A New Parallel MIMD Connected Component Labeling Algorithm

A new parallel MIMD Connected Component Labeling algorithm of binary objects is presented. The binary image is sliced uniformly between the processors. Since objects can occur at the boundaries of each slice, interprocessor communication is needed to spread the information about which objects are touching the boundary. The essential difference to other previously described parallel labeling algorithms is in the way the proposed algorithm constructs the equivalence tables and how they are merged between the processor in the network. An iPSC/2 is used to verify the algorithm by empirical tests.