Efficient object contour segment is a critical problem to describe the local features of objects.In order to solve the improper contour segments obtained by the existing recognition methods
a hierarchical description algorithm of contour description is proposed.Firstly
the whole contour is divided into several contour segments by the corners on the contour.Then the valuation scale is put forward via the distribution of contour segments.Thirdly
combine these contour segments into several contour feature segments according to the valuation scale.Finally
the similarity of different contour feature segments
in combination with their lengths
is jointly used to get the best recognized results.The experimental results of MPEG-7 database indicate that this algorithm has great advantage over recently published algorithms
especially for the objects with partial occlusion.Hence
this novel algorithm satisfies the requirements of accuracy
robust and anti-occlusion in object recognition and shape retrieval.