| 摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus for segmenting a bitmapped image (200). In general, the bitmap image is modeled as a parallel plate capacitor. In so doing, opposing boundaries (302, 304) of the bitmap image are each assigned a voltage value and each pixel (300, 301) within the bitmap image is assigned a charge value. Generally, a positive charge is assigned to the pixels which comprise a pattern in the bitmap image and the remainder of the pixels are assigned a zero charge. A potential distribution field (400) which results from the interaction of the boundary voltages with the pattern of charges is determined by numerically solving a two-dimensional Poisson's equation. Each contiguous path (306) of steepest potential gradient from one boundary (304) to opposing boundary (302) forms a demarcation line along which the image is segmented. Each resulting segmented image (500) is stored as an individual file for subsequent processing.</p> |
