Prabaha Gangopadhyay asked . 2022-02-22

Extracting black pixels from a specific region of an image and overlaying it on another image

I have a few images of the following nature (showing only 2 to exemplify; these are 2 separate images):

 

black pixels

black pixels

From these, I want to extract the central black image (the E or the Cross) and overlay it on other blank surfaces, like:

black pixels

black pixels

I cannot just extract the black pixels and overlay it, since the boundaries are also black. The size of all the images is same, 400x400x3, so, if I can get the exact pixels for the central black image (the E and the Cross), then I can just convert the corresponding pixels to black for the empty surfaces. So, is there an easy way of getting those pixels? Any help will be appreciated!

image processing , image editing , pixel extraction , image overlaying. ,masking , mask

Expert Answer

Prashant Kumar answered . 2024-05-20 04:24:00

Here's the full demo for you:

 

clc;    % Clear the command window.
close all;  % Close all figures (except those of imtool.)
clear;  % Erase all existing variables. Or clearvars if you want.
workspace;  % Make sure the workspace panel is showing.
format short g;
format compact;
fontSize = 25;

%===============================================================================
% Get the name of the image the user wants to use.
baseFileName = 'o4s1_11.bmp';
% Get the full filename, with path prepended.
folder = pwd
fullFileName = fullfile(folder, baseFileName);

%===============================================================================
% Read in a first image.
grayImage1 = imread(fullFileName);
% Get the dimensions of the image.
% numberOfColorChannels should be = 1 for a gray scale image, and 3 for an RGB color image.
[rows, columns, numberOfColorChannels] = size(grayImage1)
if numberOfColorChannels > 1
  % It's not really gray scale like we expected - it's color.
  % Use weighted sum of ALL channels to create a gray scale image.
%   grayImage = rgb2gray(grayImage);
  % ALTERNATE METHOD: Convert it to gray scale by taking only the green channel,
  % which in a typical snapshot will be the least noisy channel.
  grayImage1 = grayImage1(:, :, 2); % Take green channel.
end
% Display the image.
subplot(2, 2, 1);
imshow(grayImage1, []);
axis on;
axis image;
caption = sprintf('Image1');
title(caption, 'FontSize', fontSize, 'Interpreter', 'None');
drawnow;
hp = impixelinfo();

% Set up figure properties:
% Enlarge figure to full screen.
set(gcf, 'Units', 'Normalized', 'OuterPosition', [0, 0.04, 1, .96]);
% Get rid of tool bar and pulldown menus that are along top of figure.
% set(gcf, 'Toolbar', 'none', 'Menu', 'none');
% Give a name to the title bar.
set(gcf, 'Name', 'Demo by ImageAnalyst', 'NumberTitle', 'Off')
drawnow;

%===============================================================================
% Read in a second image.
fullFileName = fullfile(pwd, 'blankv5.bmp');
grayImage2 = imread(fullFileName);
% Get the dimensions of the image.
% numberOfColorChannels should be = 1 for a gray scale image, and 3 for an RGB color image.
[rows, columns, numberOfColorChannels] = size(grayImage2)
if numberOfColorChannels > 1
  % It's not really gray scale like we expected - it's color.
  % Use weighted sum of ALL channels to create a gray scale image.
%   grayImage = rgb2gray(grayImage);
  % ALTERNATE METHOD: Convert it to gray scale by taking only the green channel,
  % which in a typical snapshot will be the least noisy channel.
  grayImage2 = grayImage2(:, :, 2); % Take green channel.
end
% Display the image.
subplot(2, 2, 2);
imshow(grayImage2, []);
axis on;
axis image;
caption = sprintf('Image2');
title(caption, 'FontSize', fontSize, 'Interpreter', 'None');
drawnow;
hp = impixelinfo();

% Display the histogram of the image so we can see what threshold to use.
subplot(2, 2, 3);
histogram(grayImage2);
grid on;

% Binarize the image.
threshold = 128;
binaryImage = grayImage1 < threshold;  % Determine number from histogram.
% Get rid of surround that is touching the border.
binaryImage = imclearborder(binaryImage);
% Display the image.
subplot(2, 2, 3);
imshow(binaryImage, []);
axis on;
axis image;
caption = sprintf('Binary Image');
title(caption, 'FontSize', fontSize, 'Interpreter', 'None');
drawnow;
hp = impixelinfo();

% Use this binary image to transfer the stuff in the second image.
grayImage2(binaryImage) = grayImage1(binaryImage);
% Display the image.
subplot(2, 2, 4);
imshow(grayImage2, []);
axis on;
axis image;
caption = sprintf('Final Image');
title(caption, 'FontSize', fontSize, 'Interpreter', 'None');
drawnow;

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