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bwunpack

Unpack binary image

Description

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BW = bwunpack(BWP,m) unpacks the packed binary image BWP into binary image BW with m rows.

Examples

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Read binary image into the workspace.

BW = imread('text.png');
imshow(BW)

Pack the image.

BWp = bwpack(BW);

Dilate the packed image.

BWp_dilated = imdilate(BWp,ones(3,3),'ispacked');

Unpack the dilated image and display it.

BW_dilated = bwunpack(BWp_dilated, size(BW,1));
imshow(BW_dilated)

Input Arguments

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Packed binary image, specified as a 2-D numeric array of data type uint32.

Data Types: uint32

Number of image rows, specified as a positive integer. The default value of m is 32*size(BWP,1).

Data Types: uint32

Output Arguments

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Unpacked binary image, returned as a logical matrix with m rows.

Data Types: logical

Algorithms

When bwunpack unpacks BWP, the function maps the least significant bit of the first row of BWP to the first pixel in the first row of BW. The most significant bit of the first element of BWP maps to the first pixel in the 32nd row of BW, and so on.

Extended Capabilities

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

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