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Sobel edge detection

         The gradient of the image is calculated for each pixel position in the image.






























The procedure and the MATLAB  code for sobel edge detection without using MATLAB built-in function:






































MATLAB CODE:


A=imread('peppers.png');
B=rgb2gray(A);

C=double(B);


for i=1:size(C,1)-2
    for j=1:size(C,2)-2
        %Sobel mask for x-direction:
        Gx=((2*C(i+2,j+1)+C(i+2,j)+C(i+2,j+2))-(2*C(i,j+1)+C(i,j)+C(i,j+2)));
        %Sobel mask for y-direction:
        Gy=((2*C(i+1,j+2)+C(i,j+2)+C(i+2,j+2))-(2*C(i+1,j)+C(i,j)+C(i+2,j)));
     
        %The gradient of the image
        %B(i,j)=abs(Gx)+abs(Gy);
        B(i,j)=sqrt(Gx.^2+Gy.^2);
     
    end
end
figure,imshow(B); title('Sobel gradient');
Sobel Gradient

%Define a threshold value
Thresh=100;
B=max(B,Thresh);
B(B==round(Thresh))=0;

B=uint8(B);
figure,imshow(~B);title('Edge detected Image');












Edge detected Image



Edge detected Image(Threshold value:35)
The edge detected image can be obtained from the sobel gradient by
using a threshold value.



  • If the sobel gradient values are lesser than the threshold value then replace it with the threshold value.
    if f < threshold value then
    f = threshold value.

























To avoid complex computation, the gradient can also be computed using the formula:




The Image obtained from computing X-direction derivative:













The Image obtained from computing Y-direction derivative:

Also Check  Sobel Edge Detection - Part 2







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42 comments:

Unknown said... Reply to comment

why did you substract 2 in the loops
for i=1:size(C,1)-2
for j=1:size(C,2)-2
????

Aaron Angel said... Reply to comment

@Mukesh Mann
From every (i,j)th position a 3x3 window is formed. On subtracting 2, the index out of bounds is avoided.

Tom said... Reply to comment

Hello, why are the results smaller than the original images? I tried to find it out but I couldn't. Or is it because of the sobel procedure itself? But I couldn't find any reference for this.

Unknown said... Reply to comment

Can you help me write point processing functions in matlab without using built-in functions???

Unknown said... Reply to comment

How can i design a highpass filter for reducing noise from an image in Matlab without using image processing toolbox?
can anybody help?

Vignesh said... Reply to comment

Shahnewz- depends on what type of noise u wanna remove... if u wanna get rid of high freq noise then u gotta apply fourier transform and remove high frequency components.

vishal said... Reply to comment

for i=1:size(C,1)-2
for j=1:size(C,2)-2
%Sobel mask for x-direction:
Gx=((2*C(i+2,j+1)+C(i+2,j)+C(i+2,j+2))-(2*C(i,j+1)+C(i,j)+C(i,j+2)));
%Sobel mask for y-direction:
Gy=((2*C(i+1,j+2)+C(i,j+2)+C(i+2,j+2))-(2*C(i+1,j)+C(i,j)+C(i+2,j)));
sir i'm not able to understand dis part.can u explain it with example?
suppose C is 3x3 size array then what could be value of j.

Aaron Angel said... Reply to comment

@vishal

Contact me through mail. Will try to explain it with an example.

Jorge said... Reply to comment

please explain to all us

Unknown said... Reply to comment

Thats really awesome code you have!!! But I have a question, so i am trying to manipulate or modify an image using the sobel filter along a slider in GUI. So, can you maybe explain a little bit about how you can link the sobel filter to the slider?

Gabriela said... Reply to comment

Very good article. Thank you!

Unknown said... Reply to comment

aaron:

Gx=((2*C(i+2,j+1)+C(i+2,j)+C(i+2,j+2))-(2*C(i,j+1)+C(i,j)+C(i,j+2)));

i m not really understand this part. would you please explain with example?

thank you

Gabriela said... Reply to comment

@Sheldon Cooper
That line is the convolution between Sobel 3x3 horizontal mask and the image matrix. Let's say we consider the element C(i,j) from the original image matrix. To calculate the coresponding element in Gx matrix, Gx(i,j), we take the 8 neighbours surrounding the element C(i,j) and C(i,j), we multiply each of them with the coresponding element of the Sobel mask, and we sum these multiplications: Gx(i,j)=C(i-1,j-1)*S(1,1)+C(i-1,j)*S(1,2)*C(i-1,j+1)*S(1,3)+... (9 multiplications).

Gabriela said... Reply to comment

Can you tell me why you had to use double precision of the intensity image?

Unknown said... Reply to comment

can we use the Edge detected Image as an input for occupancy sensing? I want to know details of it

Unknown said... Reply to comment

Hello! Very good article. I have a question for you. Do you know how to create a subpixel sobel edge detector? I'm trying to do that.

Unknown said... Reply to comment

anyone have first derivative example matlab coding? can share? thank you

Aaron Angel said... Reply to comment

@Kesava Vijayan
check this post http://angeljohnsy.blogspot.com/2013/07/edge-detection-fundamentals.html
This may help you.

Vijay said... Reply to comment

any one have block diagram of Sobel edge detection

Vijay said... Reply to comment

can anyone have block diagram of Sobel edge detection ??

Unknown said... Reply to comment

sir
please tell me that , how should i will decide which filter is useful for my image. please tell me the parameter on which its depend.
thank you in advance.

Unknown said... Reply to comment

This piece of code works like magic.

KUMBHAM said... Reply to comment

how to identyfy the color in matlab

Unknown said... Reply to comment

how to find sobel gradient direction by using gx & gy values

pqoshh said... Reply to comment

for i=1:size(C,1)-2
for j=1:size(C,2)-2
%Sobel mask for x-direction:
Gx=((2*C(i+2,j+1)+C(i+2,j)+C(i+2,j+2))-(2*C(i,j+1)+C(i,j)+C(i,j+2)));
%Sobel mask for y-direction:
Gy=((2*C(i+1,j+2)+C(i,j+2)+C(i+2,j+2))-(2*C(i+1,j)+C(i,j)+C(i+2,j)));
sir i'm not able to understand dis part.can u explain it?

Unknown said... Reply to comment

how to find sub pixesl value...please tell me

coco96 said... Reply to comment

fantastic ,kudos

Unknown said... Reply to comment

in this part B(i,j)=sqrt(Gx.^2+Gy.^2); why it isnt B(i+1,j+1)=sqrt(Gx.^2+Gy.^2); is there any problem at this point?

femi said... Reply to comment

@Gabriela

before the multiplication between the sobel mask and image is done, is the sobel mask not supposed to be flipped vertically and horizontally because I think that's what convolution entails

Unknown said... Reply to comment

It looks like you have mixed up the derivatives in the x- and y-directions.

Automotive Master said... Reply to comment

I found in a journal that use sobel approximation with a threshold value of 0.02 for obtain edge map. How to get that threshold ?
because as I know, I only can use threshold with range 0 - 255 (based on maximum gray value) from sobel detection.

Unknown said... Reply to comment

Some detection techniques is given in http://imageprocessing4u.blogspot.in/. Is it useful?

Unknown said... Reply to comment

HI Sir

Kindly disclose to me that , in what manner should I will choose which channel is helpful for my picture. if you don't mind disclose to me the parameter on which its depend.
much obliged to you ahead of time.
Filter Operator

Joseph said... Reply to comment

B(B==round(Thresh))=0; how to explain this statement ? thanks a lot

Aaron Angel said... Reply to comment

@Joseph

Putting zeros to the pixels that has the value 'Thresh'.

Unknown said... Reply to comment

Gx=((2*C(i+2,j+1)+C(i+2,j)+C(i+2,j+2))-(2*C(i,j+1)+C(i,j)+C(i,j+2)));
I AM NOT UNDERSTAND CAN U EXPLAIN : THANK YOU

Unknown said... Reply to comment

how to convert to 5*5 sobel mask operator......above code

Anonymous said... Reply to comment

How to display a GX image AND GY

Anonymous said... Reply to comment

@SUREKHA RAGHUNATH CHALNEWAD

Anonymous said... Reply to comment

HOW TO show image
gx and gy

Lilly Ann said... Reply to comment

This is a nice and informative blog post. Thanks for sharing with us this great post.

Unknown said... Reply to comment

good topic about edge detection

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