The effect of rainfall on feature points extraction and image stitching

Wai Chong Chia, Lee Seng Yeong, Sue Inn Ch'Ng, Kah Phooi Seng, Li Minn Ang

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of rainfall on image stitching by measuring the performance of the Harris corner detector, Scale-Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) detector, and the Speeded Up Robust Feature (SURF) detector. A set of images were captured by using two cameras during light rain and during heavy rain. The number of detected features points was used as the performance measure. The results indicate that all the detectors are capable to extract a substantial amount of feature points. However, the rainfall does reduce the number of detected feature points by 48 and 67% when the Harris corner detector and the SURF detector were adopted respectively. At the end, the images were stitched together based on the feature points extracted by using the Harris corner detector. The results indicate that the effect of rainfall is negligible as long as there is a substantial amount of distinctive feature points.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2014 International Conference on Information Science, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, ISEEE 2014
EditorsXiaohong Jiang, Shaozi Li, Ying Dai, Yun Cheng
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1382-1386
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781479931965
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Nov 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event2014 International Conference on Information Science, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, ISEEE 2014 - Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan
Duration: 26 Apr 201428 Apr 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2014 International Conference on Information Science, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, ISEEE 2014
Volume3

Conference

Conference2014 International Conference on Information Science, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, ISEEE 2014
Country/TerritoryJapan
CitySapporo City, Hokkaido
Period26/04/1428/04/14

Keywords

  • Raining occlusion
  • feature points extraction
  • image stitching

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