Using symmetry for detecting and locating objects in a picture

Abstract A template matching procedure based on symmetry detection of planar images is presented. The method works directly in conjunction with unscaled intensity images, independently of position and orientation, and may be adapted to the case of overlapping objects by introducing the concept of local symmetry. Moreover, owing to the moderate amount of needed local processing, the algorithm is particularly noise insensitive.

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