Highlight edge in a video so I can calculate position.

I have a video of a sheet edge (Sheet edge is in the middle of the frame) where I would like to calculate the edge position as a function of time.

I am having difficulty highlighting the edge pixels reliably. There are often alot of outliers that adversely impact the calculation I am performing.

I have attached a code snippet from my program. Basically I get the frame, trim down the the area of interest, convert to grayscale and use Intensity_Detect to highlight the pixels that correspond to the sheet edge.

Would there be a more robust approach to doing this?

Thank you


LEAD3(0).Bitmap = LEAD1.Bitmap
LEAD3(0).Trim m_lMeasureLeft, m_lMeasureTop, m_lMeasureWidth, m_lMeasureHeight

LEAD3(0).Grayscale 8
LEAD5(0).Bitmap = LEAD3(0).Bitmap
LEAD3(0).Combine 1, 1, LEAD3(0).ScaleWidth, LEAD3(0).ScaleHeight, LEAD5(0).Bitmap, 1, 2, CB_OP_MAX

LEAD3(0).IntensityDetect m_lLowIntensity, m_lHighIntensity

I can try to suggest a good
approach if you provide me with some images that show the different edges
you're detecting. If you have different lighting or intensity conditions, try to send images that represent the variation.

 

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Here are a copy of frames from 2 different videos. I tryically crop an area of interest before I try to highlight the edge. I had some success with the back edge (not great but ok) and no success with the front edge.

The problem in both cases were highlighted pixels that did not correspond to the line.

Appreciate any help you can offer.