A unifying approach to moment-based shape orientation and symmetry classification

In this paper, the problem of moment-based shape orientation and symmetry classification is jointly considered. A generalization and modification of current state-of-the-art geometric moment-based functions is introduced. The properties of these functions are investigated thoroughly using Fourier se...

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Main Authors: Tzimiropoulos, Georgios, Mitianoudis, Nikolaos, Stathaki, Tania
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Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2009
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31407/
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author Tzimiropoulos, Georgios
Mitianoudis, Nikolaos
Stathaki, Tania
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description In this paper, the problem of moment-based shape orientation and symmetry classification is jointly considered. A generalization and modification of current state-of-the-art geometric moment-based functions is introduced. The properties of these functions are investigated thoroughly using Fourier series analysis and several observations and closed-form solutions are derived. We demonstrate the connection between the results presented in this work and symmetry detection principles suggested from previous complex moment-based formulations. The proposed analysis offers a unifying framework for shape orientation/symmetry detection. In the context of symmetry classification and matching, the second part of this work presents a frequency domain method, aiming at computing a robust moment-based feature set based on a true polar Fourier representation of image complex gradients and a novel periodicity detection scheme using subspace analysis. The proposed approach removes the requirement for accurate shape centroid estimation, which is the main limitation of moment-based methods, operating in the image spatial domain. The proposed framework demonstrated improved performance, compared to state-of-the-art methods.
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spelling nottingham-314072020-05-04T20:26:31Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31407/ A unifying approach to moment-based shape orientation and symmetry classification Tzimiropoulos, Georgios Mitianoudis, Nikolaos Stathaki, Tania In this paper, the problem of moment-based shape orientation and symmetry classification is jointly considered. A generalization and modification of current state-of-the-art geometric moment-based functions is introduced. The properties of these functions are investigated thoroughly using Fourier series analysis and several observations and closed-form solutions are derived. We demonstrate the connection between the results presented in this work and symmetry detection principles suggested from previous complex moment-based formulations. The proposed analysis offers a unifying framework for shape orientation/symmetry detection. In the context of symmetry classification and matching, the second part of this work presents a frequency domain method, aiming at computing a robust moment-based feature set based on a true polar Fourier representation of image complex gradients and a novel periodicity detection scheme using subspace analysis. The proposed approach removes the requirement for accurate shape centroid estimation, which is the main limitation of moment-based methods, operating in the image spatial domain. The proposed framework demonstrated improved performance, compared to state-of-the-art methods. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2009-01 Article PeerReviewed Tzimiropoulos, Georgios, Mitianoudis, Nikolaos and Stathaki, Tania (2009) A unifying approach to moment-based shape orientation and symmetry classification. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 18 (1). pp. 125-139. ISSN 1057-7149 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=4685872 doi:10.1109/TIP.2008.2007050 doi:10.1109/TIP.2008.2007050
spellingShingle Tzimiropoulos, Georgios
Mitianoudis, Nikolaos
Stathaki, Tania
A unifying approach to moment-based shape orientation and symmetry classification
title A unifying approach to moment-based shape orientation and symmetry classification
title_full A unifying approach to moment-based shape orientation and symmetry classification
title_fullStr A unifying approach to moment-based shape orientation and symmetry classification
title_full_unstemmed A unifying approach to moment-based shape orientation and symmetry classification
title_short A unifying approach to moment-based shape orientation and symmetry classification
title_sort unifying approach to moment-based shape orientation and symmetry classification
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31407/
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