Hi:

The objective is to compare two bitmap images and declaring them as equal if they are 95% similar. Hashing function cannot be used in this case. This requires comparing images or part of images against a threshold value. I am weak in C# programming so if someone can explain this to me with source code then it will be really helpful.

Hoping for replies. thanks

You can use Bitmap.GetPixel to get the colour of any particular pixel.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr....getpixel.aspx

The you can compare them to see if they are 'similar'.

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

Hi Thanks for the help. I was finally able to figure that out but now I am stuck with a bigger problem. I want to do text detection in an image using C# but do not know where to start from. A little help will be appreciated.

aakash

I honestly wouldn't know where to start I'm afraid.

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

I'd go back to looking at pixels. Your bitmap is in a row/column matrix. If you scanned along the rows and then the columns looking for a significant change in the color number ie the series 0x00 0x00 0x00 0xFF 0xFF 0xFF 0xFF would indicate an "edge" pixel. If you store these along with their row and column. You would then have to analyze your edges looking for patterns. Some ideas might be to look for multiple "edges" in the same row or column. You might be able to match patterns of letters by creating letter patterns in similar row/column collections. You might want to allow the user to vary the difference in color number that constitutes "significant". Of course, the sloppier the lettering, the harder it will be to match.

It sounds like an exciting, challenging project. Good luck.

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hey aakash can u send me the program please in which u have compared two pictures ? This will really help me in my project ... Help me out !! Reply

Regards !

You can compare two images content using imagemagick. It is very easy.
You can download imagemagick from here Version must be greater than 6.0.


compare -metric AE 5001.MAIN.jpg 5002.MAIN.jpg difference.jpg

if it returns value 0 means both images are same.

This post might help you.

Thanks,
Binod Suman
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