sGLOH (shifting GLOH) is a histogram-based keypoint descriptor that can be associated to multiple quantized rotations of the keypoint patch without any recomputation. This property can be exploited to define the best distance between two descriptor vectors, thus avoiding computing the dominant orientation. In addition, sGLOH can reject incongruous correspondences by adding a global constraint on the rotations either as an a priori knowledge or based on the data. This paper thoroughly reconsiders sGLOH and improves it in terms of robustness, speed and descriptor dimension. The revised sGLOH embeds more quantized rotations, thus yielding more correct matches. A novel fast matching scheme is also designed, which significantly reduces both computation time and memory usage. In addition, a new binarization technique based on comparisons inside each descriptor histogram is defined, yielding a more compact, faster, yet robust alternative. Results on an exhaustive comparative experimental evaluation show that the revised sGLOH descriptor incorporating the above ideas and combining them according to task requirements, improves in most cases the state of the art in both image matching and object recognition.

Bellavia F., Colombo C. (2018). Rethinking the sGLOH descriptor. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE, 40(4), 931-944 [10.1109/TPAMI.2017.2697849].

Rethinking the sGLOH descriptor

Bellavia F.;
2018-01-01

Abstract

sGLOH (shifting GLOH) is a histogram-based keypoint descriptor that can be associated to multiple quantized rotations of the keypoint patch without any recomputation. This property can be exploited to define the best distance between two descriptor vectors, thus avoiding computing the dominant orientation. In addition, sGLOH can reject incongruous correspondences by adding a global constraint on the rotations either as an a priori knowledge or based on the data. This paper thoroughly reconsiders sGLOH and improves it in terms of robustness, speed and descriptor dimension. The revised sGLOH embeds more quantized rotations, thus yielding more correct matches. A novel fast matching scheme is also designed, which significantly reduces both computation time and memory usage. In addition, a new binarization technique based on comparisons inside each descriptor histogram is defined, yielding a more compact, faster, yet robust alternative. Results on an exhaustive comparative experimental evaluation show that the revised sGLOH descriptor incorporating the above ideas and combining them according to task requirements, improves in most cases the state of the art in both image matching and object recognition.
2018
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Bellavia F., Colombo C. (2018). Rethinking the sGLOH descriptor. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE, 40(4), 931-944 [10.1109/TPAMI.2017.2697849].
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