Rotation and scale change invariant point pattern relaxation matching by the Hopfield neural network

Nong Sang; Tianxu Zhang

doi:10.1117/1.601577

1 December 1997 Rotation and scale change invariant point pattern relaxation matching by the Hopfield neural network

Nong Sang, Tianxu Zhang

Optical Engineering, Vol. 36, Issue 12, (December 1997). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601577

Relaxation matching is one of the most relevant methods for image matching. The original relaxation matching technique using point patterns is sensitive to rotations and scale changes. We improve the original point pattern relaxation matching technique to be invariant to rotations and scale changes. A method that makes the Hopfield neural network perform this matching process is discussed. An advantage of this is that the relaxation matching process can be performed in real time with the neural network’s massively parallel capability to process information. Experimental results with large simulated images demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the method to perform point pattern relaxation matching invariant to rotations and scale changes and the method to perform this matching by the Hopfield neural network. In addition, we show that the method presented can be tolerant to small random error.

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Nong Sang and Tianxu Zhang "Rotation and scale change invariant point pattern relaxation matching by the Hopfield neural network," Optical Engineering 36(12), (1 December 1997). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601577

Published: 1 December 1997

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