Learning an Efficient and Robust Graph Matching Procedure for Specific Object Recognition

We present a fast and robust graph matching approach for 2D specific object recognition in images. From a small number of training images, a model graph of the object to learn is automatically built. It contains its local key points as well as their spatial proximity relationships. Training is based on a selection of the most efficient subgraphs using the mutual information. The detection uses dynamic programming with a lattice and thus is very fast. Experiments demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms the specific object detectors of the state-of-the-art in realistic noise conditions.