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How to calculate Euclidean distance between RGB Pixels?

samueleforconi
Beginner
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Hi, I'm coding an algorithm for background estimation using Intel IPP, and I need to calculate the euclidean difference between pixels (RGB) of two consecutive video frames.


In other words, if Px and Py are the two RGB pixels I need to determine the value:
d(x,y) = sqrt( (Rx-Ry) + (Gx-Gy) + (Bx-By) ).

I see in the manual that there are some functions that can calculate the euclidean distance between an image and a template, but I can't figure out how can I use one of them to fit my needs.

Do you think that using a loop to iterate on each pixel of the two images is much more
expensive in calculation time than using the IPP function?

Thank you.
Samuele.
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Vladimir_Dudnik
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Hi Samuele,

We do not have such single primitive function. But you may try to implement this algorithm with combination of call for several IPP functions.

Regards,
Vladimir

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