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- Maksym Ivashechkin |
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bibliography: 'bibs.bib' |
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csl: 'acm-sigchi-proceedings.csl' |
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date: August 2020 |
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title: 'Google Summer of Code: Improvement of Random Sample Consensus in OpenCV' |
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USAC: Improvement of Random Sample Consensus in OpenCV {#tutorial_usac} |
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@tableofcontents |
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@prev_tutorial{tutorial_interactive_calibration} |
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| Original author | Maksym Ivashechkin | |
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| Compatibility | OpenCV >= 4.0 | |
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This work was integrated as part of the Google Summer of Code (August 2020). |
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The integrated part to OpenCV `calib3d` module is RANSAC-based universal |
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framework USAC (`namespace usac`) written in C++. The framework includes |
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1. Sampling method: |
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1. Uniform – standard RANSAC sampling proposed in \[8\] which draw |
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1. Uniform – standard RANSAC sampling proposed in @cite FischlerRANSAC which draw |
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minimal subset independently uniformly at random. *The default |
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option in proposed framework*. |
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2. PROSAC – method \[4\] that assumes input data points sorted by |
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2. PROSAC – method @cite ChumPROSAC that assumes input data points sorted by |
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quality so sampling can start from the most promising points. |
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Correspondences for this method can be sorted e.g., by ratio of |
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descriptor distances of the best to second match obtained from |
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SIFT detector. *This is method is recommended to use because it |
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can find good model and terminate much earlier*. |
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3. NAPSAC – sampling method \[10\] which takes initial point |
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3. NAPSAC – sampling method @cite MyattNAPSAC which takes initial point |
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uniformly at random and the rest of points for minimal sample in |
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the neighborhood of initial point. This is method can be |
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potentially useful when models are localized. For example, for |
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plane fitting. However, in practise struggles from degenerate |
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issues and defining optimal neighborhood size. |
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4. Progressive-NAPSAC – sampler \[2\] which is similar to NAPSAC, |
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4. Progressive-NAPSAC – sampler @cite barath2019progressive which is similar to NAPSAC, |
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although it starts from local and gradually converges to |
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global sampling. This method can be quite useful if local models |
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are expected but distribution of data can be arbitrary. The |
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default option in framework*. The model might not have as many |
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inliers as using RANSAC score, however will be more accurate. |
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3. MAGSAC – threshold-free method \[3\] to compute score. Using, |
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3. MAGSAC – threshold-free method @cite BarathMAGSAC to compute score. Using, |
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although, maximum sigma (standard deviation of noise) level to |
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marginalize residual of point over sigma. Score of the point |
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represents likelihood of point being inlier. *Recommended option |
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4. Degeneracy: |
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1. DEGENSAC – method \[7\] which for Fundamental matrix estimation |
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1. DEGENSAC – method @cite ChumDominant which for Fundamental matrix estimation |
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efficiently verifies and recovers model which has at least 5 |
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points in minimal sample lying on the dominant plane. |
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in minimal sample lie on the same side w.r.t. to any line |
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crossing any two points in sample (does not assume reflection). |
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3. Oriented epipolar constraint – method \[6\] for epipolar |
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3. Oriented epipolar constraint – method @cite ChumEpipolar for epipolar |
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geometry which verifies model (fundamental and essential matrix) |
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to have points visible in the front of the camera. |
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5. SPRT verification – method \[9\] which verifies model by its |
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5. SPRT verification – method @cite Matas2005RandomizedRW which verifies model by its |
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evaluation on randomly shuffled points using statistical properties |
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given by probability of inlier, relative time for estimation, |
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average number of output models etc. Significantly speeding up |
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6. Local Optimization: |
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1. Locally Optimized RANSAC – method \[5\] that iteratively |
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1. Locally Optimized RANSAC – method @cite ChumLORANSAC that iteratively |
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improves so-far-the-best model by non-minimal estimation. *The |
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default option in framework. This procedure is the fastest and |
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not worse than others local optimization methods.* |
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2. Graph-Cut RANSAC – method \[1\] that refine so-far-the-best |
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2. Graph-Cut RANSAC – method @cite BarathGCRANSAC that refine so-far-the-best |
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model, however, it exploits spatial coherence of the |
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data points. *This procedure is quite precise however |
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computationally slower.* |
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3. Sigma Consensus – method \[3\] which improves model by applying |
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3. Sigma Consensus – method @cite BarathMAGSAC which improves model by applying |
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non-minimal weighted estimation, where weights are computed with |
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the same logic as in MAGSAC score. This method is better to use |
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together with MAGSAC score. |
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4. Essential matrix – 4 null vectors are found using |
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Gaussian elimination. Then the solver based on Gröbner basis |
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described in \[11\] is used. Essential matrix can be computed |
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described in @cite SteweniusRecent is used. Essential matrix can be computed |
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only if <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">LAPACK</span> or |
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<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Eigen</span> are |
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installed as it requires eigen decomposition with complex |
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RANSAC is not deterministic since it depends on how often each thread is |
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running. The easiest way to make it deterministic is using PROSAC |
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sampler without SPRT and Local Optimization and not for Fundamental |
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matrix, because they internally use random generators.\ |
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matrix, because they internally use random generators. |
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For NAPSAC, Progressive NAPSAC or Graph-Cut methods is required to build |
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a neighborhood graph. In framework there are 3 options to do it: |
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1. `NEIGH_FLANN_KNN` – estimate neighborhood graph using OpenCV FLANN |
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1. NEIGH_FLANN_KNN – estimate neighborhood graph using OpenCV FLANN |
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K nearest-neighbors. The default value for KNN is 7. KNN method may |
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work good for sampling but not good for GC-RANSAC. |
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points which distance is less than 20 pixels. |
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3. `NEIGH_GRID` – for finding points’ neighborhood tiles points in |
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cells using hash-table. The method is described in \[2\]. Less |
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cells using hash-table. The method is described in @cite barath2019progressive. Less |
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accurate than `NEIGH_FLANN_RADIUS`, although significantly faster. |
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Note, `NEIGH_FLANN_RADIUS` and `NEIGH_FLANN_RADIUS` are not able to PnP |
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solver, since there are 3D object points.\ |
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New flags: |
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solver, since there are 3D object points. |
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New flags: |
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1. `USAC_DEFAULT` – has standard LO-RANSAC. |
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2. `USAC_PARALLEL` – has LO-RANSAC and RANSACs run in parallel. |
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Every flag uses SPRT verification. And in the end the final |
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so-far-the-best model is polished by non minimal estimation of all found |
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inliers.\ |
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inliers. |
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A few other important parameters: |
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1. `randomGeneratorState` – since every USAC solver is deterministic in |
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OpenCV (i.e., for the same points and parameters returns the |
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estimation on low number of points is faster and more robust. |
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Samples: |
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There are three new sample files in opencv/samples directory. |
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3. `essential_mat_reconstr.py` – the same functionality as in .cpp |
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file, however instead of clustering points to plane the 3D map of |
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object points is plot. |
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References: |
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1\. Daniel Barath and Jiří Matas. 2018. Graph-Cut RANSAC. In *Proceedings |
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of the iEEE conference on computer vision and pattern recognition*, |
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6733–6741. |
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2\. Daniel Barath, Maksym Ivashechkin, and Jiri Matas. 2019. Progressive |
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NAPSAC: Sampling from gradually growing neighborhoods. *arXiv preprint |
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arXiv:1906.02295*. |
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3\. Daniel Barath, Jana Noskova, Maksym Ivashechkin, and Jiri Matas. |
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2020. MAGSAC++, a fast, reliable and accurate robust estimator. In |
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*Proceedings of the iEEE/CVF conference on computer vision and pattern |
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recognition (cVPR)*. |
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4\. O. Chum and J. Matas. 2005. Matching with PROSAC-progressive sample |
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consensus. In *Computer vision and pattern recognition*. |
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5\. O. Chum, J. Matas, and J. Kittler. 2003. Locally optimized RANSAC. In |
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*Joint pattern recognition symposium*. |
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6\. O. Chum, T. Werner, and J. Matas. 2004. Epipolar geometry estimation |
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via RANSAC benefits from the oriented epipolar constraint. In |
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*International conference on pattern recognition*. |
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7\. Ondrej Chum, Tomas Werner, and Jiri Matas. 2005. Two-view geometry |
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estimation unaffected by a dominant plane. In *2005 iEEE computer |
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society conference on computer vision and pattern recognition |
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(cVPR’05)*, 772–779. |
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8\. M. A. Fischler and R. C. Bolles. 1981. Random sample consensus: A |
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paradigm for model fitting with applications to image analysis and |
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automated cartography. *Communications of the ACM*. |
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9\. Jiri Matas and Ondrej Chum. 2005. Randomized RANSAC with sequential |
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probability ratio test. In *Tenth iEEE international conference on |
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computer vision (iCCV’05) volume 1*, 1727–1732. |
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10\. D. R. Myatt, P. H. S. Torr, S. J. Nasuto, J. M. Bishop, and R. |
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Craddock. 2002. NAPSAC: High noise, high dimensional robust estimation. |
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In *In bMVC02*, 458–467. |
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11\. Henrik Stewénius, Christopher Engels, and David Nistér. 2006. Recent |
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developments on direct relative orientation. |
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