X2 vision system for feature detection and information combination

E-Ren Chuang; David B. Sher

doi:10.1117/12.58809

1 March 1992 X² vision system for feature detection and information combination

E-Ren Chuang, David B. Sher

Proceedings Volume 1615, Machine Vision Architectures, Integration, and Applications; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58809
Event: Robotics '91, 1991, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

A statistical vision system is proposed for feature detection and evidence combination. It has been successfully applied to locating segments and polygons in images. Each feature is modeled by a random vector X with a multivariate normal distribution, denoted by X approximately N((mu) X, (Sigma) x). After the transformation f(X): (X - (mu) x)t(Sigma) x-1(X - (mu) x), this model becomes a random variable (rv) with (chi) 2 distribution, then (chi) 2 test is applied to measure the similarity between data and the expectation vector of each model. Multiple statistics from the tests of local features, such as edges and corners, are combined by summation into statistics for large features such as segments and polygons. This is justified because the sum on a set of independent (chi) 2 random variables is also a (chi) 2 random variable, and the geometric meaning of the sum is equal to the integration of these addends. Therefore, information is coherently combined by summation and (chi) 2 tests are consistently applied throughout this vision system for feature detection.

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E-Ren Chuang and David B. Sher "X² vision system for feature detection and information combination", Proc. SPIE 1615, Machine Vision Architectures, Integration, and Applications, (1 March 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.58809

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