Android OpenCV Edge Detection

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I am using OpenCV on Android for doing number plate recognition. As part of the process I am using Canny edge detection to find the edges within the image. The problem I am having is that the horizontal edges within the image are not being detected as solid lines. The problems is that because the lines are not solid I cannot detect it as one contour

This is the image that I am running the edge detection on

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This is the result of the edge detection. As you can see the vertical edges of the number plate have been detected as solid lines but the horizontals are dotted.

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Here is my code

        org.opencv.imgproc.Imgproc.Canny(snapshot.getImage(), dst,
            Configurator.PlateDetectCannyThreshold1,
            Configurator.PlateDetectCannyThreshold2,
            Configurator.PlateDetectCannyApperture);
    List<Mat> contours = new Vector<Mat>();
    org.opencv.imgproc.Imgproc.findContours(dst, contours, new Mat(),
            org.opencv.imgproc.Imgproc.CV_RETR_LIST,
            org.opencv.imgproc.Imgproc.CV_CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE,
            new org.opencv.core.Point(0, 0));

Best Answer

I ran into similar problem when i implement document edge detection and used Morphology to dilate the edge for better detection:

 Mat kernel = Imgproc.getStructuringElement(Imgproc.MORPH_DILATE, new Size(3,3), new Point(1,1));
 Imgproc.dilate(mIntermediateMat, mIntermediateMat, kernel);

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