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Synonyms for sift

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Synonyms for sift

to set apart (one kind or type) from others

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Synonyms for sift

move as if through a sieve

separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

check and sort carefully

distinguish and separate out

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They have used SIFT features as local features in weak classifier for hand detection and trained each classifier independently.
Features are extracted from the detected image using Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT).Finally, Support Vector Machine (SVM) is used to recognize the detected real-time indoor objects.
Section 2 provides the concept of the SIFT algorithm [18] to give readers sufficient background knowledge.
lowe from Columbia University proposed SIFT algorithm through summarizing the existing feature detecting methods based on invariance technology, and then improved it in 2004.
Add the margarine and sugar to the bowl of an electric mixer or food processor, sift in the flour, cocoa and baking powder, then add the eggs and beat until smooth, or mix in a bowl with a wooden spoon.
In concrete terms, due to the smaller sizes of descriptors in integral images (e.g., each descriptor in SURF only contains 64 bins which is half the size of the descriptor in SIFT), 2DMETS based SURF requires lower computation cost for the detecting and matching of feature points compared to the conventional SIFT [5].
Friedrich ARBIL/ Aswat al-Iraq: A workshop under the patronage of German Neumann Foundation, in coordination with the Iraqi Institute for Economic Reform, proposed the formation of a higher consultative Council to sift all advisors in the state according to international standards.
So she literally used hardware cloth to sift the dirt and leave behind nothing more than the freshest, most clean topsoil we could ask for."--From "How to Plant a Garden"