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LocateSinglePointPattern

Header:	AVL.h
Namespace:	avl
Module:	FoundationPro

Finds an occurrence of the pattern in the input points.

Applications: Can be used to find an entire object after finding its characteristic points with tools such as Template Matching or DL_LocatePoints.

Syntax

void avl::LocateSinglePointPattern
(
	const atl::Array<avl::Point2D>& inPoints,
	atl::Optional<const atl::Array<int>&> inPointLabels,
	const atl::Array<avl::Point2D>& inPattern,
	atl::Optional<const atl::Array<int>&> inPatternLabels,
	atl::Optional<const avl::Rectangle2D&> inReferenceFrame,
	const bool inAllowRotation,
	const float inMinAngle,
	const float inMaxAngle,
	const bool inAllowScale,
	const float inMinScale,
	const float inMaxScale,
	const float inTilingFactor,
	const float inMinInitialScore,
	const float inMaxDeviation,
	const float inMinScore,
	atl::Conditional<avl::Rectangle2D>& outObject,
	atl::Conditional<atl::Array<avl::Point2D> >& outAlignedPattern,
	atl::Conditional<avl::CoordinateSystem2D>& outAlignment,
	atl::Conditional<atl::Array<avl::Segment2D> >& outPatternSkeleton
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Range	Default	Description
inPoints	const Array<Point2D>&			Input points
inPointLabels	Optional<const Array<int>&>		NIL	Categories that the input points belong to
inPattern	const Array<Point2D>&			Point pattern to be found
inPatternLabels	Optional<const Array<int>&>		NIL	Categories that the pattern points belong to
inReferenceFrame	Optional<const Rectangle2D&>		NIL	Exact position of the model object associated with the pattern in the image
inAllowRotation	const bool		True	Flag indicating whether rotation is allowed as a part of output alignment
inMinAngle	const float		-180.0f	Start of range of possible rotations
inMaxAngle	const float		180.0f	End of range of possible rotations
inAllowScale	const bool		False	Flag indicating whether scale is allowed as a part of output alignment
inMinScale	const float	0.0 -	0.8f	Start of range of possible scales
inMaxScale	const float	0.0 -	1.25f	End of range of possible scales
inTilingFactor	const float	0.000001 - 1.0	0.2f	Defines relative size of the square tile on the plane during initial detection
inMinInitialScore	const float	0.0 - 1.0	0.75f	The minimum proportion of points correctly matched during initial detection
inMaxDeviation	const float	0.0 -	5.0f	Maximal distance between two points considered matched
inMinScore	const float	0.0 - 1.0	0.75f	The minimum proportion of points correctly matched
outObject	Conditional<Rectangle2D>&			Bounding rectangle of the found pattern occurrence
outAlignedPattern	Conditional<Array<Point2D> >&			The aligned input pattern points
outAlignment	Conditional<CoordinateSystem2D>&			The transform that align the input pattern to the input points
outPatternSkeleton	Conditional<Array<Segment2D> >&			The skeleton of the aligned input pattern points

Description

The filter finds location of a pattern of points in the set of input points. The possible rotation and scale of the found occurrence can be fully controlled using proper values of inAllowRotation, inMinAngle, inMaxAngle, inAllowScale, inMinScale and inMaxScale parameters.

The location routine consists of two phases. Only the inTilingFactor and inMinInitialScore parameters have an effect on the initial phase. Internally, the whole plane is then divided into square tiles which size depends on inTilingFactor and the average distance between two points from inPoints. A transformation becomes a candidate to be a valid pattern occurrence if at least inMinInitialScore fraction of pattern points reside in the right tiles. The candidate transformation proceeds to the second phase, where it is refined to be possibly best fitted to the data points. The result transformation is considered to be a valid output alignment if at least inMinScore fraction of aligned pattern points are at most inMaxDeviation away from their closest data points.

The most difficult part to achieve reliable results seems to be the proper setting of the inTilingFactor parameter. Because of its existence, the algorithm will work especially well when the pattern consists of not too many points and distances between them are more or less equal i.e. the ratio of the greatest distance between pattern points and the smallest distance between pattern points is small. If this is not the case and the default value for inTilingFactor does not work well, one should try to adjust the value keeping in mind that the greater values should be used when the pattern visible in the inPoints is distorted and the smaller values will work best when only small distortion is present. In case of further problems with choosing the right inTilingFactor value, one can also try lowering inMinInitialScore value.

The filter performance depends heavily on the number of the pattern points. Because of that fact, it is highly advisable for the pattern to be as small as possible. The performance can be poor even for patterns with more than 15 points. Note that the shape of the pattern also matters. The execution time for symmetrical patterns is generally bigger than for asymmetrical ones.

Examples

inPattern input with selected point pattern to be found

LocateSinglePointPattern performed on points acquired by DL_LocatePoints

Errors

List of possible exceptions: