Robust affine structure matching for 3D object recognition

Abstract

We consider model-based object localization based on local geometric feature matching between the model and the image data. The method is based on geometric constraint analysis, working in transformation space. We present a formal method which guarantees finding all feasible matchings in polynomial time. From there we develop more computationally feasible algorithms based on conservative approximations of the formal method. Additionally, our formalism relates object localization, affine model indexing, and structure from multiple views to one another.