25.7   NeuralFilter Matching Example

The NeuralFilter Matching will have four steps:

•    Signatures
•    Training
•    Matching
•    Analysis

The NeuralFilter training requires two files, t1.txt and match.txt:

•    T1.txt is the signature file, which contains many signatures. Each image is converted into a signature.
•    Match.txt is a list of matching pairs. This file will teach the ImageFinder who will match with whom.

To get the N-signature file, a1.txt:

•    Click the “Source” button, go to the “ex_label” directory and select any file in the folder. This will specify the input directory.
•    Click the Source “>” button a few times to see the images;
•    Click menu item “Signature/N Signature (a1.txt)” to get the signatures in a1.txt file.

Match.txt

•    Open the file, “.\data\match_ex_label.txt”. This file lists 152 matching pairs. Save it to match.txt (overwrite the existing file). Now the training file is prepared.

T1.txt:

•    Click the “Source” button, go to “ex_label” directory and select any file in the folder. This will specify the input directory.
•    Click the source “>” button a few times to see the images;
•    Click menu item “Signature/N Signature (a1.txt)” to get the signature file, a1.txt file;
•    Click menu item “Signature/Copy a1.txt to t1.txt” to get the training file, t1.txt.

Note: Here t1.txt is for training and a1.txt is for 1:N Matching and N:N Matching.

Training

•    Click “NeuralFilter\Training\Training” to train the NeuralFilter.

N: N Matching compares each image, a1.txt, with every image in the a1.txt:

•    Click menu item “NeuralFilter/Matching/N:N (a1.txt vs. a1.txt)” button to complete a N:N Match.

1:N Matching:

•    Click the “Key” button, in the “ex_label”directory, select the first image “L01008gi-020501.jpg”;
•    Click menu item “NeuralFilter/Matching/1:N (Key vs. a1.txt)” button to complete a 1:N Match.

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