Real-Time Superpixel Segmentation by DBSCAN Clustering Algorithm

 Real-Time Superpixel Segmentation by DBSCAN Clustering Algorithm

propose a real-time image super-pixel segmentation method with 50 frames/s by using the density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (DBSCAN) algorithm. In order to decrease the computational costs of superpixel algorithms, we adopt a fast two-step framework.In the first clustering stage, the DBSCAN algorithm with color-similarity and geometric restrictions is used to rapidly clusterthe pixels, and then, small clusters are merged into superpixels by their neighborhood through a distance measurement defined by color and spatial features in the second merging stage. A robust and simple distance function is defined for obtainingbetter superpixels in these two steps. The experimental results demonstrate that our real-time superpixel algorithm (50 frames/s) by the DBSCAN clustering outperforms the state-of-the-art superpixel segmentation methods in terms of both accuracy and efficiency