__all__ = ['convex_hull_image'] import numpy as np from ._pnpoly import grid_points_inside_poly from ._convex_hull import possible_hull def convex_hull_image(image): """Compute the convex hull image of a binary image. The convex hull is the set of pixels included in the smallest convex polygon that surround all white pixels in the input image. Parameters ---------- image : ndarray Binary input image. This array is cast to bool before processing. Returns ------- hull : ndarray of uint8 Binary image with pixels in convex hull set to 255. References ---------- .. [1] http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/2011/10/04/binary-image-convex-hull-algorithm-notes/ """ image = image.astype(bool) # Here we do an optimisation by choosing only pixels that are # the starting or ending pixel of a row or column. This vastly # limits the number of coordinates to examine for the virtual # hull. coords = possible_hull(image.astype(np.uint8)) N = len(coords) # Add a vertex for the middle of each pixel edge coords_corners = np.empty((N * 4, 2)) for i, (x_offset, y_offset) in enumerate(zip((0, 0, -0.5, 0.5), (-0.5, 0.5, 0, 0))): coords_corners[i * N:(i + 1) * N] = coords + [x_offset, y_offset] coords = coords_corners try: from scipy.spatial import Delaunay except ImportError: raise ImportError('Could not import scipy.spatial, only available in ' 'scipy >= 0.9.') # Find the convex hull chull = Delaunay(coords).convex_hull v = coords[np.unique(chull)] # Sort vertices clock-wise v_centred = v - v.mean(axis=0) angles = np.arctan2(v_centred[:, 0], v_centred[:, 1]) v = v[np.argsort(angles)] # For each pixel coordinate, check whether that pixel # lies inside the convex hull mask = grid_points_inside_poly(image.shape[:2], v) return mask