Object within images' similarity

[Lord Ra]

Hello Folks,

I am a newbie and I was wondering if you would be kind enough to tell me if what I am attempting is doable with Aforge.
I am programming a web application in c # and i wish to compare an object in an uploaded image to the images stored in a database and arrive to the closest match.

Example scenario
Suppose the user uploads a image of a mobile phone, crops the image to focus mainly on the mobile phone. Now I have loads of images in the database and I would like to use Aforge to compare the user's cropped image to find a matching object in the images that are stored in the database.

I am considering using the Exhaustive template, image similarity comparison but I am not certain if it would do the job.

Is there an approach more suited than the one I am planning.

Thanks in advance,

Ra

[andrew.kirillov]

Hello,

I am considering using the Exhaustive template, image similarity comparison but I am not certain if it would do the job.

It will not help. 1) It is too slow to be used in video processing or comparing images with a database; 2) It is too simple to solve a task like this.

Is there an approach more suited than the one I am planning.

There is nothing in AForge.NET for things like this. Well, Kohonen network can be used to some extent (see some info here). But there is no advanced template matching or anything like this. Check SURF - it may be useful.