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CS 558 COMPUTER VISIONLecture VI: Corner and Blob Detection
Slides adapted from S. Lazebnik
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OUTLINE Corner detection
Why detecting features? Finding corners: basic idea and mathematics Steps of Harris corner detector
Blob detection Scale selection Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG) detector Difference of Gaussian (DoG) detector Affine co-variant region
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OUTLINE Corner detection
Why detecting features? Finding corners: basic idea and mathematics Steps of Harris corner detector
Blob detection Scale selection Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG) detector Difference of Gaussian (DoG) detector Affine co-variant region
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FEATURE EXTRACTION: CORNERS9300 Harris Corners Pkwy, Charlotte, NC
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OUTLINE Corner detection
Why detecting features? Finding corners: basic idea and mathematics Steps of Harris corner detector
Blob detection Scale selection Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG) detector Difference of Gaussian (DoG) detector Affine co-variant region
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WHY EXTRACT FEATURES?• Motivation: panorama stitching
We have two images – how do we combine them?
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WHY EXTRACT FEATURES?• Motivation: panorama stitching
We have two images – how do we combine them?
Step 1: extract featuresStep 2: match features
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WHY EXTRACT FEATURES?• Motivation: panorama stitching
We have two images – how do we combine them?
Step 1: extract featuresStep 2: match featuresStep 3: align images
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CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD FEATURES
• Repeatability The same feature can be found in several images despite
geometric and photometric transformations • Saliency
Each feature is distinctive• Compactness and efficiency
Many fewer features than image pixels• Locality
A feature occupies a relatively small area of the image; robust to clutter and occlusion
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APPLICATIONS Feature points are used for:
Image alignment 3D reconstructionMotion trackingRobot navigation Indexing and database retrievalObject recognition
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OUTLINE Corner detection
Why detecting features? Finding corners: basic idea and mathematics Steps of Harris corner detector
Blob detection Scale selection Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG) detector Difference of Gaussian (DoG) detector Affine co-variant region
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FINDING CORNERS
• Key property: in the region around a corner, image gradient has two or more dominant directions
• Corners are repeatable and distinctiveC.Harris and M.Stephens. "A Combined Corner and Edge Detector.“ Proceedings of the 4th Alvey Vision Conference: pages 147—151, 1988.
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CORNER DETECTION: BASIC IDEA• We should easily recognize the point by
looking through a small window• Shifting a window in any direction should
give a large change in intensity
“edge”:no change along the edge direction
“corner”:significant change in all directions
“flat” region:no change in all directionsSource: A. Efros
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CORNER DETECTION: MATHEMATICS
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CORNER DETECTION: MATHEMATICS
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Change in appearance of window w(x,y) for the shift [u,v]:
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CORNER DETECTION: MATHEMATICS
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Change in appearance of window w(x,y) for the shift [u,v]:
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CORNER DETECTION: MATHEMATICS
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We want to find out how this function behaves for small shifts
Change in appearance of window w(x,y) for the shift [u,v]:
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CORNER DETECTION: MATHEMATICS
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We want to find out how this function behaves for small shifts
Change in appearance of window w(x,y) for the shift [u,v]:
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CORNER DETECTION: MATHEMATICS
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CORNER DETECTION: MATHEMATICS 2
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CORNER DETECTION: MATHEMATICS
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CORNER DETECTION: MATHEMATICS
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The surface E(u,v) is locally approximated by a quadratic form. Let’s try to understand its shape.
INTERPRETING THE SECOND MOMENT MATRIX
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First, consider the axis-aligned case (gradients are either horizontal or vertical)
If either λ is close to 0, then this is not a corner, so look for locations where both are large.
INTERPRETING THE SECOND MOMENT MATRIX
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Consider a horizontal “slice” of E(u, v):
INTERPRETING THE SECOND MOMENT MATRIX
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Consider a horizontal “slice” of E(u, v):
INTERPRETING THE SECOND MOMENT MATRIX
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The axis lengths of the ellipse are determined by the eigenvalues and the orientation is determined by R
direction of the slowest change
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Diagonalization of M:
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VISUALIZATION OF SECOND MOMENT MATRICES
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VISUALIZATION OF SECOND MOMENT MATRICES
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INTERPRETING THE EIGENVALUES
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1 ~ 2;
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1 and 2 are small;
E is almost constant in all directions
“Edge” 1 >> 2
“Edge” 2 >> 1
“Flat” region
Classification of image points using eigenvalues of M:
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CORNER RESPONSE FUNCTION
“Corner”R > 0
“Edge” R < 0
“Edge” R < 0
“Flat” region
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α: constant (0.04 to 0.06)
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OUTLINE Corner detection
Why detecting features? Finding corners: basic idea and mathematics Steps of Harris corner detector
Blob detection Scale selection Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG) detector Difference of Gaussian (DoG) detector Affine co-variant region
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HARRIS DETECTOR: STEPS
1. Compute Gaussian derivatives at each pixel2. Compute second moment matrix M in a Gaussian
window around each pixel 3. Compute corner response function R4. Threshold R5. Find local maxima of response function
(nonmaximum suppression)
C.Harris and M.Stephens. “A Combined Corner and Edge Detector.” Proceedings of the 4th Alvey Vision Conference: pages 147—151, 1988.
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HARRIS DETECTOR: STEPS
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HARRIS DETECTOR: STEPSCompute corner response R
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HARRIS DETECTOR: STEPSFind points with large corner response: R>threshold
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HARRIS DETECTOR: STEPSTake only the points of local maxima of R
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HARRIS DETECTOR: STEPS
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INVARIANCE AND COVARIANCE• We want corner locations to be invariant to photometric
transformations and covariant to geometric transformations Invariance: image is transformed and corner locations do not
change Covariance: if we have two transformed versions of the same
image, features should be detected in corresponding locations
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AFFINE INTENSITY CHANGE
• Only derivatives are used => invariance to intensity shift I I + b
• Intensity scaling: I a I
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threshold
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x (image coordinate)
Partially invariant to affine intensity change
I a I + b
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IMAGE TRANSLATION
• Derivatives and window function are shift-invariant
Corner location is covariant w.r.t. translation
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IMAGE ROTATION
Second moment ellipse rotates but its shape (i.e. eigenvalues) remains the same
Corner location is covariant w.r.t. rotation
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SCALING
All points will be classified as edges
Corner
Corner location is not covariant to scaling!
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OUTLINE Corner detection
Why detecting features? Finding corners: basic idea and mathematics Steps of Harris corner detector
Blob detection Scale selection Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG) detector Difference of Gaussian (DoG) detector Affine co-variant region
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BLOB DETECTION
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OUTLINE Corner detection
Why detecting features? Finding corners: basic idea and mathematics Steps of Harris corner detector
Blob detection Scale selection Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG) detector Difference of Gaussian (DoG) detector Affine co-variant region
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• Goal: independently detect corresponding regions in scaled versions of the same image
• Need scale selection mechanism for finding characteristic region size that is covariant with the image transformation
ACHIEVING SCALE COVARIANCE
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RECALL: EDGE DETECTION
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Edge = maximumof derivative
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EDGE DETECTION, TAKE 2
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Edge = zero crossingof second derivative
Source: S. Seitz
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FROM EDGES TO BLOBS• Edge = ripple• Blob = superposition of two ripples
Spatial selection: the magnitude of the Laplacianresponse will achieve a maximum at the center ofthe blob, provided the scale of the Laplacian is“matched” to the scale of the blob
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• We want to find the characteristic scale of the blob by convolving it with Laplacians at several scales and looking for the maximum response
• However, Laplacian response decays as scale increases:
SCALE SELECTION
Why does this happen?
increasing σoriginal signal(radius=8)
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SCALE NORMALIZATION• The response of a derivative of Gaussian
filter to a perfect step edge decreases as σ increases
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SCALE NORMALIZATION• The response of a derivative of Gaussian
filter to a perfect step edge decreases as σ increases
• To keep response the same (scale-invariant), must multiply Gaussian derivative by σ
• Laplacian is the second Gaussian derivative, so it must be multiplied by σ2
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EFFECT OF SCALE NORMALIZATION
Scale-normalized Laplacian response
Unnormalized Laplacian responseOriginal signal
maximum
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OUTLINE Corner detection
Why detecting features? Finding corners: basic idea and mathematics Steps of Harris corner detector
Blob detection Scale selection Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG) detector Difference of Gaussian (DoG) detector Affine co-variant region
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BLOB DETECTION IN 2D Laplacian of Gaussian: Circularly symmetric
operator for blob detection in 2D
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BLOB DETECTION IN 2D Laplacian of Gaussian: Circularly symmetric
operator for blob detection in 2D
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• At what scale does the Laplacian achieve a maximum response to a binary circle of radius r?
SCALE SELECTION
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• At what scale does the Laplacian achieve a maximum response to a binary circle of radius r?
• To get maximum response, the zeros of the Laplacian have to be aligned with the circle
• The Laplacian is given by:
• Therefore, the maximum response occurs at
SCALE SELECTION
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CHARACTERISTIC SCALE• We define the characteristic scale of a blob
as the scale that produces peak of Laplacian response in the blob center
characteristic scaleT. Lindeberg (1998). "Feature detection with automatic scale selection." International Journal of Computer Vision 30 (2): pp 77--116.
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SCALE-SPACE BLOB DETECTOR1. Convolve image with scale-normalized
Laplacian at several scales
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SCALE-SPACE BLOB DETECTOR: EXAMPLE
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SCALE-SPACE BLOB DETECTOR: EXAMPLE
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SCALE-SPACE BLOB DETECTOR1. Convolve image with scale-normalized
Laplacian at several scales2. Find maxima of squared Laplacian response
in scale-space
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SCALE-SPACE BLOB DETECTOR: EXAMPLE
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OUTLINE Corner detection
Why detecting features? Finding corners: basic idea and mathematics Steps of Harris corner detector
Blob detection Scale selection Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG) detector Difference of Gaussian (DoG) detector Affine co-variant region
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Approximating the Laplacian with a difference of Gaussians:
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( , , ) ( , , )DoG G x y k G x y
(Laplacian)
(Difference of Gaussians)
EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION
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EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION
David G. Lowe. "Distinctive image features from scale-invariant keypoints.” IJCV 60 (2), pp. 91-110, 2004.
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INVARIANCE AND COVARIANCE PROPERTIES• Laplacian (blob) response is invariant w.r.t.
rotation and scaling• Blob location and scale is covariant w.r.t.
rotation and scaling• What about intensity change?
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OUTLINE Corner detection
Why detecting features? Finding corners: basic idea and mathematics Steps of Harris corner detector
Blob detection Scale selection Laplacian of Gaussian (LoG) detector Difference of Gaussian (DoG) detector Affine co-variant region
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ACHIEVING AFFINE COVARIANCE• Affine transformation approximates viewpoint
changes for roughly planar objects and roughly orthographic cameras
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ACHIEVING AFFINE COVARIANCE
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Consider the second moment matrix of the window containing the blob:
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Recall:
This ellipse visualizes the “characteristic shape” of the window
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AFFINE ADAPTATION EXAMPLE
Scale-invariant regions (blobs)
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AFFINE ADAPTATION EXAMPLE
Affine-adapted blobs
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FROM COVARIANT DETECTION TO INVARIANT DESCRIPTION• Geometrically transformed versions of the same neighborhood
will give rise to regions that are related by the same transformation
• What to do if we want to compare the appearance of these image regions?
Normalization: transform these regions into same-size circles
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• Problem: There is no unique transformation from an ellipse to a unit circle
We can rotate or flip a unit circle, and it still stays a unit circle
AFFINE NORMALIZATION
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• To assign a unique orientation to circular image windows:
Create histogram of local gradient directions in the patch
Assign canonical orientation at peak of smoothed histogram
ELIMINATING ROTATION AMBIGUITY
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FROM COVARIANT REGIONS TO INVARIANT FEATURES
Extract affine regions Normalize regionsEliminate rotational
ambiguityCompute appearance
descriptors
SIFT (Lowe ’04)
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INVARIANCE VS. COVARIANCE Invariance:
features(transform(image)) = features(image)
Covariance: features(transform(image)) =
transform(features(image))
Covariant detection => invariant description