Glossary

Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.

6 results found in image processing.

Edge enhancement (Edge detection, Contour enhancement)
An image processing technique that identifies and highlights the boundaries between objects in a visual scene, typically rendering them as bright lines against a dark background or overlaying them on …
Gaussian Blur (Gaussian Filter)
An image processing technique that smooths an image by averaging pixel values using a Gaussian (bell-curve) weighted function, creating a soft, out-of-focus appearance. In video accessibility, Gaussia…
Instance Segmentation
A computer vision technique that identifies and delineates individual objects within an image at the pixel level, distinguishing separate instances even when they belong to the same category. In acces…
Perceptual Hashing (Image Hashing, pHash)
A technique that generates a compact fingerprint (hash) of an image based on its visual content rather than its raw data. Unlike cryptographic hashes that change completely with any modification, perc…
Semantic Segmentation (Pixel-Level Classification, Scene Parsing)
A computer vision technique that classifies every pixel in an image into a predefined category, producing a detailed map of what objects are present and where they are located. Unlike object detection…
Table Recognition (Table Detection, Table Extraction)
The automated process of detecting and reconstructing tabular data structures from document images, scanned PDFs, or other non-structured formats. Table recognition goes beyond basic OCR by identifyin…