Handcrafted Feature and Deep Features Based Image Classification Using Machine Learning Models
摘要
Image classification is a crucial task in computer vision that involves identifying and labeling objects within images. This study proposes a hybrid feature extraction method for image classification, combining local features (SIFT, Haralick descriptors) with deep features (VGG19) to capture a wide range of image characteristics. We use k-means clustering and locality-preserving projection for feature selection and dimensionality reduction. The method was tested on the Caltech-101 dataset and achieved high accuracies of 96.18%, 96.76%, 97.39%, and 97.78% using k-NN, MLP, Random Forest, and Adaptive Boosting classifiers, respectively. Cross-validation results confirm the model’s robustness, making it suitable for real-world applications.