• DocumentCode
    1385210
  • Title

    A 1 log N parallel algorithm for detecting convex hulls on image boards

  • Author

    Lin, Ja-Chen ; Lin, Jenn-Yih

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    6/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    922
  • Lastpage
    925
  • Abstract
    By finding the maximum and minimum of {yi-mxi|1⩽i⩽N} for certain slopes m, we propose here a simple and fast parallel algorithm to obtain the convex hull of N arbitrarily given points on an image board, The mathematical theory needed is included, and computation time is 1 log N
  • Keywords
    computational complexity; edge detection; parallel algorithms; pattern recognition; 1 log N parallel algorithm; computation time; convex hulls detection; fast parallel algorithm; image boards; Arithmetic; Computer graphics; Concurrent computing; Image processing; Metalworking machines; Parallel algorithms; Parallel processing; Pattern recognition; Phase change random access memory; Statistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1057-7149
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/83.679445
  • Filename
    679445