function [ overlap ] = overlap( rect1, rect2 ) %OVERLAP Summary of this function goes here % Detailed explanation goes here dy1 = abs(rect1(1) - rect1(3)) + 1; dx1 = abs(rect1(2) - rect1(4)) + 1; dy2 = abs(rect2(1) - rect2(3)) + 1; dx2 = abs(rect2(2) - rect2(4)) + 1; a1 = dx1 * dy1; a2 = dx2 * dy2; ia = 0; if rect1(3) > rect2(1) && rect2(3) > rect1(1) && rect1(4) > rect2(2) && rect2(4) > rect1(2) xx1 = max(rect1(2), rect2(2)); yy1 = max(rect1(1), rect2(1)); xx2 = min(rect1(4), rect2(4)); yy2 = min(rect1(3), rect2(3)); ia = (xx2 - xx1 + 1) * (yy2 - yy1 + 1); end overlap = ia / double(a1 + a2 - ia); end