Separate the connected lines and shapes

Hi,

I want an approach and method to separate the connected lines. Here is my image

and here is the result I would like

How do I solve that problem? Thank you in advance!

Sincerely

[Doug Hull]

Will the place you break always be on a "vertical" segment?

I think Regionprops and some heuristics will allow you to do this reasonably. Any a priori knowledge is useful to allow you to make this algorithm.

[Image Analyst]

For the initial part of this discussion, see this http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/112850#comment_190861

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

call bwmorph to get branchpoints. Then remove then. Then get the endpoints of the segments and compute the angle. Remove any segments that are more vertical than horizontal. Then replace the branchpoints.

[consortium]

Thanks, I already tried it but I can detect all connected lines here is results obtained

[Image Analyst]

http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_find_.22kinks.22_in_a_curve.3F

[consortium]

I must try another way another method, now I want joins this discontinuous lines