Hexagonal structure for intelligent vision

Xiangjian He, Wenjing Jia

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Abstract

Using hexagonal grids to represent digital images have been studied for more than 40 years. Increased processing capabilities of graphic devices and recent improvements in CCD technology have made hexagonal sampling attractive for practical applications and brought new interests on this topic. The hexagonal structure is considered to be preferable to the rectangular structure due to its higher sampling efficiency, consistent connectivity and higher angular resolution and is even proved to be superior to square structure in many applications. Since there is no mature hardware for hexagonal-based image capture and display, square to hexagonal image conversion has to be done before hexagonal-based image processing. Although hexagonal image representation and storage has not yet come to a standard, experiments based on existing hexagonal coordinate systems have never ceased. In this paper, we firstly introduced general reasons that hexagonally sampled images are chosen for research. Then, typical hexagonal coordinates and addressing schemes, as well as hexagonal based image processing and applications, are fully reviewed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 1st International Conference on Information and Communication Technology, ICICT 2005
Pages52-64
Number of pages13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
Event1st International Conference on Information and Communication Technology, ICICT 2005 - Karachi, Pakistan
Duration: 27 Aug 200528 Aug 2005

Publication series

NameProceedings of 1st International Conference on Information and Communication Technology, ICICT 2005
Volume2005

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on Information and Communication Technology, ICICT 2005
Country/TerritoryPakistan
CityKarachi
Period27/08/0528/08/05

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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