Compose Transformations
Implement a function to compose multiple 2D transformations by multiplying their matrices, which is essential in computer vision for tasks like image formation and object recognition. This process involves combining various transformations such as rotation, scaling, and translation.
The concept of transformation matrices is crucial here, where each matrix Ti represents a specific transformation. The combined transformation is obtained by multiplying these matrices in a specific order, which is important due to the non-commutative nature of matrix multiplication.
Here are the steps to achieve this composition:
- Start with the identity matrix as the initial combined transformation matrix.
- Multiply each given transformation matrix with the current combined transformation matrix from right to left. The key to this process is understanding how matrix multiplication works and how it applies to 2D transformations.
This technique is widely used in image processing and robotics.
Example:
compose([[[1,0,5],[0,1,0],[0,0,1]], [[2,0,0],[0,2,0],[0,0,1]]])
[[2,0,10],[0,2,0],[0,0,1]]
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We have two matrices: a translation T1=100010501 and a scaling T2=200020001.
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The combined transform is Tcombined=T2⋅T1:
- First row: [2⋅1+0⋅0+0⋅0,2⋅0+0⋅1+0⋅0,2⋅5+0⋅0+0⋅1]=[2,0,10]
- Second row: [0⋅1+2⋅0+0⋅0,0⋅0+2⋅1+0⋅0,0⋅5+2⋅0+0⋅1]=[0,2,0]
- Third row: [0,0,1] (identity row stays the same)
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So the final output matrix is 2000201001, which matches
[[2,0,10],[0,2,0],[0,0,1]].
Constraints:
- Input is a list of 3×3 matrices
- Return the composed transformation matrix