How Machines Find Patterns [Template Matching]

Jia-Bin Huang · Intermediate ·👁️ Computer Vision ·1y ago

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Template Matching is a core computer vision technique for finding objects of interest in an image. This video will discuss three main commonly used template-matching algorithms and their pros and cons. - Zero-mean filtering - Sum of Squared Distances (SSD) - Normalized Cross-Correlation (NCC) Video made with Manim: https://www.manim.community/

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Template Matching is a core computer vision technique for finding objects of interest in an image. This video will discuss three main commonly used template-matching algorithms and their pros and cons. - Zero-mean filtering - Sum of Squared Distances (SSD) - Normalized Cross-Correlation (NCC) Video made with Manim: https://www.manim.community/

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