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A Radial Contrast Similarity Transform for Robust Image Correspondence

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Table of Contents

A Radial Contrast Similarity Transform for Robust Image Correspondence 

Motivation 

The Problem 

The Problem 

The Problem 

Foreground without contrast 

Simple robust norm misses contrast 

Edges are ambiguous 

Considering contrast 

A New Robust Local Transform 

A New Robust Local Transform 

A New Robust Local Transform 

Computing the RCS transform 

Radial Cumulative Similarity 

Model occlusion but not background 

Stable despite low foreground contrast  

RCS transform distance 

Finger tracking: window A 

Finger tracking: window B 

Finger tracking: windows C & D 

RCS transform of finger windows 

Comparative Results 

Comparative Results 

Comparative Results 

Tracked features frame 0 

Ground truth frame 1 

L2 norm results 

Robust norm results 

RCS results 

Mouth open, no teeth 

Mouth open, teeth showing 

L2 norm results 

Robust norm results 

RCS results 

Finger tracking, frame 0 

L2 & Robust results 

RCS results 

Quantitative tracking results 

Limitations of RCS 

RCS+L2 results 

Spatial smoothing with RCS 

Conclusions

Author: Trevor Darrell