Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 8, 0815001(2024)

Dense Feature Matching Based on Improved DFM Algorithm

Yanhan Zhang*, Yinxin Zhang, Zhanhua Huang, and Kangnian Wang
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronics Information Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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    Overview of proposed dense feature matching algorithm based on improved DFM
    Frequency analysis of matching result for each feature map
    Corresponding area on the coarse feature point
    Comparison of matching results in small scenes. (a) DFM algorithm; (b) improved DFM algorithm
    Comparison of matching results in large scenes. (a) DFM algorithm; (b) improved DFM algorithm
    Average matching accuracy result chart
    • Table 1. Analysis of matching accuracy in outdoor large scenes

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      Table 1. Analysis of matching accuracy in outdoor large scenes

      AlgorithmRotation error /(°)Translation error /mInlier matches
      DFM20.5713.2499
      DFM18.589.2771
      DFM1.782.809
      Improved DFM0.652.702566
      Improved DFM1.630.991709
      Improved DFM0.522.23487
    • Table 2. Feature matching accuracy evaluation

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      Table 2. Feature matching accuracy evaluation

      MethodfMMANumber of feature matches /103
      3 pixel5 pixel10 pixel3 pixel5 pixel10 pixel
      SIFT67.869.470.30.400.410.41
      SuperGlue71.379.988.60.420.460.49
      NCNet60.469.386.50.540.600.86
      LoFTR89.190.692.42.302.302.40
      Patch2Pix82.487.691.00.620.640.66
      DFM89.492.593.93.103.203.30
      Improved DFM(r=0.9)89.791.191.618.2018.6018.60
      Improved DFM(r=0.5)97.497.697.63.103.103.10
    • Table 3. Results of homography estimation evaluation

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      Table 3. Results of homography estimation evaluation

      MethodHEA
      3 pixel5 pixel10 pixel
      SIFT77.283.885.3
      SuperGlue76.782.387.0
      NCNet51.063.376.4
      LoFTR76.782.685.9
      Patch2Pix76.781.084.5
      DFM74.580.285.2
      Improved DFM(r=0.9)79.685.588.3
      Improved DFM(r=0.5)66.974.381.6
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    Paper Information

    Category: Machine Vision

    Received: Feb. 17, 2023

    Accepted: Apr. 20, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 22, 2024

    The Author Email: Zhang Yanhan (935718809@qq.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP230657

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