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Feature Extraction and Image Processing
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Feature Extraction and Image Processing

by Mark Nixon
October 2013
Beginner to intermediate
350 pages
13h 7m
English
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164 Feature Extraction and Image Processing
5.3 Template matching
5.3.1 Definition
Template matching is conceptually a simple process. We need to match a template to an
image, where the template is a sub-image that contains the shape we are trying to find.
Accordingly, we centre the template on an image point and count up how many points in
the template match those in the image. The procedure is repeated for the entire image and
the point which led to the best match, the maximum count, is deemed to be the point where
the shape (given by the template) lies within the image.
Consider that we want to find the template of Figure 5.2(b) in the image of Figure ...
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