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On the Effectiveness of Color Similarity Measures in Background–Frame Differencing Applications
Michael Hild
  DOI :  10.2352/CGIV.2002.1.1.art00065  Published Online :  January 2002
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The effectiveness of color similarity measures in background-frame differencing applications is examined in this paper. Twelve published color similarity measures are investigated in RGB sensor space and CIE L*a*b* color space and it is shown that the absolute-value exponential method is most effective. In contrast to other methods, this method uniquely relates brightness differences, saturation differences, and hue differences in the two input colors to similarity values as a one-to-one and monotonous function and the full value ranges of brightness, saturation and hue differences are mapped to the full range of similarity values.

Journal Title : Conference on Colour in Graphics, Imaging, and Vision
Publisher Name : Society of Imaging Science and Technology
Publisher Location : 7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA
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Michael Hild, "On the Effectiveness of Color Similarity Measures in Background–Frame Differencing Applications"  in Proc. IS&T CGIV 2002 First European Conf. on Colour in Graphics, Imaging, and Vision,  2002,  pp 304 - 309,  https://doi.org/10.2352/CGIV.2002.1.1.art00065

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On the Effectiveness of Color Similarity Measures in Background–Frame Differencing Applications
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The effectiveness of color similarity measures in background-frame differencing applications is examined in this paper. Twelve published color similarity measures are investigated in RGB sensor space and CIE L*a*b* color space and it is shown that the absolute-value exponential method is most effective. In contrast to other methods, this method uniquely relates brightness differences, saturation differences, and hue differences in the two input colors to similarity values as a one-to-one and monotonous function and the full value ranges of brightness, saturation and hue differences are mapped to the full range of similarity values.