4 block levels is illustrated in the following figure.

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createSuperpixelSLIC()

Ptr<SuperpixelSLIC> cv::ximgproc::createSuperpixelSLIC	(	InputArray	image,
		int	algorithm = SLICO,
		int	region_size = 10,
		float	ruler = 10.0f
	)

Python:
	retval	=	cv.ximgproc.createSuperpixelSLIC(	image[, algorithm[, region_size[, ruler]]]	)

Initialize a SuperpixelSLIC object.

Parameters

image	Image to segment
algorithm	Chooses the algorithm variant to use: SLIC segments image using a desired region_size, and in addition SLICO will optimize using adaptive compactness factor, while MSLIC will optimize using manifold methods resulting in more content-sensitive superpixels.
region_size	Chooses an average superpixel size measured in pixels
ruler	Chooses the enforcement of superpixel smoothness factor of superpixel

The function initializes a SuperpixelSLIC object for the input image. It sets the parameters of choosed superpixel algorithm, which are: region_size and ruler. It preallocate some buffers for future computing iterations over the given image. For enanched results it is recommended for color images to preprocess image with little gaussian blur using a small 3 x 3 kernel and additional conversion into CieLAB color space. An example of SLIC versus SLICO and MSLIC is ilustrated in the following picture.

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