Hi all,
I'd like to know if there is a correct way to compare 2 spherical harmonics: I have a set of SH (3rd order = 9 coefs) and - for a given SH - I'd like to find out which SH in the set are "similar" to the given one.
I did a basic L2 distance on coefs set but it is obviously not correct, and I have no idea of which value my threshold should have.
I guess there's already smart solution for this problem but my friend google doesn't know where to look.
Any suggestions ?
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Posted 23 March 2012 - 07:25 PM
You could take the difference between the coefficients of the two, then integrate over the sphere with these new coefficients, but using the absolute value of the function, to get the L1 distance. To integrate I'd say probably just do a basic Monte Carlo integration by having a set of a few dozen or so points on the unit sphere that you can plug into the resulting difference SH function. This should work because the L1 distance between two functions is something like
for a set of N points (uniformly distributed) on the unit sphere. Here w(x) is a weight function, which would be equal to 4pi if you use a uniform distribution on the sphere.
You could also replace taking the absolute value with an L2 norm to get the L2 distance. I think I got all that right... hope that helps.
--Buzzy
for a set of N points (uniformly distributed) on the unit sphere. Here w(x) is a weight function, which would be equal to 4pi if you use a uniform distribution on the sphere.
You could also replace taking the absolute value with an L2 norm to get the L2 distance. I think I got all that right... hope that helps.
--Buzzy
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Posted 26 March 2012 - 08:41 AM
It helps a lot !
Many thanks.
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