[image] Checking images for similarity with OpenCV

Sam's solution should be sufficient. I've used combination of both histogram difference and template matching because not one method was working for me 100% of the times. I've given less importance to histogram method though. Here's how I've implemented in simple python script.

import cv2

class CompareImage(object):

    def __init__(self, image_1_path, image_2_path):
        self.minimum_commutative_image_diff = 1
        self.image_1_path = image_1_path
        self.image_2_path = image_2_path

    def compare_image(self):
        image_1 = cv2.imread(self.image_1_path, 0)
        image_2 = cv2.imread(self.image_2_path, 0)
        commutative_image_diff = self.get_image_difference(image_1, image_2)

        if commutative_image_diff < self.minimum_commutative_image_diff:
            print "Matched"
            return commutative_image_diff
        return 10000 //random failure value

    @staticmethod
    def get_image_difference(image_1, image_2):
        first_image_hist = cv2.calcHist([image_1], [0], None, [256], [0, 256])
        second_image_hist = cv2.calcHist([image_2], [0], None, [256], [0, 256])

        img_hist_diff = cv2.compareHist(first_image_hist, second_image_hist, cv2.HISTCMP_BHATTACHARYYA)
        img_template_probability_match = cv2.matchTemplate(first_image_hist, second_image_hist, cv2.TM_CCOEFF_NORMED)[0][0]
        img_template_diff = 1 - img_template_probability_match

        # taking only 10% of histogram diff, since it's less accurate than template method
        commutative_image_diff = (img_hist_diff / 10) + img_template_diff
        return commutative_image_diff


    if __name__ == '__main__':
        compare_image = CompareImage('image1/path', 'image2/path')
        image_difference = compare_image.compare_image()
        print image_difference

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