AN INTERACTIVE IMAGE SEGMENTATION USING MULTIPLE USER INPUTªS

Swathika P, Pradhiba Selvarani M, Arulmary S, Krishnalakshmi B

Abstract: In this paper, we consider the Interactive image segmentation with multiple user inputs. The proposed system is the use of multiple intuitive user inputs to better reflect the user’s intention. The use of multiple types of intuitive inputs provides the user’s intention under different scenario. The proposed method is developed as a combined segmentation and editing tool. It incorporates a simple user interface and a fast and reliable segmentation based on 1D segment matching. The user is required to click just a few "control points" on the desired object border, and let the algorithm complete the rest. The user can then edit the result by adding, removing and moving control points, where each interaction follows by an automatic, real-time segmentation by the algorithm. Interactive image segmentation involves a proposed algorithm, Constrained Random walks algorithm. The Constrained Random Walks algorithm facilitates the use of three types of user inputs. 1. Foreground and Background seed input 2. Soft Constraint input 3. Hard Constraint input. The effectiveness of the proposed method is validated by experimental results. The proposed algorithm is algorithmically simple, efficient and less time consuming.

Keywords: Interactive image segmentation, Interactive image segmentation, digital image editing, multiple user inputs, random walks algorithm.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2013.0203016