optflow_corr

PURPOSE ^

Calculate optical flow using cross-correlation.

SYNOPSIS ^

function [Vx,Vy,reliab] = optflow_corr( I1, I2, patch_r, search_r, sigma, thr, show )

DESCRIPTION ^

 Calculate optical flow using cross-correlation.
 
 Calculate optical flow using correlation, followed by lucas & kanade on
 aligned squares for subpixel accuracy.  Locally, the closest patch within
 some search radius is found.  The distance measure used is the euclidean
 distance between patches -- NOT normalized correlation since we assume
 pixel brightness constancy.  Once the closest matching patch is found,
 the alignment between the two patches is further refined using lucas &
 kanade to find the subpixel translation vector relating the two patches.

 This code has been refined for speed, but since it is nonvectorized code
 it can be fairly slow.  Running time is linear in the number of pixels
 but the constant is fairly large.  Test on small image (150x150) before
 running on anything bigger.

 INPUTS
   I1, I2      - input images to calculate flow between
   patch_r     - determines correlation patch size around each pixel
   search_r    - search radius for corresponding patch
   sigma       - [optional] amount to smooth by (may be 0)
   thr         - [optional] RELATIVE reliability threshold (.01 by default)
   show        - [optional] figure to use for display (no display if == 0)

 OUTPUTS
   Vx, Vy  - x,y components of optical flow [Vx>0 -> flow is right, Vy>0 -> flow is down]
   reliab  - reliability of optical flow in given window (cornerness of window)  

 DATESTAMP
   29-Sep-2005  2:00pm

 See also OPTFLOW_HORN, OPTFLOW_LUCASKANADE

CROSS-REFERENCE INFORMATION ^

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