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A framework for digital topology

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The main goal of this paper is to show the functional architecture of a framework for digital topology. This architecture has four levels, called device, logical, conceptual and continuous levels. In each one of them one can use several models according to the particular problem. The models in the device level represent the physical problem whereas the models in the continuous level are topological spaces which allow one to use the well-known results of continuous topology (actually, the stronger results of polyhedral topology). The other two levels are used to find a digital solution. The logical level is closer to the device level and it is used for processing, for writing algorithms and showing their correctness. The conceptual level is the nearest to the continuous level and it is used to translate results and notions from the continuous level to the logical leve

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A framework for digital topology

Author: Domínguez, E.; Francés, A. R.; Márquez Pérez, Alberto
Publisher: IEEE Computer Society
Year: 1993
DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.1993.384851
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A
F amewo k
o
Digi al
Topology
E.
Dom’nguez
A.R.
F anc&
Dp o. Ing. EMc ica e In o mi ica
Facul ad de Ciencias.
U.
de Za agoza
E-50009
Za agoza
(SPAIN)
Dp o. Ing. Elk ica
e
In o m& ica
Facul ad de Ciencias.
U.
de Za agoza
E-50009
Za agoza
(SPAIN)
A.
Mkquez
Dp o. de Algeb a, Geome ia, Topologia
y
Compu acibn
Facul ad de Ma emL icas.
U.
de Se illa
Se illa
(SPAIN)
Abs mc
The
main
goal
o
his
pape
is
o show
he
unc ional a chi ec u e
o
a
amewo k
o
Dig-
i al
Topology.
This
a chi ec u e
has
ou
le els,
called
De ice, Logical, Concep ual and Con inuous
Le els.
In
each one
o
hem we
can
use
se e al mod-
els
acco ding
o
he
pa icula
p oblem. The models
in
he De ice Le el
ep esen
he
physical
p oblem
whe eas he models in
he
Con inuous Le el
a e
opological
spaces
which
allow
us
o
use
he well-
known
esul s
o
con inuous opology (ac ually, he
s onge
esul s
o
polyhed al opology). The o he
wo le els
a e
used
o And
a
digi al
solu ion. The
Logical Le el
is
close
o
he De ice Le el
and
i
is
used
o
p ocessing,
o
w i ing algo i hms
and
showing hei co ec ness. The Concep ual Le el
is
he nea es
o
he Con inuous Le el and i is used
o
ansla e
esul s
and
no ions
om
he Con inuous
Le el
o
he
Logical
Le el.
I. INTRODUCTION
The‘main pu pose o Digi al Topology is he s udy
o opological p ope ies o disc e e objec s which a e
go en digi izing con inuous objec s. Digi al Topology
plays a e y impo an ole in compu e ision, im-
age p ocessing and compu e g aphics. Bu a comple e
heo e ical ounda ion o a consis en heo y o digi al
spaces
is
s ill missing. Kong and Rosen eld gi e in
[5]
a e y good su ey abou his subjec .
Howe e , se e al heo ies ha e been de ised o he
analysis o he opological a ibu es o a digi al im-
age. Le us ecall, o example, Rosen eld’s combina o-
ial heo y
[9,lO,ll]
(gene alized by Kong and Roscoe
~~
Manusc ip ecei ed
July
1,
1993.
This
wo k
was
suppo ed
in
pa
by
he Dipu acih Gene al de A ag6n, he DGICYT and
he
Jun a
de Andalucia,
Spain.
in
[4])
and Khalimsky’s heo y based
in
a
pa icula
opological space
[3].
The common d awback o hese
heo ies is ha , in o de o include well-known esul s
o he Euclidean Topology, hey need
o
ew i e new
p oo s ins ead o exploi ing hose
coming
om con in-
uous opology. The eason
is
ha hese heo ies a e
a om he Euclidean plane (o space). Some o he
au ho s (Ko ale sky
[7],
Ankeney, Ri e
[l])
can use
esul s coming om Euclidean Topology bu hey ha e
p oblems in he image p ocessing because he models
a e a om he disc e e objec s which ep esen sc een
digi al images.
In his pape we in oduce
a
new poin
o
iew. We
p esen a amewo k, which ies o de ine a gene al
heo y o he de elopmen o Digi al Topology. To
do his, ou amewo k p oposes
a
mul ile el a chi ec-
u e whose main ea u e is he abili y o ansla ing
concep s, s a emen s, p oo s and algo i hms om con-
inuous opology wi hou ew i ing
a
pa allel heo y.
The
i s
le el ep esen s
a
compu e and he ollow-
ing le els consis o models mo e
and
mo e abs ac .
Finally, he las le el ep esen s he Euclidean Topol-
ogy. This akes us, om he disc e e wo ld (a compu e
sc een), and b ings us close o he con inuous one ( he
Euclidean plane o space).
In ou amewo k he e
is
no an uni e sal model
which can be used o sol ing all he p oblem in Digi-
al Topology. Ins ead, gi en
a
p oblem we mus choose
a sui able model in e e y le el. Acco ding o ou p o-
posal, wha
is
common
o
all he p oblems is he wo k-
ing me hodology and he mul ile el unc ional a chi ec-
u e.
To show ha ou heo y wo ks we p esen he solu-
ion o he well-known Digi al Jo dan Cu e P oblem
(as
many o he au ho s ha e done in o de o p o e he
65
Figu e
1:
Sc een model
Figu e
2:
A
digi al image
consis ency
o
hei heo ies).
So,
in he second sec ion
we choose he models
o
each le el in he a chi ec u e,
and hen, in he hi d sec ion, we gi e he p oo o he
esul ha is educed o gi ing he app op ia e no ions
and ansla ions. Finally, he o h sec ion is de o ed o
explain he unc ional a chi ec u e in
a
gene al con ex .
11.
THE MATHEMATICAL MODELS
We conside ha he sc een model
is
an in ini e ma-
ix
S
o
pixels wi h he shape showed in Fig
l
whe e
each pixel can ha e wo s a es ep esen ed by
a
do ed
o
black small squa e. In his con ex ,
a
digi al image
in he sc een model
S
is de ined by
a
se o black poin s
(see
a
digi al cu e in Fig
2).
The Digi al Jo dan Cu e P oblem consis s o p o -
ing ha
a
simple closed digi .al cu e, as ,lia
o
Fig
2,
di ides he sc een in wo connec ed componen s. E i-
den ly i is necessa y o de ine he meaning o “simple
closed digi al cu e” and “connec ed componen s.” Fo
his, we will s a by de ining he ma hema ical models
used in each le el
o
ou amewo k.
Since ou p oblems
has
a
,opological na u e, i is
na u al o conside
a
ans o ma ion om he sc een
model
S
o he g aph
E8
ep esen ed
in
he Fig
3.
Fo
he sake o simplici y we will suppose
ha
he e ex
Figu e
3:
The g aph
E8
Figu e
4:
The g aph
E:
se o
E8
is
Z2,
which is he se
o
all pai s
o
in ege
numbe s. The e ices o he g aph ep esen he pixels
and wo e ices a e adjacen i and only i hei co -
esponding pixels a e con iguous in he ob ious sense.
In o de o sol e ou p oblem, his ma hema ical model
ep esen s he Logical Le el.
In
i
he cu e becomes
he subg aph induced by he e ices co esponding o
black pixels.
Because
E8
is no plana , i is well-known ha wi hin
i we canno ep esen he ,opology o he Euclidean
plane (see Rosen eld
[9]).
To
sol e ha p oblem we
la en ou his g aph
in
a
na .u al way and we ge
he plana g aph
E;
ep esen ed
in
he Fig
4.
In
his
g aph he e a e wo di e en kinds o e ices. Some o
hem ep esen he pixels and he o he s, called middle
poin s, ep esen
a
deg ee o nea ness be ween he co -
esponding pixels;
in
ac
i
is he diagonal nea ness.
Obse e
ha
his g aph is
a
iangula ion
o
he Eu-
clidean plane. This makes up he Concep ual Le el
o
66
Figu e
5:
A digi al cu e
C
in
E8
Figu e
6:
A
digi al cu e
C'
in
ES
sol e ou p oblem.
On he o he hand, we de ine a digi al image
(o
digi al subspace) o one o hese g aphs
as
an induced
subg aph; ha is, a subg aph which con ains an edge
i and only i i con ains he wo e ices o he edge.
We ep esen he se o digi al images in
E8
and
E:
by
U(&)
and
U(&),
espec i ely.
Now we ha e
a
na u al ans o ma ion
A
:
O(
Es)
-
U(E;)
de ined
as
ollows: Gi en a digi al image
C
in
Ea,
n(C)
=
c'
is he subg aph induced by he e ices
in
C
and he middle e ices de ined by wo diagonal
e ices in
C
(see he Fig
5
and
6).
In a na u al way we
ha e a ans o ma ion
A*
:
o(E,')
-
o(E8).
Gi en a
digi al image
C'
in
E,'
n*(C*)
=
C
is he subg aph
in-
duced by he e ices in
C'
ha a e no middle e ices.
Also
we ha e a ans o ma ion
j
:
(?(E,)
-
,C(R2)
in-
duced by he embedding o
E,
in
he Euclidean plane
R2,
whe e
C(R2)
is he se
o
polygona subspaces.
In his
way.
we ha e he a chi ec u e ep esen ed by
he ollowing diag am
whe e
O(S)
is
he
se
o digi al images in he sc een
model
S
and
i
is
he
1-1
ans o ma ion be ween
O(E8)
and
O(S).
67
III. THE DIGITAL JORDAN CURVE THEOREM
In he logical and concep ual le els,
a
simple digi al
cu e
is
he subg aph induced by
a
sequence o e ices
{PO,.
.
.
,pn}
SO
ha
Pi
is
adjacen
o
pj
i
and only
i
li
-
jl
5
1.
The cu e
is
called closed i , in addi ion,
po
=
pn.
Then a digi al objec in he
sc een
model
S
is
called a simple closed digi al cu e
i
i s
image by
i-'
is
his ype o cu e in
Ea.
These de ini ions ag ee wi h.
hose usually adop ed
in
he li e a u e (see
[5]).
In his way,
a
simple closed
digi al
cu e
C
in he
sc een model
S
is, by de ini ion, ans o med h ough
i
in such a cu e in
Ea,
deno ed
also
by
C.
I
is
ob ious
ha he image by
17
o
a
simple closed digi al cu e
C
in
E8
is a simple closed digi al cu e
C'
in
E;.
And,
also, he image by he embedding
j
o
C
is
a polygonal
Jo dan Cu e
C'
in
R2
(see Fig
5,
6).
In
his way, we
ha e ansla ed ou ini ial Jo dan Cu e P oblem o
he Sc een Model o analogous p oblems
in
Ea,
E,'
and
R2.
Now hen,
i
is
well-known ha he solu ion o his
p oblem in
R2
is
he Polygonal Jo dan Cu e Theo em.
So
ha , ou goal is o ansla e his heo em, by mean
o he ans o ma ions
j
and
R',
o
E8
in o de o ind
a solu ion o ou p oblem in his model.
In he li e a u e, he e exis s se e al equi alen
s a emen s o he Polygonal Jo dan Cu e Theo em.
He e, we conside one
o
hem ha is app op ia ed o
ind an algo i hm sol ing his p oblem and o p o e i s
co ec ness. The base o his s a emen is he no ion
o ans e sal in e sec ion be ween a hal -line, which
is
pa allel o he axis
OX,
and a polygonal cu e.
Le
D
be a polygonal cu e in
R2
whose se o
e ices
{PO,.
.
.
,pn}
is coun e -clockwise o de ed. Le
,
=
{(z,y);
y
=
y,
and
z
2
zq}
be
a
hal -line, whe e
q
=
(
z,
y,).
The e exis s a
ans e sal in e sec ion
be-
ween
D
and
q
i
one o he ollowing si ua ions occu s:
(a)
,
in e sec s he edge de ined by he e ices
pi
and
p1+i
in only a poin
P
B
{pi,Pi+1}-
(b)
he e exis s
i
E
(0,.
.
.
,
n}
such ha o some
k
2
0
2-
Pi-1
>
Yq
and
Yi+k+l
<
Yq
o
Pi-1
<
Yq
and
Yi+k+1
>
Yq
3.
x,
2
xq
o e e y
i
5
j
L
i
+
k.
Wi h his de ini ion we can s a e he nex well-known
esul .
Polygonal Jo dan Cu e Theo em.
Le
D
be
a simple closed polygonal cu e in
R2,
hen
R2
D
has wo connec ed componen s (one o hem bounded
and he o he one unbounded). Mo eo e , a poin
q
E
R2
D
belongs o he bounded componen i and only
i
#( ,
4
D)
E
1
(mod
2),
whe e
#( q
,+,
D)
ep esen s
he numbe o ans e sal in e sec ions be ween
D
and
q.
I
is
impo an o poin ou ha he esul we wan
o ansla e o
E8
is applied o polygonal cu es
c'
coming om a digi al cu e
C
in
E8
and hal -lines
p ,
whe e
p'
belongs o
Z2.
In his way, i is easy o obse e
ha he ans e sal in e sec ions be ween one o such
a hal -line
pl
and
one o such
a
cu e
C'
ne e occu s
in case (a) o he de ini ion abo e. Tha is, his kind o
in e sec ion always has a e ex
o
he cu e.
So
ha ,
we can ansla e he no ion o ans e sal in e sec ion
o
E8
and
E,'
in such a way ha
#@p'
m
C')
=
#(.P'
1
C')
=
#(.p
m
C)
On he o he hand, in he Concep ual Le el, ep-
esen ed by
E;,
we can conside he na u al no ion o
connec ion induced by he g aph s uc u e. This no ion
coincides wi h he no ion o connec ion induced by he
opology o he Euclidean plane h ough he embed-
ding
j.
So
we can conside he connec ed componen s
o
E:
c'.
Since
E;
is
a
iangula ion o
R2
i is no
di icul o p o e ha he numbe
b
connec ed compo-
nen s o
E,'
C'
and
R2
C'
ag ee; e en mo e, each
componen
I<*
o
E;
c'
is he ini e iangula ion o
a
componen
IC'
o
R2
C'
in he ollowing sense:
1.
Gi en
Ii'
he e
is
one and only one componen
I "
o
R2
C'
such ha
I<*
c
IC'.
2.
I{*
is
induced by he e ices o
E,'
in
I;'.
These p ope ies show us ha he componen s o
E,'
c'
ep esen he componen s o
R'
C'.
Now we can ansla e .he Jo dan Cu e Theo em
o
E,'
in he ollowing
way.
Jo dan Cu e Theo eiu
in
E;.
Le
C'
be
a
simple closed digi al cu e
in
E;,
hen
E;
C"
has
wo connec ed componen s (one
o
hem bounded and
he o he one unbounded). Mo eo e ,
a
poin
y'
E
E:
C'
belongs o he bounded componen
i
and
only
i
#( p.
mC)
E
1
(mod
2).
Figu e
7:
Componen s o
E,'
C'
68
Figu e
8:
Top-componen s
o
E8
c
Finally, we need o conside an app op ia e no ion o
componen in
&.
Le
c
be a simple closed digi al cu e
in
Ea.
we call
a
op-componen
o
E8
c
o he image
by
i '
o a connec ed componen o
E;
c'.
Obse e
ha , in gene al, a op-componen o
E8
c
does no
coincide wi h
a
connec ed componen o
ES
C
(see
Fig
7,
8).
In his way we ha e p o ed
Jo dan Cu e Theo em
in
Ea.
Le
C
be
a
simple
closed digi al cu e in
Ea.
hen
E0
C
has wo con-
nec ed op-componen s (one o hem bounded and he
o he one unbounded). Mo eo e ,
a
poin
p
E
E8
C
belongs o he bouiided op-componen
i
and only
i
#(
l,
C)
E
1
(mod
2).
Obse e ha ile p e ious p oo no oul~ p o es he
gi en p oblem
bu
also
allows
o ansla e he well-
known algo i hm o P epa a a
[8]
(coming om
Com-
pu a ional Geome y)
o
sol e he digi al cu e inclu-
sion p obleni.
IV. THE FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE
The p e ious sec ions con ain a pa icula ins ance
o he me hodology p oposed in ou amewo k. In his
sec ion, we will p esen he gene al unc ional a chi ec-
u e o his amewo k. Ou amewo k has ou le -
els, called De ice, Logical, Concep ual and Con inuous
Le els.
In he De ice Le el we ep esen he objec s in a
compu e sc een ( ypically a digi al image). This le el
has a e y small deg ee o abs ac ion and we only ep-
esen he physical aspec s o he objec s.
A
second le el o abs ac ion is ob ained in he Log-
ical Le el. We conside in i he aspec s o p oximi y o
he objec s
so,
we can s udy some p ope ies o opo-
logical na u e. The main unc ion o his le el is o
be he suppo o w i ing he algo i hms and o p o e
hei co ec ness.
In gene al, he le el abo e is a om he ma hema -
ical model
in
which we ha e
a
solu ion o ou p oblem.
So
we need he Concep ual Le el
as
an in e ace be-
ween he le el abo e and he Con inuous Le el. To
ealize his in e ace i is necessa y o ansla e: (1) Ob-
jec s and p ope ies om he Logical Le el o he Con-
cep ual Le el and ice e sa;
(2)
Objec s and p ope ies
om he Concep ual Le el o he Con inuous Le el;
(3)
P ope ies o objec s in he Con inuous Le el o p op-
e ies o objec s in he Concep ual Le el.
Finally, he Con inuous Le el is used o ind
a
con-
inuous solu ion. Obse e ha , ac ually, he objec s
and
concep s ob ained oni lie Logical Le el a e in-
side lie Polyhed al Topology a he han he Con in-
uous Topology and
so
we can use he mo e powe ul
ools o his ield. Tlie objec s o
ou
physical p oblem
ha e been ansla ed by consecu i e abs ac ions om
lie De ice Le el. Now we mus ind
a
con inuous
so-
lu ion
in
his le el by using he well-known esul s o
Polyhed al Topology and we aiisla e
i a
o he Logical
Le el ac oss he Concep ual Le el.
When we ha e
a
coiic e e p oblem and
a
pa icula
sc een model we
mis ,
choose speci ic models
in
each
le el
and
unc ions
which
can suppo he unc .ioliali y
liab we ha e desc ibed. Speci ically, suppose ha hese
chosen niodels
a e
U,
L,
C
a id
S
o he De ice, Log-
ical, Concep ual and Con inuous Le el, espec i ely.
Le
C?(D),
(?(I,),
O(C)
and
O(S)
be he se s o lie ob-
jec s (i.e., subs uc u es in
sonie
ma ~hema ical sense)
o
liese models.
So
we lia e 4he ollowing unc ional
a chi ec u e
We ep esen ou physical'objec s
in
he mode!
D
and we ansla e i o he model
L
by he unc ion
i.
I we ha e
in
L
enough knowledge o sol e he p oblem
we do no need o use he es o he models; when
we
ha e he solu ion, we in e p e
i
in
D
by he unc ion
i.
O he wise, we ansla e he objec s
o
he model
C.
I
we can ind a solu ion in
i
we
ansla e
i
o
he model
L
by he unc ion
T*.
Bu
i
e en in
C
we canno ind
a
solu ion, we ansla e he objec s o he model
S
whe e
we can apply all o he qui e powe ul ools and eml s
o Polyhed al Topology and, i we ind
a
solu ion, we
ansla e i o
L
by he unc ions
j
and
T*.
F om a heo e ical poin o iew, he pa icula
s uc u es ha we need in he le els depend
on
he
p oblem we wan o sol e. Bu , in gene al, he e
is
a
basic s uc u e o a wide ange o p oblems. Fo
exam-
ple, he basic s uc u e o he plana Digi al Topology
is he one shown in he pa ag aphs abo e.
In addi ion, his amewo k can be used o sol e
p oblems which ha e no been p oposed up
ill
now
in Digi al Topology. An impo an example
is
he digi-
al Shoen lies heo em which s a es ha
a
simple closed
digi al Jo dan cu e su ounds
a
digi al disk. The solu-
ion o his p oblem
is
well-known in Plana Euclidean
Topology. Thus, ou mul ile el me hodology can be
applied (choosing sui able models) o ob ain he co e-
sponding digi al e sion.
Mo eo e , his amewo k also wo ks in highe di-
mensions.
As
an example, he p oo gi en o he digi al
Jo dan cu e heo em can easily be adap ed o sol e he
co esponding 3-dimensional p oblem (compa e his
so-
lu ion wi h
[GI,
whe e Koppe man e
al.
ew i e a new
p oo o his esul ).
V. FINAL REMARKS
In his pape , we ha e de eloped a gene al ame-
wo k ha allows o use e y powe ul ools and e-
sul s ( hose o Polyhed al Topology) in Digi al Topol-
ogy. Tlie models used in he a chi ec u e depend on
he Sc een Model. Fo example, i ou Sc een Model
is ep esen ed by he Fig 9(a), he g aph used
as
Logi-
cal Model is he one in he Fig 9(b) (called hexagonal
g aph).
In
his case, each pai o cells has he same con-
nec i i y deg ee and he g aph is plana ,
so
we choose
lie same g aph o ep esen he Concep ual Le el.
Ob-
se e ha , in his case, his model e i ies he Jo dan
Cu e Theo em. The p oo is he same
as
in he case
o he g aph o he &adjacencies.
The e a e models which do no e i y he Jo dan
Cu e Theo em. An example o his
is
he g aph
E4,
ep esen ed by lie Fig 10(b), which is he logical model
o
lie sc een model ep esen ed by he Fig 10(a). This
g aph
is
plana ,
so
we mus conside he same g aph
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Figu e 9: (a) Sc een model; (b) The g aph E6
(4 (b)
Figu e 10: (a) Sc een model; (b) The g aph
E4
in he Concep ual Le el. Thus he op-connec ion is
equi alen o he 4connec ion. Now, he e ices o
a minimal cycle on his g aph de ine a closed simple
digi al cu e bu i s complemen is connec ed.
Ve y equen ly, some au ho s ha e shown a p oo
o he Digi al Jo dan Cu e Theo em in o de o p o e
he consis ency
o
hei heo ies.
Fo
his eason we
also ha e chosen i o ou amewo k. In he li e a u e
he e a e se e al p oo s o his heo em using di e -
en echniques. The i s au ho who ga e a p oo
was
Rosen eld who p esen ed wo e sions in a se ies o pa-
pe s ([9,10,12]). One is aking an 8-cu e (i.e.,
a
cu e
in he g aph
E8)
and p o ing ha i s complemen has
wo 4-connec ed componen s (i.e., connec ed by a cs in
he g aph
E4
o he 4adjacencies). The o he is aking
a 4cu e (i.e., a cu e in he g aph
E4)
and p o ing
ha i s complemen has wo $-connec ed componen s
(i.e., connec ed by a cs in
E*).
I is easy o obse e ha he heo em p esen ed
ill
his pape includes bo h e sions. This is a di ec conse-
quence o he ollowing p ope y. Gi en
a
closed digi al
cu e
c
in
E8,
hen:
2. I
C
is
an
4cu e, he op-componen s o
E8
C
coincide wi h he 8-connec ed componen s.
-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like o hank Julio Rubio o his e y use ul
commen s on an ea lie d a o his pape .
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