Following the tutorial I created the result matrix:
/// Create the result matrix int result_cols = img.cols - templ.cols + 1; int result_rows = img.rows - templ.rows + 1; result.create( result_cols, result_rows, CV_64F );
Then I call machTemplate (with match_metod = 0) and normalize
matchTemplate( img, templ, result, match_method ); normalize( result, result, 0., 1., NORM_MINMAX, -1, Mat() );
Then I search the minimum by minmaxLoc
minMaxLoc( result, &minVal, &maxVal, &minLoc, &maxLoc, Mat() );
cout << " minVal = " << minVal << endl; returns the value minVal = 4.54747e-13
Conversely printing the corresponding matrix element with
cout << "result(j,i) = " << (result.at(double)(matchLoc.x,matchLoc.y)) << endl; I get result(j,i) = 4.19707e-07
Am I reading the matrix element rightly? Otherwise how should read (and write) the element of result matrix?
Thank you for the help.