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SplitRegionIntoExactlyNComponents

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Module: FoundationBasic

Splits a region into a fixed-size array of regions.

Name Type Range Description
Input value
 inRegion Region Input region
Input value
 inComponentCount Integer 1 -
Input value
 inMaxDistance Integer* 0 -
Input value
 inDistanceBalance Real -1.0 - 1.0 Defines how much important the distance between regions in x coordinate is according to distance in y coordinate
Input value
 inMaxJointDiameter Real* 0.0 -
Input value
 inMaxJointWidth Integer* 0 -
Input value
 inMaxJointHeight Integer* 0 -
Input value
 inRemoveBoundaryBlobs Bool Flag indicating whether the blobs on border of the input region should be removed or not
Output value
 outComponents RegionArray?

Description

The filter splits the input region into blobs and iteratively joins some of them into bigger components until only inComponentCount components remain. Only blobs that are distant from each other by at most inMaxDistance can be joined. The joining order is determined based on modified distance between two blobs, so the closest ones are joined first. This modified distance between two blobs is computed as follows:
  1. The shortest segment connecting two blobs is computed.
  2. The segment is scaled by \[ 0.5 \cdot (1 + inDistanceBalance) \] along the X axis and by \[ 0.5 \cdot (1 - inDistanceBalance) \] along the Y axis.
  3. Finally the length of the so scaled segment is computed.
Every region being a result of such blob joining has to satisfy conditions defined by inMaxJointDiameter, inMaxJointWidth and inMaxJointHeight parameters.

Examples

SplitRegionIntoExactlyNComponents used with inComponentCount = 4.

Remarks

This filter is mostly used in Blob Analysis Technique please refer to our Machine Vision Guide - Blob Analysis article.

Complexity Level

This filter is available on Advanced Complexity Level.

Filter Group

This filter is member of SplitRegionIntoComponents filter group.

See Also

  • SplitRegionIntoBlobs – Splits a region into an array of regions corresponding to its connected components.
  • SplitRegionIntoComponents – Splits a region into an array of regions. Operates by merging blobs in accordance to the inMaxDistance parameter.