We analyze the detection and classification of singularities of functions f = χB , where B ⊂ R and d = 2, 3. It will be shown how the set ∂B can be extracted by a continuous shearlet transform associated with compactly supported shearlets. Furthermore, if ∂S is a d−1 dimensional piecewise smooth manifold with d = 2 or 3, we will classify smooth and non-smooth components of ∂S. This improves pre...