descriptor_pairing.h

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#pragma once

#include <mrpt/vision/types.h>

namespace mrpt::vision
{
/** \addtogroup  mrptvision_features
    @{ */

/** Search for pairings between two sets of visual descriptors (for now, only
 * SURF
 *   and SIFT features are considered).
 *  Pairings are returned in one of two formats (or both of them
 * simultaneously),
 *   depending on the non-NULL output containers present in the call.
 *
 * \code
 *  CFeatureList  feats1, feats2;
 *  // Populate feature lists [...]
 *
 *  // Create kd-tree for SIFT features of "feats2":
 *  TSIFTDescriptorsKDTreeIndex<double>  feats2_kdtree(feats2);
 *
 *  // Search correspondences:
 *  std::vector<std::vector<size_t>>             pairings_1_to_multi_2;
 *  std::vector<std::pair<size_t,size_t> > pairings_1_to_2;
 *  mrpt::vision::find_descriptor_pairings(
 *     &pairings_1_to_multi_2,   // Can be set to nullptr if not needed
 *     &pairings_1_to_2,         // Can be set to nullptr if not needed
 *     feats1, feats2_kdtree,    // The two sets of features
 *     mrpt::vision::descSIFT    // Select descriptor to use
 *     // [further optional params]
 *     );
 * \endcode
 *
 * \sa TSIFTDescriptorsKDTreeIndex, TSURFDescriptorsKDTreeIndex
 */
template <class DESCRIPTOR_KDTREE>
size_t find_descriptor_pairings(
    std::vector<std::vector<size_t>>* pairings_1_to_multi_2,
    std::vector<std::pair<size_t, size_t>>* pairings_1_to_2,
    const CFeatureList& feats_img1, const DESCRIPTOR_KDTREE& feats_img2_kdtree,
    const mrpt::vision::TDescriptorType descriptor = descSIFT,
    const size_t max_neighbors = 4, const double max_relative_distance = 1.2,
    const typename DESCRIPTOR_KDTREE::kdtree_t::DistanceType max_distance =
        std::numeric_limits<
            typename DESCRIPTOR_KDTREE::kdtree_t::DistanceType>::max())
{
    MRPT_START
    ASSERT_ABOVEEQ_(max_neighbors, 1);
    ASSERT_(pairings_1_to_multi_2 != nullptr || pairings_1_to_2 != nullptr);

    /** The expected data type of elements for the kd-tree*/
    using KDTreeElementType = typename DESCRIPTOR_KDTREE::kdtree_t::ElementType;
    using KDTreeDistanceType =
        typename DESCRIPTOR_KDTREE::kdtree_t::DistanceType;

    const size_t N = feats_img1.size();
    if (pairings_1_to_multi_2)
        pairings_1_to_multi_2->assign(
            N, std::vector<size_t>());  // Reset output container
    if (pairings_1_to_2)
    {
        pairings_1_to_2->clear();
        pairings_1_to_2->reserve(N);
    }

    size_t overall_pairs = 0;

    if (!N) return overall_pairs;  // No features -> nothing to do

    if (descriptor == descSIFT)
    {
        ASSERTMSG_(
            feats_img1[0].descriptors.hasDescriptorSIFT(),
            "Request to match SIFT features but feats_img1 has no SIFT "
            "descriptors!");
        ASSERTMSG_(
            sizeof(KDTreeElementType) ==
                sizeof((*feats_img1[0].descriptors.SIFT)[0]),
            "Incorrect data type kd_tree::ElementType for SIFT (should be "
            "uint8_t)");
    }
    else if (descriptor == descSURF)
    {
        ASSERTMSG_(
            feats_img1[0].descriptors.hasDescriptorSURF(),
            "Request to match SURF features but feats_img1 has no SURF "
            "descriptors!");
        ASSERTMSG_(
            sizeof(KDTreeElementType) ==
                sizeof((*feats_img1[0].descriptors.SURF)[0]),
            "Incorrect data type kd_tree::ElementType for SURF (should be "
            "float)");
    }
    else
    {
        THROW_EXCEPTION(
            "This function only supports SIFT or SURFT descriptors");
    }

    std::vector<size_t> indices(max_neighbors);
    std::vector<double> distances(max_neighbors);

    for (size_t i = 0; i < N; i++)
    {
        const CFeature::TDescriptors& descs = feats_img1[i].descriptors;

        const void* ptr_query;
        if (descriptor == descSIFT)
            ptr_query = &(*descs.SIFT)[0];
        else if (descriptor == descSURF)
            ptr_query = &(*descs.SURF)[0];

        feats_img2_kdtree.get_kdtree().knnSearch(
            static_cast<const KDTreeElementType*>(ptr_query),  // Query point
            max_neighbors,  // Number of neigbors
            &indices[0], &distances[0]  // Output
        );

        // Include all correspondences below the absolute and the relative
        // threshold (indices comes ordered by distances):
        const KDTreeDistanceType this_thresh =
            std::min(max_relative_distance * distances[0], max_distance);
        for (size_t j = 0; j < max_neighbors; j++)
        {
            if (distances[j] <= this_thresh)
            {
                overall_pairs++;
                if (pairings_1_to_multi_2)
                    (*pairings_1_to_multi_2)[i].push_back(indices[j]);
                if (pairings_1_to_2)
                    pairings_1_to_2->push_back(std::make_pair(i, indices[j]));
            }
            else
                break;
        }
    }
    return overall_pairs;
    MRPT_END
}

/** @} */
}  // namespace mrpt::vision