FilterAverage

#include "BIFILTER.H"

 

HANDLE CALLBACK FilterAverage (  HDIB     hDIB,
int           N,
int           iShowProgress,
HWND  hParent)

Description

This function performes an averaging on a pixel’s local environment. The size of the used matrix is adjustable by pararmeter N. Average filter is usually used for small noise removal. This function works for only for 8 and 24 bit per pixel images.

Examples

source                                                    average           

The original 160 x 170 pixel image and the difference filtered image with N = 3.

Parameters

HDIB

hDIB

Handle of the DIB to filter.

BYTE

N

Size of used matrix, cannot be less then 1.

int

iShowProgress

This parameter specifies the displaying of the progressbar and the preview dialog.

Available values:

DISPLAY_NONE (0)     -     The progressbar and the preview dialog will not display before filtering.

DISPLAY_PROGRESS (1) -The progressbar will display during filtering procedure.

DISPLAY_DIALOG (2)      -                                   The preview dialog will display before filtering. This dialog shows the part of the image before and after filtering.

DISPLAY_BOTH (3)     -     The progressbar and the preview dialog will display.

IMPORTANT: The preview dialog will only display, if there is BiDlgs.dll installed.

HWND

hParent

Handler of the parent window.

Return values

The handle of the new filtered DIB or NULL if an error occurred.

Programming notes

The function will not free the input DIB.

Requirements

Header :     Declared in BIFilter.h; include BIFilter.h.

Library :    Use BIFilter.lib.

DLLs :             BIFilter.dll , BIDlgs32.dl.