/// <summary>
/// This performs the union operation on the set which contains the values passed
/// This Union is union by size for smaller trees
/// Performs path compression upon performing this union becuase it must find the root
/// </summary>
/// <seealso cref="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcmjC-OcWpI"/>
/// <param name="p_labels">up to 4 values whose sets need to be merged</param>
/// <returns>The new root of the unioned values</returns>
public static ComponentLabel Union(int[] p_labels)
{
ComponentLabel bigger, smaller;
bigger = null;
for (int i = 0; i < p_labels.Length - 1; ++i)
{
for (int j = i + 1; j < p_labels.Length; ++j)
{
//Get the root of each value
smaller = Find(p_labels[j]);
bigger = Find(p_labels[i]);
if (bigger.m_id != smaller.m_id)
{
if ((bigger.m_size == smaller.m_size && smaller.m_id < bigger.m_id) ||
bigger.m_size < smaller.m_size)
{
//I want to merge smaller sets to larger ones and higher numbers to lesser numbers
ComponentLabel temp = smaller;
smaller = bigger;
bigger = temp;
}
smaller.m_parent = bigger;
bigger.m_size += smaller.m_size;
}
}
}
return(bigger);
}
/// <summary>
/// recursively search the parent structure of the label until it cannot go any further
/// </summary>
/// <param name="p_label">instantiated label</param>
/// <returns>the root of the set that contains this label</returns>
public static ComponentLabel Find(ComponentLabel p_label)
{
if (p_label.m_parent == null)
{
return(p_label);
}
else
{
return(Find(p_label.m_parent));
}
}
/// <summary>
/// This uses the two pass method to search for blobs
/// </summary>
/// <seealso cref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connected-component_labeling"/>
/// <param name="p_data"></param>
/// <param name="p_buffer"></param>
/// <returns>All blobs found from search</returns>
static public Dictionary <int, List <Point> > findBlobs(ref BitmapData p_data, ref byte[] p_buffer)
{
Dictionary <int, List <Point> > blobs = new Dictionary <int, List <Point> >();
Dictionary <int, int> labelMap = new Dictionary <int, int>();
//Create and populate a binary map
int[,] binMap = new int[p_data.Height, p_data.Width];
for (int i = 0; i < p_buffer.Length; i += 4)
{
if (p_buffer[i] != 0)
{
binMap[i / p_data.Stride, (i % p_data.Stride) / 4] = 1;
}
}
//curLabel is not instantiated here because the first pixel will never have a point to the left or above it.
// Therefore it will be instantiated before I use it.
ComponentLabel curLabel = null;
#region First Pass
HashSet <int> searchSpace = new HashSet <int>();
int min;
//iterate through binmap and find foreground pixels
for (int y = 1; y < p_data.Height; ++y)
{
for (int x = 1; x < p_data.Width - 1; ++x)
{
if (binMap[y, x] == 1)
{
for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
{
searchSpace.Add(binMap[y + (i / 3) - 1, x + (i % 3) - 1]);
}
searchSpace.Remove(0); //remove background pixels
searchSpace.Remove(1); //remove first row and last column foreground pixels
switch (searchSpace.Count)
{
case 0:
curLabel = ComponentLabel.getInstance();
break;
case 1:
if (curLabel.Id != searchSpace.First())
{
curLabel = ComponentLabel.getInstance(searchSpace.First());
}
break;
case 4:
case 3:
case 2: //This is gaurenteed to be two different values from left and top right
curLabel = ComponentLabel.Union(searchSpace.ToArray());
break;
default:
throw new Exception("4 distinct values in blob detection");
}
searchSpace.Clear();
binMap[y, x] = curLabel.Id;
}
}
}
#endregion
#region Second Pass
if (curLabel != null)
{
int root, label;
label = curLabel.Id;
root = ComponentLabel.Find(label).Id;
for (int y = 1; y < p_data.Height; ++y)
{
for (int x = 1; x < p_data.Width - 1; ++x)
{
if (binMap[y, x] != 0)
{
//Store the labels and roots into a map for constant lookup
if (binMap[y, x] != label)
{
label = binMap[y, x];
if (!labelMap.ContainsKey(label))
{
labelMap[label] = ComponentLabel.Find(label).Id;
}
root = labelMap[label];
}
//if the blob for this root doesn't exist create it
if (!blobs.ContainsKey(root))
{
blobs[root] = new List <Point>();
}
blobs[root].Add(new Point(x, y));
}
}
}
}
#endregion
ComponentLabel.dispose();
return(blobs);
}