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Rotation invariant features for color texture classification and retrieval under varying illumination

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This article proposes a new quaternion-based method for rotation invariant color texture classification under illumination variance with respect to direction and spectral band. The color of an object varies according to the spectral power distribution, object-illumination, and viewing geometry of the light source. The quaternion representation of color is shown to be effective, which treats color channels as single unit rather than separate components. New texture signatures are extracted by calculating the norm of the Quaternion fourier spectrum. These signatures are proved to be invariant under image rotation and illumination rotation. Moreover, these features are also invariant to the color spaces. The robustness of different color spaces against varying illumination in color Texture classification with 45 samples of 15 outex texture classes are examined. Comparative results show that the proposed method is efficient in rotation invariant texture classification.

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The authors are very much thankful to the reviewers for their valuable comments and also to the Management and Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of Thiagarajar College of Engineering for their support and assistance to carry out this work.

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    B. Sathyabama, M. Anitha, S. Raju & V. Abhaikumar

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Sathyabama, B., Anitha, M., Raju, S. et al. Rotation invariant features for color texture classification and retrieval under varying illumination. Pattern Anal Applic 16, 69–81 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10044-011-0207-0

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