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A modified Fourier descriptor for shape-based image recognition

  • Lichao Huo*
  • , Xiaoyong Lei
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

Shape-based image recognition is a key technology in computer vision, and Fourier descriptor (FD) is one important way to describe such images. FD uses the Fourier Transform of the contour coordinate as eigenvector to describe the image contour property. However, it can only show the contour property, but may fail to distinguish images with the same contour but different content. And the length of FD varies with the size of the image. In this paper, a modified Fourier descriptor (MFD) is proposed, which is invariant with translation, rotation, and scaling of the image. It takes both the contour property and the content into consideration. A 2D shape-based image can be represented by a one-dimensional discrete array with constant length, which makes it convenient to recognize different images. To prove the efficiency of the proposed algorithm, we have applied it to shape recognition experiments and got reasonable results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationImage and Graphics - 8th International Conference, ICIG 2015, Proceedings
EditorsYu-Jin Zhang
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages165-175
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783319219776
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Event8th International Conference on Image and Graphics, ICIG 2015 - Tianjin, China
Duration: 13 Aug 201516 Aug 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9217
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference8th International Conference on Image and Graphics, ICIG 2015
Country/TerritoryChina
CityTianjin
Period13/08/1516/08/15

Keywords

  • Contours and content
  • Cyclic shifting array
  • Fourier descriptor
  • Image recognition
  • Shape-based image

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