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OpenCV Shape Descriptor: Hu Moments Example

October 27, 2014

So what type of shape descriptors does OpenCV provide? The most notable are Hu Moments which are can be used to describe, characterize, and quantify the shape of an object in an image. Hu Moments are normally extracted from the…

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Building an Image Search Engine: Defining Your Image Descriptor (Step 1 of 4)

February 3, 2014

On Monday, I showed you how to build an awesome Lord of the Rings image search engine, from start to finish. It was a lot of fun and we learned a lot. We made use of OpenCV image descriptors. More…

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