plan : SIFT Plan¶

Contains a class for creating a plan, allocating arrays, compiling kernels and other things like that… to calculate SIFT keypoints and descriptors.

This code implements the SIFT algorithm The SIFT algorithm belongs to the University of British Columbia. It is protected by patent US6711293. If you are on a country where this pattent applies (like the USA), please check if you are allowed to use it. The University of British Columbia does not require a license for its use for non-commercial research applications.

This algorithm is patented: U.S. Patent 6,711,293: “Method and apparatus for identifying scale invariant features in an image and use of same for locating an object in an image”, David Lowe’s patent for the SIFT algorithm, Mar. 8, 1999. It is due to expire in March 2019.