What does 'energy' in image processing mean?
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I have been going through this paper: Seam Carving for Content-Aware Image Resizing which talks about resizing images by seam carving depending on the image energy or the energy function.
Some related quotes from the paper are:
A seam is a connected path of low energy pixels in an image
and
A seam is an optimal 8-connected path of pixels on a single image from
top to bottom, or left to right, where optimality is defined by an
image energy function
So, what does the 'energy' in an image mean, in this particular context?
PS: I have gone through this question, but the answers were very broad and vague because of this reason.
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I have been going through this paper: Seam Carving for Content-Aware Image Resizing which talks about resizing images by seam carving depending on the image energy or the energy function.
Some related quotes from the paper are:
A seam is a connected path of low energy pixels in an image
and
A seam is an optimal 8-connected path of pixels on a single image from
top to bottom, or left to right, where optimality is defined by an
image energy function
So, what does the 'energy' in an image mean, in this particular context?
PS: I have gone through this question, but the answers were very broad and vague because of this reason.
computer-vision
asked Jan 31 '18 at 10:26
Dawny33♦Dawny33
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are you familiar with the meaning of energy of a signal in signal processing?
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:28
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@Media Not really. But, a google query landed me here. Is it correct?
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– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:31
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yes, exactly, I don't know latex, otherwise I would answer :) just consider that image is a 2d signal, there is not much difference for extending the definitions in signal processing to image processing at least for this.
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:33
1
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Also take a look at here for understanding the interpretation of the formula.
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:34
1
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Gotcha! Thank you. Do try to answer. We have very helpful folks here who can fix your latex via edits anyway :)
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– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:34
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I have been going through this paper: Seam Carving for Content-Aware Image Resizing which talks about resizing images by seam carving depending on the image energy or the energy function.
Some related quotes from the paper are:
A seam is a connected path of low energy pixels in an image
and
A seam is an optimal 8-connected path of pixels on a single image from
top to bottom, or left to right, where optimality is defined by an
image energy function
So, what does the 'energy' in an image mean, in this particular context?
PS: I have gone through this question, but the answers were very broad and vague because of this reason.
computer-vision
asked Jan 31 '18 at 10:26
Dawny33♦Dawny33
5,54683389
$endgroup$
I have been going through this paper: Seam Carving for Content-Aware Image Resizing which talks about resizing images by seam carving depending on the image energy or the energy function.
Some related quotes from the paper are:
A seam is a connected path of low energy pixels in an image
and
A seam is an optimal 8-connected path of pixels on a single image from
top to bottom, or left to right, where optimality is defined by an
image energy function
So, what does the 'energy' in an image mean, in this particular context?
PS: I have gone through this question, but the answers were very broad and vague because of this reason.
computer-vision
computer-vision
asked Jan 31 '18 at 10:26
Dawny33♦Dawny33
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asked Jan 31 '18 at 10:26
Dawny33♦Dawny33
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asked Jan 31 '18 at 10:26
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are you familiar with the meaning of energy of a signal in signal processing?
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:28
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@Media Not really. But, a google query landed me here. Is it correct?
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– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:31
1
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yes, exactly, I don't know latex, otherwise I would answer :) just consider that image is a 2d signal, there is not much difference for extending the definitions in signal processing to image processing at least for this.
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:33
1
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Also take a look at here for understanding the interpretation of the formula.
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:34
1
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Gotcha! Thank you. Do try to answer. We have very helpful folks here who can fix your latex via edits anyway :)
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– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:34
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are you familiar with the meaning of energy of a signal in signal processing?
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:28
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@Media Not really. But, a google query landed me here. Is it correct?
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– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:31
1
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yes, exactly, I don't know latex, otherwise I would answer :) just consider that image is a 2d signal, there is not much difference for extending the definitions in signal processing to image processing at least for this.
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:33
1
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Also take a look at here for understanding the interpretation of the formula.
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:34
1
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Gotcha! Thank you. Do try to answer. We have very helpful folks here who can fix your latex via edits anyway :)
$endgroup$
– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:34
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are you familiar with the meaning of energy of a signal in signal processing?
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:28
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are you familiar with the meaning of energy of a signal in signal processing?
$endgroup$
– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:28
$begingroup$
@Media Not really. But, a google query landed me here. Is it correct?
$endgroup$
– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:31
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@Media Not really. But, a google query landed me here. Is it correct?
$endgroup$
– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:31
1
1
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yes, exactly, I don't know latex, otherwise I would answer :) just consider that image is a 2d signal, there is not much difference for extending the definitions in signal processing to image processing at least for this.
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:33
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yes, exactly, I don't know latex, otherwise I would answer :) just consider that image is a 2d signal, there is not much difference for extending the definitions in signal processing to image processing at least for this.
$endgroup$
– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:33
1
1
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Also take a look at here for understanding the interpretation of the formula.
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:34
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Also take a look at here for understanding the interpretation of the formula.
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:34
1
1
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Gotcha! Thank you. Do try to answer. We have very helpful folks here who can fix your latex via edits anyway :)
$endgroup$
– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:34
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Gotcha! Thank you. Do try to answer. We have very helpful folks here who can fix your latex via edits anyway :)
$endgroup$
– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:34
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I quote from here which our friend has provided.
Energy in this context is not, strictly speaking, the same as the conventional notion of energy in physics and the other sciences. The two concepts are, however, closely related, and it is possible to convert from one to the other:
where Z represents the magnitude, in appropriate units of measure, of the load driven by the signal.
Also for figuring out the interpretation of energy in this context you can see here.
After a while, I found a bit better explanation for energy as you can read the answers from here.
Energy is used to describe a measure of "information" when formulating an operation under a probability framework such as MAP (maximum a priori) estimation in conjunction with Markov Random Fields. Sometimes the energy can be a negative measure to be minimised and sometimes it is a positive measure to be maximized.
or you can read:
Energy is a fairly loose term used to describe any user defined function (in the image domain).
answered Jan 31 '18 at 10:38
VaalizaadehVaalizaadeh
7,55062263
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Thank you. One last query: Would you call the hist plot I did here as the energy graph?
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– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:45
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@Dawny33 sorry for late answer, actually I don't think so. The reason is simple. The signal is 2d, so its energy should be described in 2d dimension, at least as I know. Moreover, the histogram is more like probability of different densities in an image. Take a look at here. Let me know if you want more explanations.
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 12:13
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@Dawny33 I don't know why I made the mistake but I meant intensity, not density :)
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 14:30
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I quote from here which our friend has provided.
Energy in this context is not, strictly speaking, the same as the conventional notion of energy in physics and the other sciences. The two concepts are, however, closely related, and it is possible to convert from one to the other:
where Z represents the magnitude, in appropriate units of measure, of the load driven by the signal.
Also for figuring out the interpretation of energy in this context you can see here.
After a while, I found a bit better explanation for energy as you can read the answers from here.
Energy is used to describe a measure of "information" when formulating an operation under a probability framework such as MAP (maximum a priori) estimation in conjunction with Markov Random Fields. Sometimes the energy can be a negative measure to be minimised and sometimes it is a positive measure to be maximized.
or you can read:
Energy is a fairly loose term used to describe any user defined function (in the image domain).
answered Jan 31 '18 at 10:38
VaalizaadehVaalizaadeh
7,55062263
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Thank you. One last query: Would you call the hist plot I did here as the energy graph?
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– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:45
1
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@Dawny33 sorry for late answer, actually I don't think so. The reason is simple. The signal is 2d, so its energy should be described in 2d dimension, at least as I know. Moreover, the histogram is more like probability of different densities in an image. Take a look at here. Let me know if you want more explanations.
$endgroup$
– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 12:13
1
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@Dawny33 I don't know why I made the mistake but I meant intensity, not density :)
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 14:30
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I quote from here which our friend has provided.
Energy in this context is not, strictly speaking, the same as the conventional notion of energy in physics and the other sciences. The two concepts are, however, closely related, and it is possible to convert from one to the other:
where Z represents the magnitude, in appropriate units of measure, of the load driven by the signal.
Also for figuring out the interpretation of energy in this context you can see here.
After a while, I found a bit better explanation for energy as you can read the answers from here.
Energy is used to describe a measure of "information" when formulating an operation under a probability framework such as MAP (maximum a priori) estimation in conjunction with Markov Random Fields. Sometimes the energy can be a negative measure to be minimised and sometimes it is a positive measure to be maximized.
or you can read:
Energy is a fairly loose term used to describe any user defined function (in the image domain).
answered Jan 31 '18 at 10:38
VaalizaadehVaalizaadeh
7,55062263
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
Thank you. One last query: Would you call the hist plot I did here as the energy graph?
$endgroup$
– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:45
1
$begingroup$
@Dawny33 sorry for late answer, actually I don't think so. The reason is simple. The signal is 2d, so its energy should be described in 2d dimension, at least as I know. Moreover, the histogram is more like probability of different densities in an image. Take a look at here. Let me know if you want more explanations.
$endgroup$
– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 12:13
1
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@Dawny33 I don't know why I made the mistake but I meant intensity, not density :)
$endgroup$
– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 14:30
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I quote from here which our friend has provided.
Energy in this context is not, strictly speaking, the same as the conventional notion of energy in physics and the other sciences. The two concepts are, however, closely related, and it is possible to convert from one to the other:
where Z represents the magnitude, in appropriate units of measure, of the load driven by the signal.
Also for figuring out the interpretation of energy in this context you can see here.
After a while, I found a bit better explanation for energy as you can read the answers from here.
Energy is used to describe a measure of "information" when formulating an operation under a probability framework such as MAP (maximum a priori) estimation in conjunction with Markov Random Fields. Sometimes the energy can be a negative measure to be minimised and sometimes it is a positive measure to be maximized.
or you can read:
Energy is a fairly loose term used to describe any user defined function (in the image domain).
answered Jan 31 '18 at 10:38
VaalizaadehVaalizaadeh
7,55062263
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I quote from here which our friend has provided.
Energy in this context is not, strictly speaking, the same as the conventional notion of energy in physics and the other sciences. The two concepts are, however, closely related, and it is possible to convert from one to the other:
where Z represents the magnitude, in appropriate units of measure, of the load driven by the signal.
Also for figuring out the interpretation of energy in this context you can see here.
After a while, I found a bit better explanation for energy as you can read the answers from here.
Energy is used to describe a measure of "information" when formulating an operation under a probability framework such as MAP (maximum a priori) estimation in conjunction with Markov Random Fields. Sometimes the energy can be a negative measure to be minimised and sometimes it is a positive measure to be maximized.
or you can read:
Energy is a fairly loose term used to describe any user defined function (in the image domain).
answered Jan 31 '18 at 10:38
VaalizaadehVaalizaadeh
7,55062263
edited Feb 17 '18 at 17:45
answered Jan 31 '18 at 10:38
VaalizaadehVaalizaadeh
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answered Jan 31 '18 at 10:38
VaalizaadehVaalizaadeh
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answered Jan 31 '18 at 10:38
VaalizaadehVaalizaadeh
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7,55062263
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Thank you. One last query: Would you call the hist plot I did here as the energy graph?
$endgroup$
– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:45
1
$begingroup$
@Dawny33 sorry for late answer, actually I don't think so. The reason is simple. The signal is 2d, so its energy should be described in 2d dimension, at least as I know. Moreover, the histogram is more like probability of different densities in an image. Take a look at here. Let me know if you want more explanations.
$endgroup$
– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 12:13
1
$begingroup$
@Dawny33 I don't know why I made the mistake but I meant intensity, not density :)
$endgroup$
– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 14:30
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Thank you. One last query: Would you call the hist plot I did here as the energy graph?
$endgroup$
– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:45
1
$begingroup$
@Dawny33 sorry for late answer, actually I don't think so. The reason is simple. The signal is 2d, so its energy should be described in 2d dimension, at least as I know. Moreover, the histogram is more like probability of different densities in an image. Take a look at here. Let me know if you want more explanations.
$endgroup$
– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 12:13
1
$begingroup$
@Dawny33 I don't know why I made the mistake but I meant intensity, not density :)
$endgroup$
– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 14:30
$begingroup$
Thank you. One last query: Would you call the hist plot I did here as the energy graph?
$endgroup$
– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:45
$begingroup$
Thank you. One last query: Would you call the hist plot I did here as the energy graph?
$endgroup$
– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:45
1
1
$begingroup$
@Dawny33 sorry for late answer, actually I don't think so. The reason is simple. The signal is 2d, so its energy should be described in 2d dimension, at least as I know. Moreover, the histogram is more like probability of different densities in an image. Take a look at here. Let me know if you want more explanations.
$endgroup$
– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 12:13
$begingroup$
@Dawny33 sorry for late answer, actually I don't think so. The reason is simple. The signal is 2d, so its energy should be described in 2d dimension, at least as I know. Moreover, the histogram is more like probability of different densities in an image. Take a look at here. Let me know if you want more explanations.
$endgroup$
– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 12:13
1
1
$begingroup$
@Dawny33 I don't know why I made the mistake but I meant intensity, not density :)
$endgroup$
– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 14:30
$begingroup$
@Dawny33 I don't know why I made the mistake but I meant intensity, not density :)
$endgroup$
– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 14:30
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are you familiar with the meaning of energy of a signal in signal processing?
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– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:28
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@Media Not really. But, a google query landed me here. Is it correct?
$endgroup$
– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:31
1
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yes, exactly, I don't know latex, otherwise I would answer :) just consider that image is a 2d signal, there is not much difference for extending the definitions in signal processing to image processing at least for this.
$endgroup$
– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:33
1
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Also take a look at here for understanding the interpretation of the formula.
$endgroup$
– Vaalizaadeh
Jan 31 '18 at 10:34
1
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Gotcha! Thank you. Do try to answer. We have very helpful folks here who can fix your latex via edits anyway :)
$endgroup$
– Dawny33♦
Jan 31 '18 at 10:34