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scikit-image/skimage/filter/harris.py
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Tony S Yu fd0e88b986 Minor modifications to Harris corner detector
* Add some references.
* Make keyword argument explicit in example.
* Remove test class in favor of functions since no setup was required.
* Clean up docstrings.
2012-02-02 22:33:56 -05:00

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"""
Harris corner detector
Inspired from Solem's implementation
http://www.janeriksolem.net/2009/01/harris-corner-detector-in-python.html
"""
import numpy as np
from scipy import ndimage
def _compute_harris_response(image, eps=1e-6, gaussian_deviation=1):
"""Compute the Harris corner detector response function
for each pixel in the image
Parameters
----------
image : ndarray of floats
Input image.
eps : float, optional
Normalisation factor.
gaussian_deviation : integer, optional
Standard deviation used for the Gaussian kernel.
Returns
--------
image : (M, N) ndarray
Harris image response
"""
if len(image.shape) == 3:
image = image.mean(axis=2)
# derivatives
image = ndimage.gaussian_filter(image, gaussian_deviation)
imx = ndimage.sobel(image, axis=0, mode='constant')
imy = ndimage.sobel(image, axis=1, mode='constant')
Wxx = ndimage.gaussian_filter(imx * imx, 1.5, mode='constant')
Wxy = ndimage.gaussian_filter(imx * imy, 1.5, mode='constant')
Wyy = ndimage.gaussian_filter(imy * imy, 1.5, mode='constant')
# determinant and trace
Wdet = Wxx * Wyy - Wxy ** 2
Wtr = Wxx + Wyy
# Alternate formula for Harris response.
# Alison Noble, "Descriptions of Image Surfaces", PhD thesis (1989)
harris = Wdet / (Wtr + eps)
# Non maximum filter of size 3
harris_max = ndimage.maximum_filter(harris, 3, mode='constant')
mask = (harris == harris_max)
harris *= mask
# Remove the image borders
harris[:3] = 0
harris[-3:] = 0
harris[:, :3] = 0
harris[:, -3:] = 0
return harris
def harris(image, min_distance=10, threshold=0.1, eps=1e-6,
gaussian_deviation=1):
"""Return corners from a Harris response image
Parameters
----------
image : ndarray of floats
Input image.
min_distance : int, optional
Minimum number of pixels separating interest points and image boundary.
threshold : float, optional
Relative threshold impacting the number of interest points.
eps : float, optional
Normalisation factor.
gaussian_deviation : integer, optional
Standard deviation used for the Gaussian kernel.
Returns
-------
coordinates : (N, 2) array
(row, column) coordinates of interest points.
"""
harrisim = _compute_harris_response(image, eps=eps,
gaussian_deviation=gaussian_deviation)
# find top corner candidates above a threshold
corner_threshold = np.max(harrisim.ravel()) * threshold
harrisim_t = (harrisim >= corner_threshold) * 1
# get coordinates of candidates
candidates = harrisim_t.nonzero()
coords = np.transpose(candidates)
# ...and their values
candidate_values = harrisim[candidates]
# sort candidates
index = np.argsort(candidate_values)
# store allowed point locations in array
allowed_locations = np.zeros(harrisim.shape)
allowed_locations[min_distance:-min_distance,
min_distance:-min_distance] = 1
# select the best points taking min_distance into account
filtered_coords = []
for i in index:
if allowed_locations[tuple(coords[i])] == 1:
filtered_coords.append(coords[i])
allowed_locations[
(coords[i][0] - min_distance):(coords[i][0] + min_distance),
(coords[i][1] - min_distance):(coords[i][1] + min_distance)] = 0
return np.array(filtered_coords)