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Performance Analysis of Canny and Sobel Edge Detection Algorithms in Image Mining

Dr.S.Vijayarani, Mrs.M.Vinupriya

Edge detection refers to the process of identifying and locating sharp discontinuities in an image. Hence, edge detection is a vital step in image analysis and it is the key of solving many complex problems. Edge detection is a fundamental tool used in most image processing applications to obtain information from the frames as a precursor step to feature extraction and object segmentation. The edge detection has been used by object recognition, target tracking, segmentation, data compression, and also helpful for matching, such as image reconstruction and so on. Edge detection methods transform original images into edge images benefits from the changes of grey tones in the image. In this research paper, two edge detection algorithms namely Canny edge detection and Sobel edge detection algorithm are used to extract edges from facial images which is used to detect face. Performance factors are analyzed namely accuracy and speed are used to find out which algorithm works better. . From the experimental results, it is observed that the Canny edge detection algorithm works better than Sobel edge detection algorithms.