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For the selection of the optimal segmentation space of Bayer true color unmanned aerial vehicle image, this paper introduces multi-objectives constraints optimization to solve the inconsistency of multiple indicators. First, the Bayer color images were converted to YIQ(Luninance, Inphase, Quadrature), YCbCr(Luninance, Blue-difference, Red-difference), I1I2I3 (Three linear transformed color-opponent dimensions), HSI(Hue, Saturation, Intensity), Nrgb(Normalized Red, Green, Blue) and CIE(L*a*b*) (Comission Internationale de l′Eclairage, L*a*b* for Lightness and two color-opponent dimensions)color space, then the transformed images were segmented with multi-resolution segmentation method. By introducing the multi-objective constraint function, three parameters such as the topology index, geometric index and spectral area matching index were synthetically considered to determine the optimal segmentation scale. Based on that, the multi-objective constraint function was built to comprehensively analyze the result of segmentation, so as to find out the optimal color space for a certain type of building. And then the global optimum color space appropriate for all kinds of buildings can be gained through the comprehensive analysis of the F value of different types of buildings. Finally a series of images of different acquisition conditions and ground features were selected to conduct the test. The result shows that the optimal segmentation color spaces of different types of buildings vary a little. For cottage the I1I2I3 space can get the excellent object areas that reflect the real edge of the ground features, while the YCbCr space has some advantages on the segmentation of tile-building. Overall, only I1I2I3 color space has better integrated segmentation result for all buildings, and it is considered to be the best color space suitable for segmentation.
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We would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions. This work was supported by the State Key Program of National Natural Science of China (Grant No. 41130744), State General Program of National Natural Science of China (Grant No. 41171335), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41101403), and National Science and Technology Ministry (Grant No. 2012BAH33B05).
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Duan, G., Duan, F., Xu, Y. et al. Investigation of Optimal Segmentation Color Space of Bayer True Color Images with Multi-Objective Optimization Methods. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 43, 487–499 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-014-0424-2
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