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This paper is tutorial in nature and gives a treatment of the implementation of edge following algorithms based on Freeman chain coding.[4–9] Binary image processing has direct relevance to applications of robot vision even if the original picture is captured as a grey scale image. It is particularly difficult to identify publications such as this which give a detailed account of the methods used in the technology of robot vision. These notes are by no means comprehensive and represent part of the research studies of a single group over the period 1969–73. The unconventional nomenclature retained in this paper is identical to that used in the related Ph.D thesis published in 1977.[22] This facilitates reference to this more extensive treatment of the subject.
First presented at 1st SERC Vacation School on Robotics, University of Hull, September, 1981. Reproduced by king permission of Science and Engineering Research Council.
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Kitchin, P.W., Pugh, A. (1983). Processing of Binary Images. In: Pugh, A. (eds) Robot Vision. International Trends in Manufacturing Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09771-7_3
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