Ellipse Detection using Hough Transform

Question

using Hough Transform, how can I detect and get coordinates of (x0,y0) and \"a\" and \"b\" of an ellipse in 2D space?

This is ellipse01.bmp:

Answer 1

If you know the 'a' and 'b' of an ellipse then you can rescale the image by factor of a/b in one direction and look for circle. I am still thinking about what to do when a and b are unknown.

If you know that it is circle then use Hough transform for circles. Here is a sample code:

int accomulatorResolution  = 1;  // for each pixel
    int minDistBetweenCircles  = 10; // In pixels
    int cannyThresh            = 20;
    int accomulatorThresh      = 5*_accT+1;
    int minCircleRadius        = 0;
    int maxCircleRadius        = _maxR*10;
    cvClearMemStorage(storage);
    circles = cvHoughCircles( gryImage, storage,
                              CV_HOUGH_GRADIENT, accomulatorResolution, 
                              minDistBetweenCircles,
                              cannyThresh , accomulatorThresh,
                              minCircleRadius,maxCircleRadius );    
    // Draw circles
    for (int i = 0; i < circles->total; i++){
        float* p = (float*)cvGetSeqElem(circles,i);
        // Draw center
        cvCircle(dstImage, cvPoint(cvRound(p[0]),cvRound(p[1])),
                           1, CV_RGB(0,255,0), -1, 8, 0 );
        // Draw circle
        cvCircle(dstImage, cvPoint(cvRound(p[0]),cvRound(p[1])),
                           cvRound(p[2]),CV_RGB(255,0,0), 1, 8, 0 );
    }