Object Shape Recognition Using Mexican Hat Wavelet Descriptors

Abstract

In this paper we present the results of object recognition using Mexican Hat wavelet descriptors. These descriptors are derived from the continuous wavelet transformation using the Mexican Hat function as mother wavelet. To describe an object shape we use an angle function derived from the extracted contour polygon. The angle function is periodical and independent from the size of the object, its position or orientation. It depends only on the starting point of the contour. The contour extraction is based here on the object oriented contour extraction method (OCE). The polygon representation uses the curvature dependent contour approximation method (CDCA). The continuous wavelet transform (CWT) is used in order to derive a suitable number of wavelet descriptors (WD).