A Novel Shadow Removal Method Based upon Color Transfer and Color Tuning in UAV Imaging

Through the increasing use of unmanned aerial vehicles as remote sensing tools, shadows become evident in aerial imaging; this fact, alongside the higher spatial resolution obtained by high-resolution mounted cameras, presents a challenging issue when performing different image processing tasks related to urban areas monitoring. Accordingly, the state-of-the-art reported works can correct the shadow regions, but the heterogeneity between the corrected shadow and non-shadow areas is still evident and especially noticeable in concrete and asphalt regions. The present work introduces a local color transfer methodology to shadow removal which is based on the CIE L*a*b (Lightness, a and b) color space that considers chromatic differences in urban regions, and it is followed by a color tuning using the HSV color space. The quantitative comparison was executed by using the shadow standard deviation index (SSDI), where the proposed work provided low values that improve up to 19 units regarding other tested methods. The qualitative comparison was visually realized and proved that the proposed method enhances the color correspondence without losing texture information. Quantitative and qualitative results validate the results of color correction and texture preservation accuracy of the proposed method against other published methodologies.

An Efficient Real Time Object Tracking Based on HSV Value

This study presents a strategy to automate the process to recognize and track objects using color and motion. Video Tracking is the approach to detect a moving item using a camera across the long distance. The basic goal of video tracking is in successive video frames to link target objects. When objects move quicker in proportion to frame rate, the connection might be particularly difficult. This work develops a method to follow moving objects in real-time utilizing HSV color space values and OpenCV in distinct video frames.. We start by deriving the HSV value of an object to be tracked and then in the testing stage, track the object. It was seen that the objects were tracked with 90% accuracy. Keywords: HSV, OpenCV, Object tracking,

Deteksi Gulma Berdasarkan Warna HSV dan Fitur Bentuk Menggunakan Jaringan Syaraf Tiruan

<p class="Abstrak">Gulma merupakan tanaman pengganggu dalam lahan pertanian. Herbisida merupakan obat yang efektif membunuh gulma tersebut. Penyemprotan herbisida harus tepat sasaran kepada gulma saja dan tidak mengenai tanaman. Penelitian ini membuat sistem yang dapat mendeteksi gulma secara otomatis di antara tanaman pada lahan pertanian riil. Sistem ini menggunakan gambar lahan pertanian riil dimana tanaman tampak utuh (daun dapat lebih dari satu) yang diambil menggunakan kamera dengan posisi vertikal menghadap ke bawah. Algoritma yang dibuat menggunakan segmentasi berdasarkan warna hijau dalam ruang warna HSV untuk mendeteksi daun, baik gulma maupun tanaman pada beragam pencahayaan. Sebanyak tiga fitur bentuk domain spasial digunakan untuk membedakan gulma dengan tanaman yang memiliki karakteristik bentuk daun yang berbeda. Fitur bentuk yang digunakan adalah <em>Rectangularity, Edge-to-Center distances function</em>, dan <em>Distance Transform function</em>. Klasifikasi gulma dan tanaman menggunakan metode Jaringan syaraf tiruan (JST) yang dapat dilatih secara <em>offline. </em>Dari 149 tanaman yang terdeteksi dimana 70% sebagai data training, 15% data validasi dan 15% data uji, didapati akurasi pengujian sebesar 95.46%.</p><p class="Abstrak"><em><strong><br /></strong></em></p><p class="Abstrak"><em><strong>Abstract</strong></em></p><p class="Abstract"><em>Weed is a major challenge in a crop plantation. A herbicide is the most effective substance to kill this unwanted vegetation. Spraying the herbicide must be done carefully to target the weeds only. Here in this research, we develop an algorithm that detects weeds among the plants based on the shape of their leaves. The detection is based on images that were acquired using a camera. The leaves of weeds and plants were detected based on their green color using segmentation in HSV color-space as it is more effective to detect objects in various illumination. Three shape features were extracted, which are Rectangularity that is based on Rectangularity, Edge-to-Center distance function, and Distance Transform function. Those features were fed into a learning algorithm, Artificial Neural Network (ANN), to classify whether it is the plant or the weed. The testing on the weed classification in a real outdoor environment showed 95.46% accuracy using a total of 149 detected plants (70% as training data, 15% as validation data, and 15% as testing data).<strong></strong></em></p><p class="Abstrak"><em><strong><br /></strong></em></p>

Mobile Remote Photoplethysmography: A Real-Time Realization Perspective

Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) sensors have attracted a significant amount of attention as they enable the remote monitoring of instantaneous heart rates (HRs) and thus do not require any additional devices to be worn on fingers or wrists. In this study, we mounted rPPG sensors on a robot for active and autonomous instantaneous HR (R-AAIH) estimation. Subsequently, we proposed the algorithm providing accurate instantaneous HRs, which can be performed in real time with vision and robot manipulation algorithms. By simplifying the extraction of facial skin images using saturation (S) values in the HSV color space, and selecting pixels based on the most frequent S value on the face image, we achieved reliable HR assessment. The results of the proposed algorithm using the R-AAIH were evaluated by rigorous comparison with the results of existing algorithms on the UBFC-RPPG dataset (n = 42). Our algorithm exhibited an average absolute error (AAE) of 0.71 beats per minute (bpm). The developed algorithm is simple and the processing time is less than 1 s (275 ms for an 8-s window). The algorithm was further validated on our own dataset (BAMI-RPPG dataset [n = 14]) with an AAE of 0.82 bpm.

Deteksi Kematangan Buah Jambu Kristal Berdasarkan Fitur Warna Menggunakan Metode Transformasi Ruang Warna Hsv (Hue Saturation Value) Dan K-Nearest Neighbor

Guava has properties that are easily damaged, improper handling of guava fruit can result in a decrease in quality and quality. In general, to measure maturity is still done manually, the weakness of this method is the level of accuracy that is not consistent and tends to experience errors. Utilization of images is very important to determine the maturity of guava fruit by utilizing digital images. With the existence of digital images, to determine the maturity of guava fruit based on its color, it can be done computing (technology-based), namely by applying image processing using the HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) color space transformation method. The HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) color model groups the intensity components of the carried color information (hue and saturation) in image colors. The results of the ripeness detection can be seen in each test with a percentage value of 91.67% for the ripe guava category, 90% for the raw guava fruit category. The percentage value for testing the overall data has a good percentage value which is influential in detecting the maturity of crystal guava, which is 95%. So it can be concluded that the detection of ripeness of crystal guava fruit can be done by applying the HSV color space transformation method.

Construction of object boundaries for the autopilot of a surface robot from satellite images using computer vision methods

An algorithm and a program for detecting the boundaries of water bodies for the autopilot module of a surface robot are proposed. A method for detecting water objects on satellite maps by the method of finding a color in the HSV color space, using erosion, dilation - methods of digital image filtering is applied. The following operators for constructing contours on the image are investigated: the operators of Sobel, Roberts, Prewitt, and from them the one that detects the boundary more accurately is selected for this module. An algorithm for calculating the GPS coordinates of the contours is created. The proposed algorithm allows saving the result in a format suitable for the surface robot autopilot module.

HSV Color-Space-Based Automated Object Localization for Robot Grasping without Prior Knowledge

We propose a simple and robust HSV color-space-based algorithm that can automatically extract object position information without human intervention or prior knowledge. In manufacturing sites with high variability, it is difficult to recognize products through robot machine vision, especially in terms of extracting object information accurately, owing to various environmental factors such as the noise around objects, shadows, light reflections, and illumination interferences. The proposed algorithm, which does not require users to reset the HSV color threshold value whenever a product is changed, uses ROI referencing method to solve this problem. The algorithm automatically identifies the object’s location by using the HSV color-space-based ROI random sampling, ROI similarity comparison, and ROI merging. The proposed system utilizes an IoT device with several modules for the detection, analysis, control, and management of object data. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is very useful for industrial automation applications under complex and highly variable manufacturing environments.

Patterned fabric image retrieval using relevant feedback via geometric similarity

Due to the potential value in many areas, such as e-commerce and inventory management, fabric image retrieval, which is a special case of content-based image retrieval, has recently become a research hotspot. As a major category of textile fabrics, patterned fabrics have a diverse and complex appearance, making the retrieval task more challenging. To address this situation, this paper proposes a novel approach for patterned fabric based on the non-subsampled contourlet transform (NSCT) feature descriptor and relevance feedback technique. To integrate the color information into the NSCT feature descriptor, we extract the feature of patterned fabric images in HSV color space. An outlier rejection-based parametric relevance feedback algorithm is employed to adjust the similarity matrix to improve the retrieval results. The experimental results not only show the effectiveness of the proposed approach but also demonstrate that it can significantly improve the performance of the retrieval system compared to other state-of-the-art algorithms.