This paper introduces a novel scheme which works on symbolizing every line in an object image for object recognition. Symbolizing
is accomplished in terms of angles of intersection with regard to a line under consideration. Spatial relationship existing
among the symbolized lines is represented using the notion of Triangular Spatial Relationship (TSR). A set of quadruples which
preserves the TSR is subjected to principal component analysis to obtain the principal component vectors. These vectors are
then stored in the knowledgebase for the purpose of recognition. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach
is efficient, invariant to linear transformations and capable of learning. To substantiate the success of the proposed model,
a comparative study is performed with Murase and Nayar approach.
Keywords Line drawing interpretation - Spatial relationship - Principal component analysis - Object recognition