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Object detection using ORB gives more than acceptable number of false positive and false negatives

asked 2020-08-21 00:58:14 -0600

sanjaykthakur gravatar image

I have a template image and a bunch of test images to detect if the template image is present in them, by matching the features detected by ORB. I use the following piece of code

import cv2
import numpy as np

template_gray = cv2.imread(template_path, 0)
feature_detector = cv2.ORB_create()
temp_kp, temp_des = feature_detector.detectAndCompute(template_gray, None)
threshold = len(temp_kp)/4

matcher = cv2.BFMatcher(cv2.NORM_HAMMING, crossCheck=True)

test_gray = cv2_imread(<test_img_path>, 0)
test_kp, test_des = feature_detector.detectAndCompute(test_gray, None)
matches = matcher.match(temp_des, test_des)
if len(matches) > threshold: print("Object present")
else: print("Object missing")

I have tried many different combinations of threshold values. But none is working reliably across all test images. Too high of a threshold usually yields a lot of false negatives and too low of it gives too many false positives.

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to improve upon this situation or if this is the fundamental limitation of object detection by feature matching?

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(1) post the pictures you are working with (2) feature matching alone is useless. there need to be steps on top of that. I won't name them before you've posted real data because there are too many possibilities and this is a free forum.

crackwitz gravatar imagecrackwitz ( 2020-08-22 16:53:34 -0600 )edit

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answered 2020-08-21 01:21:42 -0600

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updated 2020-08-21 01:22:25 -0600

this is the fundamental limitation of object detection by feature matching?

yes, indeed. it's supposed to work with rotated/scaled parts of the same scene, but you cannot do "object detection" with arbitrary images this way.

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