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Implement the [[wp:Hough transform|Hough transform]], which is used as part of feature extraction with digital images. It is a tool that makes it far easier to identify straight lines in the source image, whatever their orientation.
 
It is a tool that makes it far easier to identify straight lines in the source image, whatever their orientation.
 
The transform maps each point in the target image, <math>(\rho,\theta)</math>, to the average color of the pixels on the corresponding line of the source image (in <math>(x,y)</math>-space, where the line corresponds to points of the form <math>x\cos\theta + y\sin\theta = \rho</math>). The idea is that where there is a straight line in the original image, it corresponds to a bright (or dark, depending on the color of the background field) spot; by applying a suitable filter to the results of the transform, it is possible to extract the locations of the lines in the original image.
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