[OSM-dev] [GSoC] Automatic Street-Sign Detection and Reading - was: [GSoC] A GPX photo stamper.

[Tijs Zwinkels]

Just a quick note to tell that I've updated my project proposal on the wiki:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GSoC_Student_Applications_2009#Draft_application:_Automatic_Street-Sign_Detection_and_Reading

Since SIFT probably isn't going to work, we need something else. The
color-histogram-matching might work. While going through my computer-vision
book searching for ideas I found a number of other ideas (structural pattern
recognition, texture-based features, more segmentation-oriented methods).
More details and references in the proposal.

I mean, come on, one of these methods must be able to detect street signs.
:)

- Tijs

On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Stefan de Konink <stefan at konink.de> wrote:

> Matt Amos wrote:
>
>>     But please keep in mind that SIFT will *not* work for the typical
>>>>   streetsign because SIFT looks for features, which are typically not
>>>>   present in the 'easy to understand' signs (because they use colours).
>>>>
>>>
>> wouldn't SIFT (or variants thereof) work really well against a
>> database of exemplars, i.e: pictures of existing street signs,
>> isolated letters from the font used for street signage?
>>
>
> http://sift.openstreetphoto.org/templates/C1.png
>
> This thing is totally 'unsiftable'.
>
>  i'm happy to advise on this project, but i have to state up-front that
>> i don't have the experience that stefan has with SIFT, etc...
>>
>
> Just add your name to the list :)
>
>
> Stefan
>
>
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