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Symmetry operators in computer vision

Cesare ValentiVito Di Gesù

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business.industryComputer sciencemedia_common.quotation_subjectAstronomy and AstrophysicsMeasure (mathematics)Operator (computer programming)PerceptionHomogeneous spaceVisual patternsSegmentationComputer visionRelevance (information retrieval)Artificial intelligenceSymmetry (geometry)businessmedia_common

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Abstract Symmetry plays a remarkable role in perception problems. For example, peaks of brain activity are measured in correspondence with visual patterns showing symmetry . Relevance of symmetry in vision was already noted by Koler in 1929. Here, properties of a symmetry operator are reported and a new algorithm to measure local symmetries is proposed. Its performance is tested on segmentation of complex visual patterns and the classification of sparse images.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0083-6656(96)00030-x