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OpenCV 4 with Python Blueprints - Second Edition
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OpenCV 4 with Python Blueprints - Second Edition

by Dr. Menua Gevorgyan, Michael Beyeler (USD), Arsen Mamikonyan, Michael Beyeler
March 2020
Intermediate to advanced
366 pages
9h 8m
English
Packt Publishing
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Mapping HOG descriptor

The last feature descriptor to consider is the HOG. HOG features have previously been shown to work exceptionally well in combination with SVMs, especially when applied to tasks such as pedestrian recognition.

The essential idea behind HOG features is that the local shapes and appearance of objects within an image can be described by the distribution of edge directions. The image is divided into small connected regions, within which a histogram of gradient directions (or edge directions) is compiled.

The following screenshot shows such a histogram from a region in a picture. Angles are not directional; that's why the range is (-180, 180):

As you can see, it has a lot of edge directions in the horizontal direction (angles ...

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ISBN: 9781789801811