The code is this:
// Compare two images by getting the L2 error (square-root of sum of squared error).
double getSimilarity(const Mat A, const Mat B)
{
if (A.rows > 0 && A.rows == B.rows && A.cols > 0 && A.cols == B.cols) {
// Calculate the L2 relative error between the 2 images.
double errorL2 = norm(A, B, CV_L2);
// Convert to a reasonable scale, since L2 error is summed across all pixels of the image.
double similarity = errorL2 / (double)(A.rows * A.cols);
return similarity;
}
else {
//cout << "WARNING: Images have a different size in 'getSimilarity()'." << endl;
return 100000000.0; // Return a bad value
}
}
If L2 relative error is a Euclidean Distance, what is this "Predict" and "Confidence" in opencv FaceRecognizer class?
Regards, Marcelo
this should have been your original question ! ;)
the 'Confidence' value is the distance from the test-image to the closest one in the train-database (and the 'Prediction' is the respective class label)
if the model allows to reconstruct an image (eigenfaces), you can do a second, validation check, to find out how good or bad the prediction was. (that's probably, why he called it 'relative error').
getSimilarity() is used here to find the distance between the same test-image, and another, synthetic image, reconstructed from the trained model. (main.cpp, 463)
Marcelo, i'm not sure, if i understand you.
the 'confidence' is the 1-nearest neighbour euclidean distance. (chi-square in the lbp case)
the Prediction is the id or label of the person recognized (you had to supply 1 label for each image in the training, remember ? that's exactly, what you get back here)
maybe, looking at the code helps ? there's no magic there, loop through the data, save the one with the smallest distance.
hey, feel free to try out other distances there (i.e, just change the flag & recompile).
if your problem is more like: 'im getting bad results', then you have to think about preprocessing your images before training/testing. illumination(equalizeHist, CLAHE), rotation/scale (so the eyes are on a horizontal line).
the bad news here is, that plugging in some classifier(like opencv's face-reco code) is easy, the real work starts after that.
Hello berak,
The preprocessing in training images and the input image are the same?
In my work, I use graysacale, CLAVE and Bilateral Filter, in the training images (100 images) and also on input image (webcam) but I'm getting bad results.
Have a suggestion?
Regards and sorry my english. Marcelo Porto Alegre/Brasil
Asked: 2014-06-26 01:19:23 -0600
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Last updated: Jun 30 '14
It's for sure not a new formula, guess they just mean the Euclidean (=L2) norm. Btw. the most haven't read this book, so a link to the page you are referring to would be helpful.
Thanks for help.
I can't a link to download, only a github page: https://github.com/MasteringOpenCV/code/blob/master/Chapter8_FaceRecognition/recognition.cpp