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Feature extraction not reproducible

asked 2013-05-22 04:04:59 -0600

BK gravatar image

Within a program I've written, I'm reading jpg-images using cv::imread() and extract Sift-features afterwards.

I recently updated OpenCV from version 2.4.1 to 2.4.4, but since that day, the feature extraction is not reproducible any more: The number of extracted features, feature locations and descriptors differ when executing my software multiple times (with constant input-parameters, of course)

Tests with Surf or Orb result in equal behaviour.

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Please post sample code that shows the problem.

Notas gravatar imageNotas ( 2013-05-22 04:55:42 -0600 )edit
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I had the same problem updating from 2.3.1 to 2.4.2, see here: http://answers.opencv.org/question/1730/are-surf-feature-descriptors-computed-differently/. And again from 2.4.1 to 2.4.4. Really annoying.

Ben gravatar imageBen ( 2013-05-22 07:01:39 -0600 )edit

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answered 2013-06-13 02:48:42 -0600

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Found the root of the problem:

I used OpenMP to extract features from multiple images in parallel and to compare them against expected results (which were previously calculated and saved).

Hereby, I did not assure the correct order of loading: E.g.: Features from image A were extracted in thread 1 and compared with the expected results of image B (and vice versa).

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