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    OpenCV的常用图像拼接方法（三）：基于特征匹配的图像拼接，本次介绍SIFT特征匹配拼接方法，OpenCV版本为4.4.0。特点和适用范围：图像有足够重合相同特征区域，且待拼接图像之间无明显尺度变换和畸变。

优点：适应部分倾斜变化情况。缺点：需要有足够的相同特征区域进行匹配，速度较慢，拼接较大图片容易崩溃。

    如下是待拼接的两张图片：

特征匹配图：

 拼接结果图：

 拼接缝处理后(拼接处过渡更自然)：

核心代码：

/********************直接图像拼接函数*************************/
bool ImageOverlap0(Mat &img1, Mat &img2)
{
  Mat g1(img1, Rect(0, 0, img1.cols, img1.rows));  // init roi 
  Mat g2(img2, Rect(0, 0, img2.cols, img2.rows));

  cvtColor(g1, g1, COLOR_BGR2GRAY);
  cvtColor(g2, g2, COLOR_BGR2GRAY);

  vector<cv::KeyPoint> keypoints_roi, keypoints_img;  /* keypoints found using SIFT */
  Mat descriptor_roi, descriptor_img;                           /* Descriptors for SIFT */
  FlannBasedMatcher matcher;                                   /* FLANN based matcher to match keypoints */

  vector<cv::DMatch> matches, good_matches;
  cv::Ptr<cv::SIFT> sift = cv::SIFT::create();
  int i, dist = 80;

  sift->detectAndCompute(g1, cv::Mat(), keypoints_roi, descriptor_roi);      /* get keypoints of ROI image */
  sift->detectAndCompute(g2, cv::Mat(), keypoints_img, descriptor_img);         /* get keypoints of the image */
  matcher.match(descriptor_roi, descriptor_img, matches);  //实现描述符之间的匹配

  double max_dist = 0; double min_dist = 5000;
  //-- Quick calculation of max and min distances between keypoints 
  for (int i = 0; i < descriptor_roi.rows; i++)
  {
    double dist = matches[i].distance;
    if (dist < min_dist) min_dist = dist;
    if (dist > max_dist) max_dist = dist;
  }
  // 特征点筛选
  for (i = 0; i < descriptor_roi.rows; i++)
  {
    if (matches[i].distance < 3 * min_dist)
    {
      good_matches.push_back(matches[i]);
    }
  }

  printf("%ld no. of matched keypoints in right image\n", good_matches.size());
  /* Draw matched keypoints */

  Mat img_matches;
  //绘制匹配
  drawMatches(img1, keypoints_roi, img2, keypoints_img,
    good_matches, img_matches, Scalar::all(-1),
    Scalar::all(-1), vector<char>(),
    DrawMatchesFlags::NOT_DRAW_SINGLE_POINTS);
  imshow("matches", img_matches);

  vector<Point2f> keypoints1, keypoints2;
  for (i = 0; i < good_matches.size(); i++)
  {
    keypoints1.push_back(keypoints_img[good_matches[i].trainIdx].pt);
    keypoints2.push_back(keypoints_roi[good_matches[i].queryIdx].pt);
  }
  //计算单应矩阵(仿射变换矩阵) 
  Mat H = findHomography(keypoints1, keypoints2, RANSAC);
  Mat H2 = findHomography(keypoints2, keypoints1, RANSAC);


  Mat stitchedImage;  //定义仿射变换后的图像(也是拼接结果图像)
  Mat stitchedImage2;  //定义仿射变换后的图像(也是拼接结果图像)
  int mRows = img2.rows;
  if (img1.rows > img2.rows)
  {
    mRows = img1.rows;
  }

  int count = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < keypoints2.size(); i++)
  {
    if (keypoints2[i].x >= img2.cols / 2)
      count++;
  }
  //判断匹配点位置来决定图片是左还是右
  if (count / float(keypoints2.size()) >= 0.5)  //待拼接img2图像在右边
  {
    cout << "img1 should be left" << endl;
    vector<Point2f>corners(4);
    vector<Point2f>corners2(4);
    corners[0] = Point(0, 0);
    corners[1] = Point(0, img2.rows);
    corners[2] = Point(img2.cols, img2.rows);
    corners[3] = Point(img2.cols, 0);
    stitchedImage = Mat::zeros(img2.cols + img1.cols, mRows, CV_8UC3);
    warpPerspective(img2, stitchedImage, H, Size(img2.cols + img1.cols, mRows));

    perspectiveTransform(corners, corners2, H);
    /*
    circle(stitchedImage, corners2[0], 5, Scalar(0, 255, 0), 2, 8);
    circle(stitchedImage, corners2[1], 5, Scalar(0, 255, 255), 2, 8);
    circle(stitchedImage, corners2[2], 5, Scalar(0, 255, 0), 2, 8);
    circle(stitchedImage, corners2[3], 5, Scalar(0, 255, 0), 2, 8); */
    cout << corners2[0].x << ", " << corners2[0].y << endl;
    cout << corners2[1].x << ", " << corners2[1].y << endl;
    imshow("temp", stitchedImage);
    //imwrite("temp.jpg", stitchedImage);

    Mat half(stitchedImage, Rect(0, 0, img1.cols, img1.rows));
    img1.copyTo(half);
    imshow("result", stitchedImage);
  }
  else  //待拼接图像img2在左边
  {
    cout << "img2 should be left" << endl;
    stitchedImage = Mat::zeros(img2.cols + img1.cols, mRows, CV_8UC3);
    warpPerspective(img1, stitchedImage, H2, Size(img1.cols + img2.cols, mRows));
    imshow("temp", stitchedImage);

    //计算仿射变换后的四个端点
    vector<Point2f>corners(4);
    vector<Point2f>corners2(4);
    corners[0] = Point(0, 0);
    corners[1] = Point(0, img1.rows);
    corners[2] = Point(img1.cols, img1.rows);
    corners[3] = Point(img1.cols, 0);

    perspectiveTransform(corners, corners2, H2);  //仿射变换对应端点
    /*
    circle(stitchedImage, corners2[0], 5, Scalar(0, 255, 0), 2, 8);
    circle(stitchedImage, corners2[1], 5, Scalar(0, 255, 255), 2, 8);
    circle(stitchedImage, corners2[2], 5, Scalar(0, 255, 0), 2, 8);
    circle(stitchedImage, corners2[3], 5, Scalar(0, 255, 0), 2, 8); */
    cout << corners2[0].x << ", " << corners2[0].y << endl;
    cout << corners2[1].x << ", " << corners2[1].y << endl;

    Mat half(stitchedImage, Rect(0, 0, img2.cols, img2.rows));
    img2.copyTo(half);
    imshow("result", stitchedImage);

  }
  imwrite("result.bmp", stitchedImage);
  return true;
}

 拼接缝优化代码与完整源码素材将发布在知识星球主题中。

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