Frequency-based object orientation and scaling determination

A major disadvantage of image retrieval systems is their lack of objects orientation and scaling matching. This paper addresses the issue of accurate, effective, computationally efficient, fast and fully-automated 2D object orientation and scaling determination. The approach relies on the objects frequency-based features. The frequency-based features used by the proposed technique, are extracted by a 2D physics-based deformable model that parameterizes the objects shape. The method was evaluated on synthetic and real images. The experimental results demonstrate the accuracy of the method, both in orientation and the scaling estimations