Title
Efficient symmetry detection using local affine frames
Abstract
We present an efficient method for detecting planar bilateral symmetries under perspective projection. The method uses local affine frames (LAFs) constructed on maximally stable extremal regions or any other affine covariant regions detected in the image to dramatically improve the process of detecting symmetric objects under perspective distortion. In contrast to the previous work no Hough transform, is used. Instead, each symmetric pair of LAFs votes just once for a single axis of symmetry. The time complexity of the method is n log(n), where n is the number of LAFs, allowing a near real-time performance. The proposed method is robust to background clutter and partial occlusion and is capable of detecting an arbitrary number of symmetries in the image.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2007
SCIA
symmetric object,perspective distortion,local affine frame,affine covariant region,n log,arbitrary number,efficient symmetry detection,perspective projection,lafs vote,efficient method,near real time,hough transform,computer and information science,time complexity
Field
DocType
Volume
Affine transformation,Computer science,Artificial intelligence,Time complexity,Homogeneous space,Perspective distortion,Combinatorics,Pattern recognition,Covariant transformation,Algorithm,Hough transform,Perspective (graphical),Maximally stable extremal regions
Conference
4522
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0302-9743
16
0.74
References 
Authors
15
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hugo Cornelius1452.36
Michal Perd'och2160.74
Jiri Matas34313234.68
Gareth Loy462742.88