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By Fouad Sabry

What is Computer Vision Fundamental Matrix

In the field of computer vision, the Fundamental Matrix is an essential notion that is utilized in stereo vision and jobs that involve structure from motion. When two photographs are captured from different perspectives, it depicts the geometric relationship that exists between the spots that correspond to each other. Through the use of the Fundamental Matrix, it is possible to ascertain epipolar lines, which are necessary for stereo matching and reproduction in three dimensions.

How you will benefit

(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:

Chapter 1: Fundamental matrix (computer vision)

Chapter 2: Scale-invariant feature transform

Chapter 3: Camera resectioning

Chapter 4: Correspondence problem

Chapter 5: Epipolar geometry

Chapter 6: Essential matrix

Chapter 7: Image rectification

Chapter 8: Camera matrix

Chapter 9: Pinhole camera model

Chapter 10: Eight-point algorithm

(II) Answering the public top questions about computer vision fundamental matrix.

(III) Real world examples for the usage of computer vision fundamental matrix in many fields.

Who this book is for

Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Computer Vision Fundamental Matrix.

• Language: English
• Publisher: One Billion Knowledgeable
• Release date: Apr 30, 2024

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Chapter 1: Fundamental matrix (computer vision)

Computer vision is the study of how machines see, the fundamental matrix \mathbf {F} is a 3×3 matrix which relates corresponding points in stereo images.

For example, in the field of epipolar geometry, with a standardized set of image coordinates, x and x′, points in a stereo pair that relate to one another, Fx describes a line (an epipolar line) on which the corresponding point x′ on the other image must lie.

That means, for all sets of parallel coordinates

{\mathbf {x}}'^{{\top }}{\mathbf {Fx}}=0.

The fundamental matrix can be approximated with at least seven point correspondences, as it has rank 2 and is determined only up to scale. Its seven parameters are all that can be determined geometrically about cameras using solely point-to-point correspondences.

QT Luong first used the phrase basic matrix in his seminal doctoral dissertation. It is also known as the bifocal tensor in some contexts. It is a bilinear form connecting points in different coordinate systems, making it a two-point tensor..

In 1992, Olivier Faugeras and Richard Hartley independently published the above relation that establishes the fundamental matrix.

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Similar requirements are met by Christopher Longuet-Higgins' essential matrix, Calibrated cameras use the essential matrix, which is a metric object, whereas the more broad and fundamental concepts of projective geometry are described by the fundamental matrix,.

This is captured mathematically by the relationship between a fundamental matrix \mathbf {F} and its corresponding essential matrix \mathbf {E} , which is

{\displaystyle \mathbf {E} =({\mathbf {K} '})^{\top }\;\mathbf {F} \;\mathbf {K} }

\mathbf {K} and {\mathbf {K}}' being the intrinsic calibration matrices of the two images involved.

The fundamental matrix is a constraint on where points from a scene can be projected into two different pictures of the same scene. To aid the search and allow for the detection of false correspondences, the projection of a scene point into one of the images causes the corresponding point in the other image to be limited to a line. Epipolar constraint, matching constraint, discrete matching constraint, and incidence relation are all names for the same thing: the relationship between pairs of points that are represented by the fundamental matrix.

A set of point correspondences can be used to calculate the basic matrix. Furthermore, camera matrices created directly from this basic matrix can be used to triangulate between these respective picture points and their associated world positions. These world points make up a scene that is, in some sense, a projection of the real world.

Say that the image point correspondence {\mathbf {x}}\leftrightarrow {\mathbf {x'}} derives from the world point {\textbf {X}} under the camera matrices \left({\textbf {P}},{\textbf {P}}'\right) as

{\begin{aligned}{\mathbf {x}}&={\textbf {P}}{\textbf {X}}\\{\mathbf {x'}}&={\textbf {P}}'{\textbf {X}}\end{aligned}}

Say we transform space by a general homography matrix {\textbf {H}}_{{4\times 4}} such that {\textbf {X}}_{0}={\textbf {H}}{\textbf {X}} .

After then, the cameras morph into

{\begin{aligned}{\textbf {P}}_{0}&={\textbf {P}}{\textbf {H}}^{{-1}}\\{\textbf {P}}_{0}'&={\textbf {P}}'{\textbf {H}}^{{-1}}\end{aligned}}{\textbf {P}}_{0}{\textbf {X}}_{0}={\textbf {P}}{\textbf {H}}^{{-1}}{\textbf {H}}{\textbf {X}}={\textbf {P}}{\textbf {X}}={\mathbf {x}}

and likewise with {\textbf {P}}_{0}' still get us the same image points.

It is also possible to use the coplanarity requirement to obtain the basic matrix.

The epipolar geometry is represented as stereo images in the fundamental matrix. Straight lines represent the epipolar geometry in perspective camera views. In contrast, the image in a satellite photograph is produced as the sensor moves through its orbit (pushbroom sensor). As a result, the epipolar line takes the shape of an epipolar curve, and the projection centers for a given image scene are dispersed. However, the basic matrix can be used to correct satellite photos in certain cases, such as when working with small image tiles.

The primary matrix is a rank 2 matrix. Its center is what makes it an epipole.

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Chapter 2: Scale-invariant feature transform

David Lowe developed the scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT) in 1999 as a computer vision algorithm for locating, characterizing, and matching local features in images. Object recognition, robotic mapping and navigation, image stitching, three-dimensional modeling, gesture recognition, video tracking, individual wildlife identification, and matchmaking are just some of the many possible uses for this technology.

Object SIFT keypoints are first extracted from a training set of images.

It is possible to create a feature description of any object in an image by isolating key points about that object. When trying to locate an object in a test image with many other objects, this description can be used because it was extracted from a training image. The features extracted from the training image must be discernible despite variations in image scale, noise, and illumination if reliable recognition is to be achieved. These spots typically reside on image edges or other areas with high contrast.

Furthermore, these features should maintain the same relative positions from one image to the next, as they did in the original scene. If only the four corners of a door were used as features, recognition would succeed whether the door was open or closed. However, if points in the frame were also used, recognition would fail in either case. Similarly, if there is any change in the internal geometry of an articulated or flexible object between two images in the set being processed, then the features located in that object will likely no longer function. While these local variations can have a significant impact on the average error of all feature matching errors, SIFT, in practice, detects and uses a much larger number of features from the images, which mitigates their impact.

This section provides a brief overview of the