Canny edge detector

noun

Canny edge detector

noun

Etymology Developed by John F. Canny in 1986.

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Computer graphics, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences An operator that uses a multistage algorithm, involving the calculus of variations, to detect the edges in an image.

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