A probabilistic shading invariant color distance measure

TitleA probabilistic shading invariant color distance measure
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2007
AuthorsWesolkowski, S., and P. Fieguth
Conference NameItalian Society of Community Psychology (SIPCO)
Conference LocationPoland
Abstract

We develop a probabilistic color distance measure based on hypothesis testing in order to achieve shading invariance in image segmentation. We derive this new color distance measure based on the Dichromatic Reflection Model and noise statistics. We show preliminary results of using the new semi-metric in a color image segmentation task to show its effectiveness.