L_AddWeightedBitmaps

#include "l_bitmap.h"

L_LTIMGCLR_API L_INT L_AddWeightedBitmaps(pBitmap, uStructSize, hList, puFactor, uFlag)

Adds or averages the bitmaps in a list according to their weight factors.

Returns

Comments

This function can be used to modify the brightness (with the add operations) or remove the noise (with the average operations). Typically, you would call this function for a series of images taken of the same object at short intervals.

The sign flag in the BITMAPHANDLE structure must be the same for all images listed. That is, all hList images must be either signed or unsigned.

If the value of uFlag parameter is:

BC_ADD, the function can be used to add several images of the same view to improve the lightness or brightness of the image. In this case, puFactor is ignored.

BC_AVG, the function can be used to average several images. In this case, puFactor is ignored.

BC_ADDWEIGHTED, the function can be used to obtain an image as the sum of several weighted images. Each bitmap in any position in the list has a corresponding weight factor in the same position in the puFactor array. The real values are the weight factors divided by 100. For example if a weight factor is 131 its real value is 1.31. If puFactor equals NULL, each bitmap has the same weight factor of 100 and the result is the same as for BC_ADD.

BC_AVGWEIGHTED, the function can eliminate random noise by performing a weighted average. Each bitmap in any position in the list has a corresponding weight factor in the puFactor array. The real values are the weight factors in the array divided by 100. The weighted sum will be divided by the sum of the weights. If puFactor equals NULL, each bitmap has the same weight factor of 100 and the result is the same as for BC_AVG.

This function performs operations between data byte-by-byte. An image can be any color resolution. The resulting image of this operation will be allocated in the pBitmap where it is internally copied from the first image in the list. The operations are performed based on the smallest width and height of the input images.

This function supports 12- and 16-bit grayscale and 48- and 64-bit color images. Support for 12- and 16-bit grayscale and 48- and 64-bit color images is available only in the Document/Medical toolkits.

To update a status bar or detect a user interrupt during execution of this function, refer to L_SetStatusCallback.

This function does not support 32-bit grayscale images. It returns the error code ERROR_GRAY32_UNSUPPORTED if a 32-bit grayscale image is passed to this function.

Required DLLs and Libraries

Platforms

Windows 2000 / XP/Vista.

See Also

Example

This example creates a bitmap list from one loaded bitmap, rotating each copy by 72 degrees than others, then average them

 L_INT AddWeightedBitmapsExample(L_VOID)
{
   L_INT nRet;
   HBITMAPLIST hList;  /* Bitmap list */
   BITMAPHANDLE LeadBitmap; /* Bitmap handle to hold the loaded image. */
   BITMAPHANDLE TmpBitmap; /* Temporary bitmap for manipulating the list */
   BITMAPHANDLE ResultBitmap; /* Resulting bitmap */
   L_INT i; /* Loop counter */
   /* Load the bitmap, keeping the bits per pixel of the file */
   nRet = L_LoadBitmap (TEXT("C:\\Program Files\\LEAD Technologies\\LEADTOOLS 15\\Images\\IMAGE1.CMP"), &LeadBitmap, sizeof(BITMAPHANDLE), 0, ORDER_BGR, NULL, NULL);
   if(nRet !=SUCCESS)
      return nRet;
   
   /* Create and populate the bitmap list */
   nRet = L_CreateBitmapList (&hList); 
   if(nRet !=SUCCESS)
      return nRet;
   for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
   {
      nRet = L_CopyBitmap (&TmpBitmap, &LeadBitmap, sizeof(BITMAPHANDLE));
      if(nRet !=SUCCESS)
         return nRet;
      nRet = L_RotateBitmap (&TmpBitmap, i*720, ROTATE_RESAMPLE, RGB(255, 0, 0));
      if(nRet !=SUCCESS)
         return nRet;
      nRet = L_InsertBitmapListItem (hList, (L_UINT)-1, &TmpBitmap);
      if(nRet !=SUCCESS)
         return nRet;
   }

   /*take the average between all rotated bitmaps, and put the result in the ResultBitmap */
   nRet = L_AddWeightedBitmaps (&ResultBitmap, sizeof(BITMAPHANDLE), hList, NULL, BC_AVG);
   if(nRet !=SUCCESS)
      return nRet;
    
   nRet = L_SaveBitmap(TEXT("C:\\Program Files\\LEAD Technologies\\LEADTOOLS 15\\Images\\Result.BMP"), &LeadBitmap, FILE_BMP, 24, 0, NULL);
   if(nRet !=SUCCESS)
      return nRet;
   //free bitmap 
   if(LeadBitmap.Flags.Allocated)  
      L_FreeBitmap(&LeadBitmap);
   L_DestroyBitmapList(hList);
   return SUCCESS;
}