HOUGHTOOL - A SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR THE USE OF THE HOUGH TRANSFORM

The Hough Transform (HT) is a popular method for detecting curve segme nts in an image. A software package, the Houghtool, is proposed to cal culate the HT. Several methods for line detection are implemented in t he package. These include new HT techniques such as probabilistic appr oaches which use random sampling of the input points. The aim of the H oughtool is to provide general tools for the design of new algorithms and to provide solutions to specific applications. The software design is flexible to allow user extension of the tools provided. A graphica l user interface, the XHoughtool, is provided for the visualization of the HT calculation.