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A binarization algorithm tolerant to both gradual change of intensity caused by shade and the discontinuous changes caused by shadows is described in this paper. This algorithm is based on “shade-planes”, in which intensity changes gradually and no edges are included. These shade-planes are produced by selecting a “principal-intensity” in each small block by a quasi-optimization algorithm. One shade-plane is then selected as the background to eliminate the gradual change in the input image. Consequently, the image, with its gradual change removed, is binarized by a conventional global thresholding algorithm. The binarized image is provided to a road marking recognition system, for which influence of shade and shadows is inevitable in the sunlight.
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Suzuki, T., Kodaira, N., Mizutani, H., Nakai, H., Shinohara, Y. (2009). A Binarization Algorithm Based on Shade-Planes for Road Marking Recognition. In: Salberg, AB., Hardeberg, J.Y., Jenssen, R. (eds) Image Analysis. SCIA 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5575. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02230-2_6
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