System and method for performing corner guided curve matching of multiple images representing a scene

A method for matching a first set of curves and corners of a first image to a second set of curves and corners of a second image, comprising:

• defining line segments for the first set of curves and corners and for the second set of curves and corners;
• determining corner guidance characteristics from a set of similarity-invariant unary measurements and a similarity function that is defined between two curves in a measurement space;
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• matching line segments of the first image to corresponding line segments of the second image based on the corner guidance wherein the unary measurements are related to a distance from a corner to a curve of the image, and are used to control corner guidance with respect to curve matching.

A method for matching curves and corners of a first image to curves and corners of a second image, comprising:

• approximating the curves with a set of line segments connected by seed points that are separated by a predetermined distance;
• obtaining the seed points in the first image by intersecting epipolar lines of the seed points of the first image with the curve to be matched to the second image;
• determining corner guidance characteristics from a set of similarity-invariant unary measurements and a similarity function that is defined between two curves in a measurement space;
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• matching line segments of the first image to corresponding line segments of the second image based on the corner guidance.