L_MedianFilterBitmap

#include "l_bitmap.h"

L_LTIMGCOR_API L_INT L_MedianFilterBitmap(pBitmap, uDim)

pBITMAPHANDLE pBitmap;

/* pointer to the bitmap handle */

L_UINT uDim;

/* dimensions of the neighborhood (uDim x uDim), in pixels */

Changes the color of each pixel in a bitmap to the median color of pixels in its neighborhood. This is similar to the L_AverageFilterBitmap function, but it is used for noise reduction, rather than a blur effect.

Parameter

Description

pBitmap

Pointer to the bitmap handle referencing the bitmap to be converted.

uDim

Dimensions of the neighborhood used for filtering (uDim x uDim), in pixels.

Returns

SUCCESS

The function was successful.

< 1

An error occurred. Refer to Return Codes.

Comments

You control the effect by specifying the size of the neighborhood that is used for calculating the median value. For 8x8, pass 8 in the uDim parameter.

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

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.

If the bitmap has a region, this function works only on the region. If the bitmap does not have a region, this function works on the entire bitmap.

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

LTIMGCOR

For a listing of the exact DLLs and Libraries needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application.

Platforms

Windows 2000 / XP/Vista.

See Also

Functions:

L_SharpenBitmap, L_PosterizeBitmap, L_MosaicBitmap, L_EmbossBitmap, L_AverageFilterBitmap, L_AddBitmapNoise, L_IntensityDetectBitmap, L_SpatialFilterBitmap, L_BinaryFilterBitmap, L_MaxFilterBitmap, L_MinFilterBitmap, L_OilifyBitmap, L_SolarizeBitmap, L_DlgMedian, L_WindowLevel, L_BricksTextureBitmap, L_DeskewBitmap, L_DeskewBitmapExt, L_DiffuseGlowBitmap, L_GlowFilterBitmap, L_HalfTonePatternBitmap, L_HighPassFilterBitmap, L_MaskConvolutionBitmap, L_PerspectiveBitmap, L_PlasmaFilterBitmap, L_PointillistBitmap, L_FragmentBitmap, L_HighPassFilterBitmap, L_UnsharpMaskBitmap, L_DeskewCheckBitmap

Topics:

Raster Image Functions: Filtering Images

 

Removing Noise

Example

For complete sample code, refer to the CHILD.C module of the DEMO example. This example loads a bitmap and applies an median filter. 

 L_INT MedianFilterBitmapExample(L_VOID)
{
   L_INT nRet;
   BITMAPHANDLE LeadBitmap;   /* Bitmap handle to hold the loaded image. */
   /* 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;
   /* Apply a median filter  with a neighborhood of 3x3 pixels */
   nRet = L_MedianFilterBitmap(&LeadBitmap, 3 );
   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);  
   return SUCCESS;
}