Definition: a moment set calculating from a picture usually describe the whole feature of the image,and indicate the substantial imformation of different geometrical features,like size,shape,position and direction.
key:the first moment associate with the shape,and the second moment describe the expendabel extent.
Prof.Hu created 7 invariant moments by implementing the 2nd moment and 3rd moment,it's very fast by using the characteristic quantity which is consist of hu moment,but the recognization rate is very low.hu invariant moment used to recognize big object,it can describe the shape better,however,the texture can't be so complicated,it's better to recognize the shape of friut or the simple character of licence plate.