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asked 2017-03-22 06:09:36 -0600

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updated 2017-03-22 06:10:03 -0600

I'm diving into the world of OpenCv and there are some concept very used but that lack of definition: For example: What are exactly a keypoint, a descriptor and extractor.

I'm guessing the definition by their names but I'd appreciate a brief explanation of each.

Thank you very much.

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answered 2017-03-22 07:34:37 -0600

A keypoint is a pixel in the image for which you want to extract some information. It can either be a random position in the image or a position that has some kind of property, more of that at the extractor part.

A keypoint extractor is an automated technique for extracting keypoints in a given image that have some kind of property. For example a strong edge response, a specific color, a high response to a specific Gabor filter, ...

Finally a keypoint descriptor takes a region around the found keypoint and tries to come up with a compact description of that region. This is used for later comparison, learning, ... The possibilities here are also endless.

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But you should benefit from reading a general computer vision book, something like http://szeliski.org/Book/

StevenPuttemans gravatar imageStevenPuttemans ( 2017-03-22 07:36:22 -0600 )edit

I'll do. Thank you very much.

Argos gravatar imageArgos ( 2017-03-22 07:40:15 -0600 )edit

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