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Are SURF feature descriptors computed differently in 2.3.1 and 2.4.2? (bug or feature ???)

asked 2012-08-23 04:39:40 -0600

Ben gravatar image

updated 2012-11-05 05:22:20 -0600

I recently updated OpenCV from 2.3.1 to 2.4.2 and realized that I got different results when computing SURF feature descriptors. Keypoints seem to be the same. Where did something change and why? How can I reproduce the 2.3.1 results with 2.4.2?

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To be more precise: I've clustered millions of features with a self-written HKM data structure on 2.3.1. Quantizing image features lead to a rather well distribution. After changing to 2.4.2 (but still using the data structure trained with 2.3.1), some features seem to appear far more often in images than others. This means that somehow the SURF features must be computed differently in 2.3.1 and 2.4.2

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As foelin pointed out in his answer, there is a difference between 2.3.1 and 2.4.2 code in surf.cpp:

2.3.1, surf.cpp line 688:

descriptor_dir = cvFastArctan( besty, bestx );

2.4.2, surf.cpp line 670:

descriptor_dir = fastAtan2( -besty, bestx );

Could someone please confirm this is a bug in 2.4.2?

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answered 2012-11-03 18:34:23 -0600

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I found that the SURF feature implemented in 2.4.2 is no rotation invariant. The code "descriptor_dir = fastAtan2( -besty, bestx );" in "nonfree\src\surf.cpp" line 817, which computes the feature orientation, is not correc. You can modify it to "descriptor_dir = fastAtan2( besty, bestx );" ,and rebuild the nonfree module to get the right SURF.

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answered 2012-08-24 05:19:19 -0600

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I've found the following issue on bug tracker: SURF : different number of keypoints between OpenCV 2.3 & 2.4 (Bug #1911)

It seems that there are some differences in SURF feature detector in OpenCV 2.4. One change is that extended parameter is set to true by default, so descriptor length is 128 not 64. Also it seems that in 2.4 more keypoints are located - but if this is for purpose or is some error/bug is not clear yet.

See: http://code.opencv.org/issues/1911

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