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Hough transform

Hough transform noun: a feature extraction technique used in computer vision and digital image processing to find imperfect instances of objects within a certain class of shapes by a voting procedure.

Noun

Hough transform (plural Hough transforms)

  1. A feature extraction technique used in computer vision and digital image processing to find imperfect instances of objects within a certain class of shapes by a voting procedure.

Forms of Hough transform

pluralHough transforms

Origin of Hough transform

After Paul Hough, who held a related patent from 1962.

Questions about Hough transform

What does Hough transform mean?
Hough transform means a feature extraction technique used in computer vision and digital image processing to find imperfect instances of objects within a certain class of shapes by a voting procedure.
What part of speech is Hough transform?
Hough transform is a noun.
What is the plural of Hough transform?
The plural of Hough transform is Hough transforms.

Words near Hough transform in the dictionary

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  2. Houges
  3. hough
  4. Hough and Chorlton
  5. Hough Green
  6. Hough transform
  7. Hough transforms
  8. Hough-on-the-Hill
  9. Hougham
  10. Houghams
  11. houghed

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