See Edge Detection & Corner Detection

Interest Points

  • edges & corners → possible, but not descriptive enough
  • blobs → patch with a well-defined local appearance
    • possible Interest point
  • interest points
    • capture rich image content
    • localize the points
    • describe them in a signature
    • are invariant to scale and rotation

Keypoint Localization

Harris Corner Detector: Harris Corner Detector

Local Descriptors