Q1. What are the applications of edge detection?

Ans:

 Vehicle Detection
 Face Detection and recognition
 Fingerprint recognition
 Medical Imaging
 Gesture Recognition
 Ball Tracking in Sports
 Geological bodies detection
 Optical Character Recognition
 Self-Driving
 Tracking Objects
 Identity Verification Using Iris Code
 Counting Objects
 Separating Specific Entity from Entire Image.

Q2: Implement the Edge detection code in python/MATLAB; decryption is attached with PDF.

Code:

import numpy as np

import cv2
import cv2 as cv 
from math import pow
from google.colab.patches import cv2_imshow

img1=cv2.imread('/content/drive/MyDrive/image to grayscale/
building.PNG',0)
kernel=np.ones((5,5),np.float32)/25
gblur=cv2.GaussianBlur(img1,(5,5),0)

#####smoothning apply using 2 Gaussian levels############
img = cv.hconcat((img1,gblur))
print("     ORIGNAL                                             GAUSSIA
N")
cv2_imshow(img)
print("\n")
######sobelx apply###################
sobelx=cv2.Sobel(img,cv2.CV_64F,1,0)
print("     ORIGNAL                                             SOBELX"
)
cv2_imshow(sobelx)
print("\n")

######sobely apply###################
sobely=cv2.Sobel(img,cv2.CV_64F,0,1)
print("     ORIGNAL                                             SOBELY"
)
cv2_imshow(sobely)
print("\n")

######gradient apply###################
print("     ORIGNAL                                             SOBELX+
Y")
cv2_imshow(sobelx+sobely)
imgsmooth=(sobelx*sobelx)+(sobely*sobely)
imgsmooth=pow(imgsmooth,0.5)

print("\n     ORIGNAL                                              GRAD
IENT")
cv2_imshow(imgsmooth)

print("\n     ORIGNAL                                              GRAD
IENT(Thinner Edges)")
cv2_imshow(imgsmooth/2)

Output:
ORIGNAL GAUSSIAN
 ORIGNAL SOBELX

ORIGNAL SOBELY

ORIGNAL SOBELX+Y

ORIGNAL GRADIENT
ORIGNAL GRADIENT (Thinner Edges)