A Delaunay Triangulation-Based Low-Poly Image Abstraction
Philumon Joseph, Binsu C. Kovoor, Job Thomas · Journal of Image and Graphics · 2024
Low-poly image abstraction is a technique in which an image is represented using a minimal number of polygons (typically triangles). Though it is typical that the image quality reduces while adapting to such a representation, the research in this direction tries to maintain the balance between quality and the number of polygons used in the abstraction. In this paper, we introduce a novel Delaunay triangulation-based framework, which, relying on a two-stage process, also known as image simplification and reconstruction, creates a low-poly abstraction using Delaunay triangulation. While simplification introduces a novel boundary-aware seed placement approach, our reconstruction step focuses on restoring intricate details and refining the overall visual quality. Experiments confirm that the proposed method achieves a considerable simplification ratio and accurately represents the crucial features of the underlying image.