Dynamic characteristic extraction method of flotation froth image based on scale invariant feature transform
As for the mineral flotation process, a new dynamic characteristic extraction method of flotation froth image based on scale invariant feature transform (SIFT) is proposed in this study, considering the difficulty to detect the dynamic characteristic resulted from continuous movement of flotation froth image. Firstly, a concept of motion matching region based on the unique characteristics of flotation froth is proposed, then according to the distribution range of magnitude and direction of bubble velocity to improve SIFT algorithm’s matching conditions and using random sample consensus (RANSAC) to further eliminate the mismatching. Finally, a new method of extracting the collapse rate of the froth is proposed based on the matching result. Verifying by flotation bubble real images on industrial scene, experimental results show the method proposed in the paper can accurately extract the dynamic characteristics of flotation froth, such as velocity, collapse rate, etc, and effectively eliminate the mismatching while reducing the computational complexity, improving the real-time.