Re: image matching algorithms

2008-05-03 Thread Sengly
On Mar 14, 10:59 am, "Daniel Fetchinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Since you seem to know quite a bit about this topic, what is your > > > opinion on the apparently 'generic' algorithm described here: > > >http://grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/query/? > > > So far it seems to me that it do

Re: image matching algorithms

2008-03-13 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
> > Since you seem to know quite a bit about this topic, what is your > > opinion on the apparently 'generic' algorithm described here: > > http://grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/query/ ? > > So far it seems to me that it does what I'm asking for, it does even > > more because it can take a hand d

Re: image matching algorithms

2008-03-13 Thread Yu-Xi Lim
Daniel Fetchinson wrote: > Since you seem to know quite a bit about this topic, what is your > opinion on the apparently 'generic' algorithm described here: > http://grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/query/ ? > So far it seems to me that it does what I'm asking for, it does even > more because it ca

Re: image matching algorithms

2008-03-12 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
> > The photos are just coming straight from my digital camera. Same > > format (JPEG), varying size (6-10 megapixel) and I would like to be > > able to pick one and then query the database for similar ones. For > > example: I pick a photo which is more or less a portrait of someone, > > the query

Re: image matching algorithms

2008-03-12 Thread Yu-Xi Lim
Daniel Fetchinson wrote: > The photos are just coming straight from my digital camera. Same > format (JPEG), varying size (6-10 megapixel) and I would like to be > able to pick one and then query the database for similar ones. For > example: I pick a photo which is more or less a portrait of someon

Re: image matching algorithms

2008-03-12 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
> > Thanks for the info! SIFT really looks like a heavy weight solution, > > but do you think the whole concept can be simplified if all I needed > > was: given a photo, find similar ones? I mean SIFT first detects > > objects on the image and find similarities, but I don't need the > > detection p

Re: image matching algorithms

2008-03-11 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
> The second thing I'll try (after trying > your suggestion) is based on this paper which I found in the meantime: > http://salesin.cs.washington.edu/abstracts.html#MultiresQuery > In case anyone is interested, it describes a multiresolution querying > algorithm and best of all, it has pseudo code

Re: image matching algorithms

2008-03-10 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
> | The various free tools differ by their chosen optimization paths and > | their degree of specialization. My preference would be, > | > | 1. Doesn't really matter how long it takes to compute the N numbers per > image > > Your problem here is that there is really no such thing as 'general > feat

Re: image matching algorithms

2008-03-10 Thread Terry Reedy
"Daniel Fetchinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | The various free tools differ by their chosen optimization paths and | their degree of specialization. My preference would be, | | 1. Doesn't really matter how long it takes to compute the N numbers per image Your

Re: image matching algorithms

2008-03-10 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
> >>> There are a number of free tools for image matching but it's not very > >>> easy to decipher the actual algorithm from the code that includes db > >>> management, GUI, etc, etc. I have my own image database and GUI so all > >>> I need is the actual algorithm preferably in pseudo code and not

Re: image matching algorithms

2008-03-10 Thread Shane Geiger
Daniel Fetchinson wrote: >>> There are a number of free tools for image matching but it's not very >>> easy to decipher the actual algorithm from the code that includes db >>> management, GUI, etc, etc. I have my own image database and GUI so all >>> I need is the actual algorithm preferably in pse

Re: image matching algorithms

2008-03-10 Thread Yu-Xi Lim
Daniel Fetchinson wrote: > Thanks for the info! SIFT really looks like a heavy weight solution, > but do you think the whole concept can be simplified if all I needed > was: given a photo, find similar ones? I mean SIFT first detects > objects on the image and find similarities, but I don't need t

Re: image matching algorithms

2008-03-10 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
> > There are a number of free tools for image matching but it's not very > > easy to decipher the actual algorithm from the code that includes db > > management, GUI, etc, etc. I have my own image database and GUI so all > > I need is the actual algorithm preferably in pseudo code and not in > > t

Re: image matching algorithms

2008-03-10 Thread Yu-Xi Lim
Daniel Fetchinson wrote: > There are a number of free tools for image matching but it's not very > easy to decipher the actual algorithm from the code that includes db > management, GUI, etc, etc. I have my own image database and GUI so all > I need is the actual algorithm preferably in pseudo code

Re: image matching algorithms

2008-03-09 Thread castironpi
On Mar 10, 1:32 am, "Daniel Fetchinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > There are a number of free tools for image matching but it's not very > easy to decipher the actual algorithm from the code that includes db > management, GUI, etc, etc. I have my own image database and GUI so all > I

image matching algorithms

2008-03-09 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
Hi all, There are a number of free tools for image matching but it's not very easy to decipher the actual algorithm from the code that includes db management, GUI, etc, etc. I have my own image database and GUI so all I need is the actual algorithm preferably in pseudo code and not in the form of