1. Is it possible to get the time taken for ellipse detection to under a second? 2. Are there any suggestions for improving the execution time?
It's coded in cython, so it's pretty optimized and Johannes helped me on that. I think it's pretty well optimized. You are trying to find a point is a space with 5 dimensions, so it takes times. The time directly depends on the number of (let's say black) points in your binary image. If you have a lot of points, you may try to reduce the quantity. I never tried so far, but it probably works if you take randomly a fraction of all your points. The peak in the 5D space will be smaller and perhaps wider, but depending on the fraction, you may find a compromise. Best, -- François Boulogne. http://www.sciunto.org GPG fingerprint: 25F6 C971 4875 A6C1 EDD1 75C8 1AA7 216E 32D5 F22F