LaplacianKernel Task

This task returns a Laplacian kernel for use with convolution filtering. A Laplacian kernel consists of a high central value surrounded by negative weights in the north-south and east-west directions, with zero values at the kernel corners.

Example

; Start the application

e = ENVI(/HEADLESS)

 

; Open an input file

File = Filepath('qb_boulder_msi', Subdir=['data'], $

  Root_Dir=e.Root_Dir)

Raster = e.OpenRaster(File)

 

; Get the task from the catalog of ENVITasks

Task = ENVITask('LaplacianKernel')

 

; Define inputs

Task.KERNEL_SIZE = [3,5]

 

; Run the task

Task.Execute

 

; Print the resulting kernel

Print, Task.OUTPUT_KERNEL

IDL prints:

0.000000 -1.00000 0.000000

-1.00000 -2.00000 -1.00000

-2.00000 14.0000 -2.00000

-1.00000 -2.00000 -1.00000

0.000000 -1.00000 0.000000

Syntax

Result = ENVITask('LaplacianKernel')

Input parameters (Set, Get): KERNEL_SIZE

Output parameters (Get only): OUTPUT_KERNEL

Parameters marked as "Set" are those that you can set to specific values. You can also retrieve their current values any time. Parameters marked as "Get" are those whose values you can retrieve but not set.

Input Parameters

KERNEL_SIZE (optional)

Specify a two-element array [n,m] as the kernel size, where n is the number of columns and m is the number of rows. The default kernel size is [3,3].

Output Parameters

OUTPUT_KERNEL

This is the Laplacian kernel output.

Methods

Execute

Parameter

ParameterNames

Properties

DESCRIPTION

DISPLAY_NAME

NAME

REVISION

TAGS

Version History

ENVI 5.3

Introduced

See Also

ENVITask, DirectionalFilter Task, DirectionalKernel Task, GaussianHighPassKernel Task, GaussianHighPassFilter Task, GaussianLowPassKernel Task, GaussianLowPassFilter Task, HighPassFilter Task, HighPassKernel Task, LaplacianFilter Task, LowPassFilter Task, LowPassKernel Task, MedianFilter Task, RasterConvolution Task, SobelFilter Task, RobertsFilter Task