Shadow Detection

Illumination invariant shadow detection

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An illumination invariant shadow ratio is introduced. The invariant is calculated using RGB information.
The threshold value needs to be tuned by user for the test images.
A test image is included.
% For Academic & Educational Usage Only
% Please consider citing following reference articles.
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% B. Sirmacek and C. Unsalan, "Damaged Building Detection in Aerial Images
% using Shadow Information", 4th International Conference on Recent Advances
% in Space Technologies RAST 2009, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2009.
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% C. Unsalan and K. L. Boyer, "Linearized vegetation indices based on a formal
% statistical framework," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing,
% vol. 42, pp. 1575-1585, 2004.

Cite As

Beril Sirmacek (2026). Shadow Detection (https://se.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/56263-shadow-detection), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.0.0