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ECCV 2006: Computer Vision – ECCV 2006 pp 404–417Cite as

SURF: Speeded Up Robust Features

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a novel scale- and rotation-invariant interest point detector and descriptor, coined SURF (Speeded Up Robust Features). It approximates or even outperforms previously proposed schemes with respect to repeatability, distinctiveness, and robustness, yet can be computed and compared much faster.

This is achieved by relying on integral images for image convolutions; by building on the strengths of the leading existing detectors and descriptors (in casu, using a Hessian matrix-based measure for the detector, and a distribution-based descriptor); and by simplifying these methods to the essential. This leads to a combination of novel detection, description, and matching steps. The paper presents experimental results on a standard evaluation set, as well as on imagery obtained in the context of a real-life object recognition application. Both show SURF’s strong performance.

Keywords

  • Hessian Matrix
  • Interest Point
  • Integral Image
  • Robust Feature
  • Viewpoint Change

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  1. ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    Herbert Bay & Luc Van Gool

  2. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

    Tinne Tuytelaars & Luc Van Gool

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  1. University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Aleš Leonardis

  2. Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, TU Graz, Inffeldgasse 16, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Horst Bischof

  3. Vision-based Measurement Group, Inst. of El. Measurement and Meas. Sign. Proc. Graz, University of Technology, Austria

    Axel Pinz

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Bay, H., Tuytelaars, T., Van Gool, L. (2006). SURF: Speeded Up Robust Features. In: Leonardis, A., Bischof, H., Pinz, A. (eds) Computer Vision – ECCV 2006. ECCV 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3951. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11744023_32

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