Comparisons of feature extraction algorithm based on unmanned aerial vehicle image

• Main Authors: Xi Wenfei, Shi Zhengtao, Li Dongsheng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2017-07-01
• Series: Open Physics
• Subjects: feature point extraction; sift operator; forstner operator; harris operator; moravec operator; 89.20.bb; 89.20.ff
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/phys-2017-0053

Feature point extraction technology has become a research hotspot in the photogrammetry and computer vision. The commonly used point feature extraction operators are SIFT operator, Forstner operator, Harris operator and Moravec operator, etc. With the high spatial resolution characteristics, UAV image is different from the traditional aviation image. Based on these characteristics of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), this paper uses several operators referred above to extract feature points from the building images, grassland images, shrubbery images, and vegetable greenhouses images. Through the practical case analysis, the performance, advantages, disadvantages and adaptability of each algorithm are compared and analyzed by considering their speed and accuracy. Finally, the suggestions of how to adapt different algorithms in diverse environment are proposed.