cornerPoints

Object for storing corner points

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Description

This object stores information about feature points detected from a 2-D grayscale image.

Creation

Syntax

points = cornerPoints(location)
points = cornerPoints(location,Name,Value)

Description

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points = cornerPoints(location) constructs a cornerPoints object from an M-by-2 array [x y] of location coordinates.

points = cornerPoints(location,Name,Value) sets properties using one or more name-value pairs. Enclose each property name in quotes. For example, points = cornerPoints('Metric',0.0)

Input Arguments

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Location of points, specified as an M-by-2 array of [x y] coordinates.

Properties

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Number of points held by the corner points object, specified as a numeric value.

Strength of detected feature, specified as a numeric value. The algorithm uses a determinant of an approximated Hessian.

Object Functions

plotPlot points
isemptyDetermine if points object is empty
lengthNumber of stored points
selectStrongestSelect points with strongest metrics
sizeReturn the size of a points object
selectUniformSelect uniformly distributed subset of feature points
gatherRetrieve cornerPoints from the GPU

Examples

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Open Live Script

Read an image.

I = imread('cameraman.tif');

Detect feature points.

points = detectHarrisFeatures(I);

Display the ten strongest points.

strongest = selectStrongest(points,10);
imshow(I)
hold on
plot(strongest)

Display the (x,y) coordinates of the strongest points.

strongest.Location
ans = 10x2 single matrix

  112.4516  208.4412
  108.6510  228.1681
  136.6969  114.7962
  181.4160  205.9876
  135.5823  123.4529
  100.4951  174.3253
  146.7581   94.7393
  135.2899   92.6485
  129.8439  110.0350
  130.5716   91.0424
Open Live Script

Create a checkerboard image.

I = checkerboard(50,2,2);

Load the locations of corner points.

location = [51    51    51   100   100   100   151   151   151; ...
            50   100   150    50   101   150    50   100   150]';

Save the points in a cornerPoints object.

points = cornerPoints(location);

Display the points on the checkerboard.

imshow(I)
hold on
plot(points)

Tips

Although cornerPoints may hold many points, it is a scalar object. Therefore, numel(cornerPoints) always returns 1. This value may differ from length(cornerPoints), which returns the true number of points held by the object.

Extended Capabilities

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Introduced in R2012a

Computer Vision Toolbox Documentation

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