A color image segmentation algorithm based on region growing

Image segmentation is a classic subject in the field of image processing and also is a hotspot and focus of image processing techniques. With the improvement of computer processing capabilities and the increased application of color image, the color image segmentation are more and more concerned by the researchers. Color image segmentation methods can be seen as an extension of the gray image segmentation method in the color images, but many of the original gray image segmentation methods can not be directly applied to color images. This requires to improve the method of original gray image segmentation method according to the color image which have the feature of rich information or research a new image segmentation method it specially used in color image segmentation. This article proposes a color image segmentation method of automatic seed region growing on basis of the region with the combination of the watershed algorithm with seed region growing algorithm which based on the traditional seed region growing algorithm.