Add the mask to the template matching demo documentation.

This commit is contained in:
Arthur Cinader 2016-07-05 12:58:47 -04:00
parent 2b08f29543
commit a6ade2b914
2 changed files with 38 additions and 7 deletions

Binary file not shown.

After

Width:  |  Height:  |  Size: 77 KiB

View File

@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Theory
Template matching is a technique for finding areas of an image that match (are similar) to a
template image (patch).
While the patch must be a rectangle it may be that not all of the
rectangle is relevent. In such a case, a mask can be used to isolate the portion of the patch
that should be used to find the match.
### How does it work?
- We need two primary components:
@ -51,6 +55,28 @@ template image (patch).
- In practice, we use the function @ref cv::minMaxLoc to locate the highest value (or lower,
depending of the type of matching method) in the *R* matrix.
### How does the mask work?
- If masking is needed for the match, three components are required:
-# **Source image (I):** The image in which we expect to find a match to the template image
-# **Template image (T):** The patch image which will be compared to the template image
-# **Mask image (M):** The mask, a greyscale image that masks the template
- Only two matching methods currently accept a mask: CV_TM_SQDIFF and CV_TM_CCORR_NORMED (see
below for explanation of all the matching methods available in opencv).
- The mask must have the same dimensions as the template
- The mask should be a greyscale image where each pixel contains some value from black to white.
Pixels that are white are fully included in calculating the best match. Pixels that are black
are excluded from the match. A value between black and white will include some of
the match proportion to how dark the pixel is.
![](images/Template_Matching_Mask_Example.jpg)
### Which are the matching methods available in OpenCV?
Good question. OpenCV implements Template matching in the function @ref cv::matchTemplate . The
@ -88,10 +114,11 @@ Code
----
- **What does this program do?**
- Loads an input image and a image patch (*template*)
- Loads an input image, an image patch (*template*), and optionally a mask
- Perform a template matching procedure by using the OpenCV function @ref cv::matchTemplate
with any of the 6 matching methods described before. The user can choose the method by
entering its selection in the Trackbar.
entering its selection in the Trackbar. If a mask is supplied, it will only be used for
the methods that support masking
- Normalize the output of the matching procedure
- Localize the location with higher matching probability
- Draw a rectangle around the area corresponding to the highest match
@ -115,8 +142,8 @@ Explanation
@endcode
-# Load the source image and template:
@code{.cpp}
img = imread( argv[1], 1 );
templ = imread( argv[2], 1 );
img = imread( argv[1], IMREAD_COLOR );
templ = imread( argv[2], IMREAD_COLOR );
@endcode
-# Create the windows to show the results:
@code{.cpp}
@ -150,10 +177,14 @@ Explanation
@endcode
-# Perform the template matching operation:
@code{.cpp}
matchTemplate( img, templ, result, match_method );
bool method_accepts_mask = CV_TM_SQDIFF == match_method || match_method == CV_TM_CCORR_NORMED;
if (use_mask && method_accepts_mask)
{ matchTemplate( img, templ, result, match_method, mask); }
else
{ matchTemplate( img, templ, result, match_method); }
@endcode
the arguments are naturally the input image **I**, the template **T**, the result **R** and the
match_method (given by the Trackbar)
the arguments are naturally the input image **I**, the template **T**, the result **R**, the
match_method (given by the Trackbar), and optionally the mask image **M**
-# We normalize the results:
@code{.cpp}