Herror ::convexity (
    Hobject Regions,
    double *Convexity
)
Herror ::convexity (
    Hobject Regions,
    HTuple *Convexity
)
double HRegion::Convexity (
    void
) const
HTuple HRegionArray::Convexity (
    void
) const

Shape factor for the convexity of a region.

The operator ::convexity calculates the convexity of each input region of Regions.

Calculation: If Fc is the area of the convex hull and Fo the
            original area of the region the shape factor C
            is defined as:
	      
                                      C = Fo / Fc
The shape factor C is 1 if the region is convex (e.g. rectangle, circle etc.). If there are indentations or holes C is smaller than 1.

In case of an empty region the operator ::convexity returns the value 0 (if no other behavior was set (see ::set_system)). If more than one region is passed the numerical values of the contour length are stored in a tuple, the position of a value in the tuple corresponding to the position of the region in the input tuple.


Parameters

Regions (input_object)
region(-array) -> Hobject: HRegion(Array)
Region(s) to be examined.

Convexity (output_control)
real(-array) -> (HTuple.) double *
Convexity of the input region(s).
Assertion: Convexity <= 1


Result

The operator ::convexity returns the value H_MSG_TRUE if the input is not empty. The behavior in case of empty input (no input regions available) is set via the operator ::set_system('no_object_result',<Result>). The behavior in case of empty region (the region is the empty set) is set via ::set_system('empty_region_result',<Result>). If necessary an exception handling is raised.


Possible Predecessors

::threshold, ::regiongrowing, ::connection


See also

::select_shape, ::area_center, ::shape_trans


Module

Region processing



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