nD generalized map pyramids: Definition, representations and basic operations

Insertion and Expansion Operations for n -Dimensional Generalized Maps

Hierarchical representations, such as irregular pyramids, are the bases of several applications in the field of discrete imagery. So, ndimensional ”bottom-up” irregular pyramids can be defined as stacks of successively reduced n-dimensional generalized maps (n-G-maps) [11], each n-G-map being defined from the previous level by using removal and contraction operations defined in [8]. Our goal is...

nD generalized map pyramids: three equivalent representations

Removal and contraction operations to define combinatorial pyramids: application to the design of a spatial modeler

Removal and contraction are basic operations for several methods conceived in order to handle irregular image pyramids, for multi-level image analysis for instance. We give the definitions of removal and contraction operations in the generalized maps framework. We propose a first experimentation of irregular pyramid as a basis for a discrete geometrical modeler that can handle both discrete and...

Pyramids of n-Dimensional Generalized Maps

Graph pyramids are often used for representing irregular pyramids. Combinatorial pyramids have been recently defined for this purpose. We define here pyramids of n-dimensional generalized maps. This is the main contribution of this work: a generic definition in any dimension which extend and generalize the previous works. Moreover, such pyramids explicitly represent more topological information...

Removal and Contraction for n-Dimensional Generalized Maps

Removal and contraction are basic operations for several methods conceived in order to handle irregular image pyramids, for multi-level image analysis for instance. Such methods are often based upon graph-like representations which do not maintain all topological information, even for 2-dimensional images. We study the definitions of removal and contraction operations in the generalized maps fr...