A GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR AFFINE INVARIANT OBJECT SHAPE-RECOGNITION

In this paper, a novel technique for matching images of object shapes which have been subject to affine transformation caused by variations in the camera position is reported. The method is based on the genetic algorithm, and is more efficient and reliable than conventional appro aches that rely on corresponding dominant point pairs to determine the best alignment between object boundaries. Experimental results are pr esented to demonstrate the feasibility of the approach and its capabil ity in identifying object shapes that had been distorted with heavy no ise contamination.