rgb1_to_gray ( RGBImage : GrayImage : : )

Transform an RGB image into a gray scale image.

rgb1_to_gray transforms an RGB image into a gray scale image. The three channels of the RGB image are passed as the first three channels of the input image. The image is transformed according to the following formula:

   gray = 0.299 * red + 0.587 * green + 0.144 * blue .


Parameters

RGBImage (input_object)
image(-array) -> object : byte / int2
Three-channel RBG image.

GrayImage (output_object)
image(-array) -> object : byte / int2
Gray scale image.


Example
/* Tranformation from rgb to gray  */
read_image(Image,'patras') 
disp_color(Image,WindowHandle) 
rgb1_to_gray(Image,GrayImage) 
disp_image(GrayImage,WindowHandle).

Parallelization Information

rgb1_to_gray is reentrant and automatically parallelized (on tuple level, domain level).


Possible Predecessors

compose3


Alternatives

trans_from_rgb, rgb3_to_gray


Module

Image filters



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