Draw Matches Example

http://docs.opencv.org/3.0-beta/doc/py\_tutorials/py\_feature2d/py\_matcher/py\_matcher.html

import numpy as np
import cv2
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

img1 = cv2.imread('box.png',0)          # queryImage
img2 = cv2.imread('box_in_scene.png',0) # trainImage

# Initiate SIFT detector
sift = cv2.SIFT()

# find the keypoints and descriptors with SIFT
kp1, des1 = sift.detectAndCompute(img1,None)
kp2, des2 = sift.detectAndCompute(img2,None)

# BFMatcher with default params
bf = cv2.BFMatcher()
matches = bf.knnMatch(des1,des2, k=2)

# Apply ratio test
good = []
for m,n in matches:
    if m.distance < 0.75*n.distance:
        good.append([m])

# cv2.drawMatchesKnn expects list of lists as matches.
img3 = cv2.drawMatchesKnn(img1,kp1,img2,kp2,good,flags=2)

plt.imshow(img3),plt.show()

matchesreturns a list of structures where each structure contains several fields... among them are two important fields:

• queryIdx- The index of the feature intokp1that matches
• trainIdx- The index of the feature intokp2that matches

# Initialize lists
list_kp1 = []
list_kp2 = []

# For each match...
for mat in matches:

    # Get the matching keypoints for each of the images
    img1_idx = mat.queryIdx
    img2_idx = mat.trainIdx

    # x - columns
    # y - rows
    # Get the coordinates
    (x1,y1) = kp1[img1_idx].pt
    (x2,y2) = kp2[img2_idx].pt

    # Append to each list
    list_kp1.append((x1, y1))
    list_kp2.append((x2, y2))