Comment on “Collinear Segment Detection Using HT Neighborhoods”

A novel application of the Hough transform (HT) neighborhood approach to collinear segment detection was proposed in [1]. It, however, suffered from one major weakness in that it could not provide an effective solution to the case of segment intersection. This paper analyzes a vital prerequisite step, disturbance elimination in the Hough space, and shows why, this method alone, is incapable of distinguishing the true segment endpoints. To address the problem, a unique HT butterfly separation method is proposed in this correspondence, as an essential complement to the above publication.