Invariance
Suppose we are comparing two images I1 and I2
I2 may be a transformed version of I1
What kinds of transformations are we likely to encounter in
practice?
We’d like to find the same features regardless of the
transformation
This is called transformational invariance
Most feature methods are designed to be invariant to
Translation, 2D rotation, scale
They can usually also handle
Limited 3D rotations (SIFT works up to about 60 degrees)
Limited affine transformations (some are fully affine invariant)