Function    

Descriptions

int getStatus ()    

Returns the status associated with the signature.

Output:

1: signature ready.

0: signature not ready.

-1: no image

-2: image segmentation specification error

-3: other error.

string getID()  

Returns the ID associated with the signature.

Output: image ID.

string getImageName ()  

Returns the image name associated with the signature.

Output: image name.

string getImagePath()   

Returns the image path associated with the signature.

Output: image path.

string getAbsolutePath ()   

Returns the absolute path associated with the signature.

Output: image absolute path.

int getNumberOfAttributes ()    

Returns the number of attributes associated with the signature.

Output: number of attributes.

int [] getSignatureAttributes() 

Returns the attribute array associated with the signature.

Output: attribute array.

int int [] getSignatureAttributes() (int index) 

Returns the attribute associated with the input index.Input: index.

Output: attribute associated with the input index.

string toString ()  

Returns the entire image signature as a string with fields separated by Tab.

Function    

Descriptions

bool setSignatureFilter (int x)int getSignatureFilter ()    

Selects a Signature filter.

string [] getSignatureFilterNames();    

Gets a list of Signature filter names.

ImageSignature getSignature (string imagePath, string ID);  

ImageSignature getSignature (string imagePath);

ImageSignature getSignature (Bitmap b, string ID);

ImageSignature getSignature (Bitmap b);    

Gets the Signature of the input image.

ImageSignature getSignature( string imagePath, string ID,int x, int y, int w, int h);

ImageSignature getSignature( Bitmap bImg, string path, string name, string ID,int x, int y, int w, int h); 

Gets the Signature of the input image segment.

Input:   string imagePath, or   Bitmap bImg   string ID   int x, int y, int w, int h.

Output:   Signature.

bool getLibrary ( string [] imageAbsolutePath, string fileName );

bool getLibrary( string [] imageAbsolutePath, string [] IDs, string fileName );        

bool getSegmentLibrary ( string [] imageAbsolutePath, string [] IDs,string [] xs,string [] ys,string [] ws,string [] hs,string fileName );      

bool getSegmentLibrary ( string [] imageAbsolutePath, string [] IDs,int [] xs,int [] ys,int [] ws,int [] hs,string fileName ); 

 Generates a Signature library from all images in string [] imageAbsolutePath and produces a file that contains all signatures.

Input:   string []   imageAbsolutePath

Output:   A text file that contains the library of signatures.