`skimage.io.sift:_sift_read`

source: /dev/scikit-image/src/skimage/io/sift.py :6

Signature

def _sift_read ( filelike , mode = SIFT )

Summary

Read SIFT or SURF features from externally generated file.

Extended Summary

This routine reads SIFT or SURF files generated by binary utilities from http://people.cs.ubc.ca/~lowe/keypoints/ and http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/~surf/.

This routine does not generate SIFT/SURF features from an image. These algorithms are patent encumbered. Please use skimage.feature.CENSURE instead.

Parameters

filelike : str or Path or TextIO or BinaryIO: Input file generated by the feature detectors from http://people.cs.ubc.ca/~lowe/keypoints/ or http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/~surf/ .
mode : {'SIFT', 'SURF'}, optional: Kind of descriptor used to generate filelike.

Returns

data : record array with fields

row: int
row position of feature
column: int
column position of feature
scale: float
feature scale
orientation: float
feature orientation
data: array
feature values

Aliases

skimage.io.sift._sift_read