Finite automata and digital images

Citation
Sv. Ramasubramanian et K. Krithivasan, Finite automata and digital images, INT J PATT, 14(4), 2000, pp. 501-524
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
AI Robotics and Automatic Control
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PATTERN RECOGNITION AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
ISSN journal
02180014 → ACNP
Volume
14
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
501 - 524
Database
ISI
SICI code
0218-0014(200006)14:4<501:FAADI>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
In this paper, we initially consider representation of 2D black-white image s and 3D objects using finite state automata. We describe transformation of scaling on the 2D image by an operation on the FSA. We also give construct ions for getting the projections of a 3D object on to coordinate planes and for reconstructing the 3D object from its projections. We define minimizat ion of nondeterministic FSAs and give an O(e(2)) (e is the number of edges in the FSA) algorithm for minimization of NFAs. Later, we define a WFA and describe various properties of WFA. We define four normal forms of WFA and show how a WFA can be normalized into any of these forms. We show the equiv alence of WFAs with epsilon edges and epsilon-free WFAs. Then, we define mi nimization of WFAs and present an algorithm to minimize a WFA.