How can I link the edges without using Imline ?

I can find the endpoints of a edge. now i want to link the broken edges. I already got a code where did something like this. but problem is that it joins the edges using line function (green line in image). so in this case it just draws the line.but i want to merge the edges so that i can apply operation on it.I mean i join the broken edges by filling '1'.

Another thing is that, i want to join only horizontal lines.But in this code it joins both horizontal & vertical endpoints whose are higher than given input gap value.In this what i do , only for horizontal edges.?

endPoints = bwmorph(canny_output, 'endpoints');
[endPointRows, endPointColumns] = find(endPoints);
numberOfEndpoints = length(endPointRows);

longestGapToClose = 15;

      % Label the image.  Gives each separate segment a unique ID label number.
      [labeledImage, numberOfSegments] = bwlabel(edges_depth_distance);
      fprintf('There are %d endpoints on %d segments.\n', numberOfEndpoints, numberOfSegments);
      % Get the label numbers (segment numbers) of every endpoint.
      for k = 1 : numberOfEndpoints
        thisRow = endPointRows(k);
        thisColumn = endPointColumns(k);
        % Get the label number of this segment
        theLabels(k) = labeledImage(thisRow, thisColumn);
        fprintf('Endpoint #%d at (%d, %d) is in segment #%d.\n', k, thisRow, thisColumn, theLabels(k));
      end

      % For each endpoint, find the closest other endpoint
      % that is not in the same segment
      for k = 1 : numberOfEndpoints
        thisRow = endPointRows(k);
      thisColumn = endPointColumns(k);
      % Get the label number of this segment
      thisLabel = theLabels(k);
      % Get indexes of the other end points.
      otherEndpointIndexes = setdiff(1:numberOfEndpoints, k);
    %   if mustBeDifferent
        % If they want to consider joining only end points that reside on different segments
        % then we need to remove the end points on the same segment from the "other" list.
        % Get the label numbers of the other end points.
        otherLabels = theLabels(otherEndpointIndexes);
        onSameSegment = (otherLabels == thisLabel); % List of what segments are the same as this segment
        otherEndpointIndexes(onSameSegment) = []; % Remove if on the same segment
    %   end
      
      % Now get a list of only those end points that are on a different segment.
      otherCols = endPointColumns(otherEndpointIndexes);
      otherRows = endPointRows(otherEndpointIndexes);
      
      % Compute distances
      distances = sqrt((thisColumn - otherCols).^2 + (thisRow - otherRows).^2);
      % Find the min
      [minDistance, indexOfMin] = min(distances);
      nearestX = otherCols(indexOfMin);
      nearestY = otherRows(indexOfMin);
      if minDistance < longestGapToClose;
        % Draw line from this endpoint to the other endpoint.
        line([thisColumn, nearestX], [thisRow, nearestY], 'Color', 'g', 'LineWidth', 2);

    %     fprintf('Drawing line #%d, %.1f pixels long, from (%d, %d) on segment #%d to (%d, %d) on segment #%d.\n', ...
    %       k, minDistance, thisColumn, thisRow, theLabels(k), nearestX, nearestY, theLabels(indexOfMin));
      end
    end

Output of this code:

Canny Output:

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

You have to use imline() to create a binary image, then OR that image in with your master binary image. See attached example.

[sufian ahmed]

@image analyst. i only want to join the horizonatal edges. is it possible ?