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Alternative to SIFT

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#1

In the Wiki - a project is mentioned that might use SIFT for feature recognition.

As I understand it SIFT and SURF are either copyright or patent encumbered for non commercial use.

However the Hugin project has an unencumbered feature detection system which you might want to consider using instead.
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#2

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the suggestion, we’ll definitely look in to the Hugin project.

Rich may not have remembered that SIFT is patented, so I’ll have to see what his intentions were. SIFT can be used for non-commercial use, so maybe there is still a way we can run it on Pixy and not violate patent law.

Scott