class mrpt::img::CImage

A class for storing images as grayscale or RGB bitmaps.

I/O is supported as:

  • Binary dump using the CSerializable interface(<< and >> operators), just as most objects in MRPT. This format is not compatible with any standarized image format but it is fast.

  • Saving/loading from files of different formats (bmp,jpg,png,…) using the methods CImage::loadFromFile and CImage::saveToFile. See OpenCV for the list of supported formats.

  • Importing from an XPM array (.xpm file format) using CImage::loadFromXPM()

  • Importing TGA images. See CImage::loadTGA()

    How to create color/grayscale images:

    CImage  img1(width, height,  CH_GRAY );  // Grayscale image (8U1C)
CImage  img2(width, height,  CH_RGB );  // RGB image (8U3C)

Additional notes:

  • The OpenCV cv::Mat format is used internally for compatibility with all OpenCV functions. Use CImage::asCvMat() to retrieve it. Example:

    CImage  img;
...
cv::Mat m = img.asCvMat()

  • By default, all images use unsigned 8-bit storage format for pixels (on each channel), but it can be changed by flags in the constructor.

  • An external storage mode can be enabled by calling CImage::setExternalStorage, useful for storing large collections of image objects in memory while loading the image data itself only for the relevant images at any time. See CImage::forceLoad() and CImage::unload().

  • Operator = and copy ctor make shallow copies. For deep copies, see CImage::makeDeepCopy() or CImage(const CImage&, copy_type_t), e.g:

    CImage a(20, 10, CH_GRAY);
// Shallow copy ctor:
CImage b(a, mrpt::img::SHALLOW_COPY);
CImage c(a, mrpt::img::DEEP_COPY);

  • If you are interested in a smart pointer to an image, use:

    CImage::Ptr myImg = CImage::Create(); // optional ctor arguments
// or:
CImage::Ptr myImg = std::make_shared<CImage>(...);

  • To set a CImage from an OpenCV cv::Mat use CImage::CImage(cv::Mat,copy_type_t).

Some functions are implemented in MRPT with highly optimized SSE2/SSE3 routines, in suitable platforms and compilers. To see the list of optimizations refer to sse_optimizations, falling back to default OpenCV methods where unavailable.

For computer vision functions that use CImage as its image data type, see mrpt::vision.

See also:

mrpt::vision, mrpt::vision::CFeatureExtractor, mrpt::vision::CImagePyramid, CSerializable, CCanvas

#include <mrpt/img/CImage.h>

class CImage:
    public mrpt::serialization::CSerializable,
    public mrpt::img::CCanvas
{
public:
    // structs

    struct Impl;

    // construction

    CImage();
    CImage(unsigned int width, unsigned int height, TImageChannels nChannels = CH_RGB);
    CImage(const CImage& other_img, ctor_CImage_ref_or_gray);
    CImage(const cv::Mat& img, copy_type_t copy_type);
    CImage(const CImage& img, copy_type_t copy_type);

    //
methods

    static void DISABLE_ZIP_COMPRESSION(bool val);
    static bool DISABLE_ZIP_COMPRESSION();
    static void DISABLE_JPEG_COMPRESSION(bool val);
    static bool DISABLE_JPEG_COMPRESSION();
    static void SERIALIZATION_JPEG_QUALITY(int q);
    static int SERIALIZATION_JPEG_QUALITY();
    void clear();
    void resize(std::size_t width, std::size_t height, TImageChannels nChannels, PixelDepth depth = PixelDepth::D8U);
    PixelDepth getPixelDepth() const;
    void scaleImage(CImage& out_img, unsigned int width, unsigned int height, TInterpolationMethod interp = IMG_INTERP_CUBIC) const;

    void rotateImage(
        CImage& out_img,
        double ang,
        unsigned int cx,
        unsigned int cy,
        double scale = 1.0
        ) const;

    virtual void setPixel(int x, int y, size_t color);

    virtual void line(
        int x0,
        int y0,
        int x1,
        int y1,
        const mrpt::img::TColor color,
        unsigned int width = 1,
        TPenStyle penStyle = psSolid
        );

    virtual void drawCircle(
        int x,
        int y,
        int radius,
        const mrpt::img::TColor& color = mrpt::img::TColor(255, 255, 255),
        unsigned int width = 1
        );

    virtual void drawImage(int x, int y, const mrpt::img::CImage& img);
    void equalizeHist(CImage& out_img) const;
    CImage scaleHalf(TInterpolationMethod interp) const;
    bool scaleHalf(CImage& out_image, TInterpolationMethod interp) const;
    CImage scaleDouble(TInterpolationMethod interp) const;
    void scaleDouble(CImage& out_image, TInterpolationMethod interp) const;
    void update_patch(const CImage& patch, const unsigned int col, const unsigned int row);

    void extract_patch(
        CImage& patch,
        const unsigned int col = 0,
        const unsigned int row = 0,
        const unsigned int width = 1,
        const unsigned int height = 1
        ) const;

    float correlate(const CImage& img2int, int width_init = 0, int height_init = 0) const;

    void cross_correlation_FFT(
        const CImage& in_img,
        math::CMatrixFloat& out_corr,
        int u_search_ini = -1,
        int v_search_ini = -1,
        int u_search_size = -1,
        int v_search_size = -1,
        float biasThisImg = 0,
        float biasInImg = 0
        ) const;

    void normalize();
    void flipVertical();
    void flipHorizontal();
    void swapRB();
    void undistort(CImage& out_img, const mrpt::img::TCamera& cameraParams) const;
    void rectifyImageInPlace(void* mapX, void* mapY);
    void filterMedian(CImage& out_img, int W = 3) const;
    void filterGaussian(CImage& out_img, int W = 3, int H = 3, double sigma = 1.0) const;

    bool drawChessboardCorners(
        std::vector<TPixelCoordf>& cornerCoords,
        unsigned int check_size_x,
        unsigned int check_size_y,
        unsigned int lines_width = 1,
        unsigned int circles_radius = 4
        );

    void joinImagesHorz(const CImage& im1, const CImage& im2);

    float KLT_response(
        const unsigned int x,
        const unsigned int y,
        const unsigned int half_window_size
        ) const;

    void setFromImageReadOnly(const CImage& o);
    CImage makeShallowCopy() const;
    CImage makeDeepCopy() const;
    void copyFromForceLoad(const CImage& o);
    void copyFastFrom(CImage& o);
    void loadFromIplImage(const IplImage* iplImage, copy_type_t c = DEEP_COPY);
    void setFromIplImageReadOnly(IplImage* iplImage);
    void swap(CImage& o);
    void asCvMat(cv::Mat& out_img, copy_type_t copy_type) const;

    template <typename CV_MAT>
    CV_MAT asCvMat(copy_type_t copy_type) const;

    cv::Mat& asCvMatRef();
    const cv::Mat& asCvMatRef() const;
    uint8_t* get_unsafe(unsigned int col, unsigned int row, uint8_t channel = 0) const;

    template <typename T>
    const T& at(
        unsigned int col,
        unsigned int row,
        unsigned int channel = 0
        ) const;

    template <typename T>
    T& at(
        unsigned int col,
        unsigned int row,
        unsigned int channel = 0
        );

    template <typename T>
    const T* ptr(
        unsigned int col,
        unsigned int row,
        unsigned int channel = 0
        ) const;

    template <typename T>
    T* ptr(
        unsigned int col,
        unsigned int row,
        unsigned int channel = 0
        );

    template <typename T>
    const T* ptrLine(unsigned int row) const;

    template <typename T>
    T* ptrLine(unsigned int row);

    float getAsFloat(unsigned int col, unsigned int row, unsigned int channel) const;
    float getAsFloat(unsigned int col, unsigned int row) const;
    unsigned char* operator () (unsigned int col, unsigned int row, unsigned int channel = 0) const;
    virtual size_t getWidth() const;
    virtual size_t getHeight() const;
    void getSize(TImageSize& s) const;
    TImageSize getSize() const;
    size_t getRowStride() const;
    std::string getChannelsOrder() const;
    float getMaxAsFloat() const;
    int channelCount() const;
    bool isColor() const;
    bool isEmpty() const;
    bool isOriginTopLeft() const;
    TImageChannels getChannelCount() const;

    void getAsMatrix(
        mrpt::math::CMatrixFloat& outMatrix,
        bool doResize = true,
        int x_min = 0,
        int y_min = 0,
        int x_max = -1,
        int y_max = -1,
        bool normalize_01 = true
        ) const;

    void getAsMatrix(
        mrpt::math::CMatrix_u8& outMatrix,
        bool doResize = true,
        int x_min = 0,
        int y_min = 0,
        int x_max = -1,
        int y_max = -1
        ) const;

    void getAsRGBMatrices(
        mrpt::math::CMatrixFloat& outMatrixR,
        mrpt::math::CMatrixFloat& outMatrixG,
        mrpt::math::CMatrixFloat& outMatrixB,
        bool doResize = true,
        int x_min = 0,
        int y_min = 0,
        int x_max = -1,
        int y_max = -1
        ) const;

    void getAsRGBMatrices(
        mrpt::math::CMatrix_u8& outMatrixR,
        mrpt::math::CMatrix_u8& outMatrixG,
        mrpt::math::CMatrix_u8& outMatrixB,
        bool doResize = true,
        int x_min = 0,
        int y_min = 0,
        int x_max = -1,
        int y_max = -1
        ) const;

    void getAsMatrixTiled(mrpt::math::CMatrixFloat& outMatrix) const;
    void setExternalStorage(const std::string& fileName);
    bool isExternallyStored() const;
    std::string getExternalStorageFile() const;
    void getExternalStorageFileAbsolutePath(std::string& out_path) const;
    std::string getExternalStorageFileAbsolutePath() const;
    void forceLoad() const;
    void unload() const;
    static const std::string& getImagesPathBase();
    static void setImagesPathBase(const std::string& path);

    void loadFromMemoryBuffer(
        unsigned int width,
        unsigned int height,
        bool color,
        unsigned char* rawpixels,
        bool swapRedBlue = false
        );

    void loadFromMemoryBuffer(
        unsigned int width,
        unsigned int height,
        unsigned int bytesPerRow,
        unsigned char* red,
        unsigned char* green,
        unsigned char* blue
        );

    template <typename MAT>
    void setFromMatrix(const MAT& m, bool matrix_is_normalized = true);

    template <typename MAT>
    void setFromRGBMatrices(
        const MAT& r,
        const MAT& g,
        const MAT& b,
        bool matrix_is_normalized = true
        );

    void loadFromStreamAsJPEG(mrpt::io::CStream& in);
    bool loadFromFile(const std::string& fileName, int isColor = -1);
    bool loadFromXPM(const char*const* xpm_array, bool swap_rb = true);
    bool saveToFile(const std::string& fileName, int jpeg_quality = 95) const;
    void saveToStreamAsJPEG(mrpt::io::CStream& out, const int jpeg_quality = 95) const;

    static bool loadTGA(
        const std::string& fileName,
        mrpt::img::CImage& out_RGB,
        mrpt::img::CImage& out_alpha
        );

    CImage grayscale() const;
    bool grayscale(CImage& ret) const;
    CImage colorImage() const;
    void colorImage(CImage& ret) const;
    void getAsIplImage(IplImage* dest) const;
};

Inherited Members

public:
    // enums

    enum TPenStyle;

    //
methods

    virtual void setPixel(int x, int y, size_t color) = 0;
    virtual size_t getWidth() const = 0;
    virtual size_t getHeight() const = 0;

    virtual void line(
        int x0,
        int y0,
        int x1,
        int y1,
        const mrpt::img::TColor color,
        unsigned int width = 1,
        TPenStyle penStyle = psSolid
        );

    void rectangle(int x0, int y0, int x1, int y1, const mrpt::img::TColor color, unsigned int width = 1);

    void triangle(
        int x0,
        int y0,
        int size,
        const mrpt::img::TColor color,
        bool inferior = true,
        unsigned int width = 1
        );

    virtual void filledRectangle(int x0, int y0, int x1, int y1, const mrpt::img::TColor color);
    virtual void textOut(int x0, int y0, const std::string& str, const mrpt::img::TColor color);
    virtual void selectTextFont(const std::string& fontName);
    virtual void drawImage(int x, int y, const mrpt::img::CImage& img);

    void drawMark(
        int x0,
        int y0,
        const mrpt::img::TColor color,
        char type,
        int size = 5,
        unsigned int width = 1
        );

    virtual void drawImage(
        int x,
        int y,
        const mrpt::img::CImage& img,
        float rotation,
        float scale
        );

    virtual void drawCircle(
        int x,
        int y,
        int radius,
        const mrpt::img::TColor& color = mrpt::img::TColor(255, 255, 255),
        unsigned int width = 1
        );

    void ellipseGaussian(
        const mrpt::math::CMatrixFixed<double, 2, 2>& cov2D,
        const double mean_x,
        const double mean_y,
        double confIntervalStds = 2,
        const mrpt::img::TColor& color = mrpt::img::TColor(255, 255, 255),
        unsigned int width = 1,
        int nEllipsePoints = 20
        );

    template <class FEATURELIST>
    void drawFeaturesSimple(
        const FEATURELIST& list,
        const TColor& color = TColor::red(),
        const int cross_size = 5
        );

    template <class FEATURELIST>
    void drawFeatures(
        const FEATURELIST& list,
        const TColor& color = TColor::red(),
        const bool showIDs = false,
        const bool showResponse = false,
        const bool showScale = false,
        const char marker = '+'
        );

Construction

CImage()

Default constructor: initialize to empty image.

It’s an error trying to access the image in such a state (except reading the image width/height, which are both zero). Either call resize(), assign from another image, load from disk, deserialize from an archive, etc. to properly initialize the image.

CImage(unsigned int width, unsigned int height, TImageChannels nChannels = CH_RGB)

Constructor for a given image size and type.

Examples:

CImage  img1(width, height,  CH_GRAY );  // Grayscale image (8U1C)
CImage  img2(width, height,  CH_RGB );  // RGB image (8U3C)
CImage(const CImage& other_img, ctor_CImage_ref_or_gray)

Fast constructor of a grayscale version of another image, making a shallow copy from the original image if it already was grayscale, or otherwise creating a new grayscale image and converting the original image into it.

Example of usage:

void my_func(const CImage &in_img) {
   const CImage gray_img(in_img, FAST_REF_OR_CONVERT_TO_GRAY);
   // We can now operate on "gray_img" being sure it's in grayscale.
}
CImage(const cv::Mat& img, copy_type_t copy_type)

Constructor from a cv::Mat image, making or not a deep copy of the data.

CImage(const CImage& img, copy_type_t copy_type)

Constructor from another CImage, making or not a deep copy of the data.

Methods

static void DISABLE_ZIP_COMPRESSION(bool val)

By default, when storing images through the CSerializable interface, grayscale images will be ZIP compressed if they are larger than 16Kb: this flag can be turn on to disable ZIP compression and gain speed versus occupied space.

(Default = false)

static void DISABLE_JPEG_COMPRESSION(bool val)

By default, when storing images through the CSerializable interface, RGB images are JPEG-compressed to save space.

If for some reason you prefer storing RAW image data, disable this feature by setting this flag to true. (Default = true)

static void SERIALIZATION_JPEG_QUALITY(int q)

Unless DISABLE_JPEG_COMPRESSION=true, this sets the JPEG quality (range 1-100) of serialized RGB images.

(Default = 95)

void clear()

Resets the image to the state after a default ctor.

Accessing the image after will throw an exception, unless it is formerly initialized somehow: loading an image from disk, calling rezize(), etc.

void resize(std::size_t width, std::size_t height, TImageChannels nChannels, PixelDepth depth = PixelDepth::D8U)

Changes the size of the image, erasing previous contents (does NOT scale its current content, for that, see scaleImage).

  • nChannels: Can be 3 for RGB images or 1 for grayscale images.

See also:

scaleImage

void scaleImage(
    CImage& out_img,
    unsigned int width,
    unsigned int height,
    TInterpolationMethod interp = IMG_INTERP_CUBIC
    ) const

Scales this image to a new size, interpolating as needed, saving the new image in a different output object, or operating in-place if out_img==this.

See also:

resize, rotateImage

void rotateImage(
    CImage& out_img,
    double ang,
    unsigned int cx,
    unsigned int cy,
    double scale = 1.0
    ) const

Rotates the image by the given angle around the given center point, with an optional scale factor.

See also:

resize, scaleImage

virtual void setPixel(int x, int y, size_t color)

Changes the value of the pixel (x,y).

Pixel coordinates starts at the left-top corner of the image, and start in (0,0). The meaning of the parameter “color” depends on the implementation: it will usually be a 24bit RGB value (0x00RRGGBB), but it can also be just a 8bit gray level. This method must support (x,y) values OUT of the actual image size without neither raising exceptions, nor leading to memory access errors.

See also:

at, ptr

virtual void line(
    int x0,
    int y0,
    int x1,
    int y1,
    const mrpt::img::TColor color,
    unsigned int width = 1,
    TPenStyle penStyle = psSolid
    )

Draws a line.

Parameters:

x0

The starting point x coordinate

y0

The starting point y coordinate

x1

The end point x coordinate

y1

The end point y coordinate

color

The color of the line

width

The desired width of the line (this is IGNORED in this virtual class) This method may be redefined in some classes implementing this interface in a more appropiate manner.

 
virtual void drawCircle(
    int x,
    int y,
    int radius,
    const mrpt::img::TColor& color = mrpt::img::TColor(255, 255, 255),
    unsigned int width = 1
    )

Draws a circle of a given radius.

Parameters:

x

The center - x coordinate in pixels.

y

The center - y coordinate in pixels.

radius

The radius - in pixels.

color

The color of the circle.

width

The desired width of the line (this is IGNORED in this virtual class)

 
virtual void drawImage(int x, int y, const mrpt::img::CImage& img)

Draws an image as a bitmap at a given position.

Parameters:

x0

The top-left corner x coordinates on this canvas where the image is to be drawn

y0

The top-left corner y coordinates on this canvas where the image is to be drawn

img

The image to be drawn in this canvas This method may be redefined in some classes implementing this interface in a more appropiate manner.

 
void equalizeHist(CImage& out_img) const

Equalize the image histogram, saving the new image in the given output object.

RGB images are first converted to HSV color space, then equalized for brightness (V)

CImage scaleHalf(TInterpolationMethod interp) const

Returns a new image scaled down to half its original size.

Parameters:

std::exception

On odd size

See also:

scaleDouble, scaleImage, scaleHalfSmooth

bool scaleHalf(CImage& out_image, TInterpolationMethod interp) const

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

Returns:

true if an optimized SSE2/SSE3 version could be used.

CImage scaleDouble(TInterpolationMethod interp) const

Returns a new image scaled up to double its original size.

Parameters:

std::exception

On odd size

See also:

scaleHalf, scaleImage

void scaleDouble(CImage& out_image, TInterpolationMethod interp) const

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

void update_patch(
    const CImage& patch,
    const unsigned int col,
    const unsigned int row
    )

Update a part of this image with the “patch” given as argument.

The “patch” will be “pasted” at the (col,row) coordinates of this image.

Parameters:

std::exception

if patch pasted on the pixel (_row, _column) jut out of the image.

See also:

extract_patch

void extract_patch(
    CImage& patch,
    const unsigned int col = 0,
    const unsigned int row = 0,
    const unsigned int width = 1,
    const unsigned int height = 1
    ) const

Extract a patch from this image, saveing it into “patch” (its previous contents will be overwritten).

The patch to extract starts at (col,row) and has the given dimensions.

See also:

update_patch

float correlate(const CImage& img2int, int width_init = 0, int height_init = 0) const

Computes the correlation coefficient (returned as val), between two images This function use grayscale images only img1, img2 must be same size (by AJOGD @ DEC-2006)

void cross_correlation_FFT(
    const CImage& in_img,
    math::CMatrixFloat& out_corr,
    int u_search_ini = -1,
    int v_search_ini = -1,
    int u_search_size = -1,
    int v_search_size = -1,
    float biasThisImg = 0,
    float biasInImg = 0
    ) const

Computes the correlation matrix between this image and another one.

This implementation uses the 2D FFT for achieving reduced computation time.

Parameters:

in_img

The “patch” image, which must be equal, or smaller than “this” image. This function supports gray-scale (1 channel only) images.

u_search_ini

The “x” coordinate of the search window.

v_search_ini

The “y” coordinate of the search window.

u_search_size

The width of the search window.

v_search_size

The height of the search window.

out_corr

The output for the correlation matrix, which will be “u_search_size” x “v_search_size”

biasThisImg

This optional parameter is a fixed “bias” value to be substracted to the pixels of “this” image before performing correlation.

biasInImg

This optional parameter is a fixed “bias” value to be substracted to the pixels of “in_img” image before performing correlation. Note: By default, the search area is the whole (this) image. (by JLBC @ JAN-2006)

See also:

cross_correlation

void normalize()

Optimize the brightness range of an image without using histogram Only for one channel images.

See also:

equalizeHist

void flipVertical()

Flips the image vertically.

See also:

swapRB(), flipHorizontal()

void flipHorizontal()

Flips the image horizontally.

See also:

swapRB(), flipVertical()

void swapRB()

Swaps red and blue channels.

void undistort(CImage& out_img, const mrpt::img::TCamera& cameraParams) const

Undistort the image according to some camera parameters, and returns an output undistorted image.

The intrinsic parameters (fx,fy,cx,cy) of the output image are the same than in the input image.

Parameters:

out_img

The output undistorted image

cameraParams

The input camera params (containing the intrinsic and distortion parameters of the camera)

See also:

mrpt::vision::CUndistortMap

void rectifyImageInPlace(void* mapX, void* mapY)

Rectify an image (undistorts and rectification) from a stereo pair according to a pair of precomputed rectification maps.

Parameters:

mapX

mapY

[IN] The pre-computed maps of the rectification (should be computed beforehand)

See also:

mrpt::vision::CStereoRectifyMap, mrpt::vision::computeStereoRectificationMaps

void filterMedian(CImage& out_img, int W = 3) const

Filter the image with a Median filter with a window size WxW, returning the filtered image in out_img.

For inplace operation, set out_img to this.

void filterGaussian(CImage& out_img, int W = 3, int H = 3, double sigma = 1.0) const

Filter the image with a Gaussian filter with a window size WxH, replacing “this” image by the filtered one.

For inplace operation, set out_img to this.

bool drawChessboardCorners(
    std::vector<TPixelCoordf>& cornerCoords,
    unsigned int check_size_x,
    unsigned int check_size_y,
    unsigned int lines_width = 1,
    unsigned int circles_radius = 4
    )

Draw onto this image the detected corners of a chessboard.

The length of cornerCoords must be the product of the two check_sizes.

Parameters:

cornerCoords

[IN] The pixel coordinates of all the corners.

check_size_x

[IN] The number of squares, in the X direction

check_size_y

[IN] The number of squares, in the Y direction

Returns:

false if the length of cornerCoords is inconsistent (nothing is drawn then).

See also:

mrpt::vision::findChessboardCorners

void joinImagesHorz(const CImage& im1, const CImage& im2)

Joins two images side-by-side horizontally.

Both images must have the same number of rows and be of the same type (i.e. depth and color mode)

Parameters:

im1

[IN] The first image.

im2

[IN] The other image.

 
float KLT_response(
    const unsigned int x,
    const unsigned int y,
    const unsigned int half_window_size
    ) const

Compute the KLT response at a given pixel (x,y) - Only for grayscale images (for efficiency it avoids converting to grayscale internally).

See KLT_response() for more details on the internal optimizations of this method, but this graph shows a general view:

KLT_response_performance_SSE2.png 
CImage makeShallowCopy() const

Returns a shallow copy of the original image.

CImage makeDeepCopy() const

Returns a deep copy of this image.

If the image is externally-stored, there is no difference with a shallow copy.

See also:

makeShallowCopy()

void copyFromForceLoad(const CImage& o)

Copies from another image (shallow copy), and, if it is externally stored, the image file will be actually loaded into memory in “this” object.

Parameters:

CExceptionExternalImageNotFound

If the external image couldn’t be loaded.

See also:

operator =

void copyFastFrom(CImage& o)

Moves an image from another object, erasing the origin image in the process.

See also:

operator =

void loadFromIplImage(const IplImage* iplImage, copy_type_t c = DEEP_COPY)

Assigns from an image in IplImage format.

void swap(CImage& o)

Efficiently swap of two images.

void asCvMat(cv::Mat& out_img, copy_type_t copy_type) const

Makes a shallow or deep copy of this image into the provided cv::Mat.

See also:

asCvMatRef

cv::Mat& asCvMatRef()

Get a reference to the internal cv::Mat, which can be resized, etc.

and changes will be reflected in this CImage object.

const cv::Mat& asCvMatRef() const

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

uint8_t* get_unsafe(unsigned int col, unsigned int row, uint8_t channel = 0) const

Access to pixels without checking boundaries - Use normally the () operator better, which checks the coordinates.

See also:

CImage::operator()

template <typename T>
const T& at(
    unsigned int col,
    unsigned int row,
    unsigned int channel = 0
    ) const

Access to pixels without checking boundaries, and doing a reinterpret_cast<> of the data as the given type.

See also:

The CImage::operator() which does check for coordinate limits.

template <typename T>
T& at(
    unsigned int col,
    unsigned int row,
    unsigned int channel = 0
    )

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

template <typename T>
const T* ptr(
    unsigned int col,
    unsigned int row,
    unsigned int channel = 0
    ) const

Returns a pointer to a given pixel, without checking for boundaries.

See also:

The CImage::operator() which does check for coordinate limits.

template <typename T>
T* ptr(
    unsigned int col,
    unsigned int row,
    unsigned int channel = 0
    )

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

template <typename T>
const T* ptrLine(unsigned int row) const

Returns a pointer to the first pixel of the given line.

See also:

ptr, at

template <typename T>
T* ptrLine(unsigned int row)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

float getAsFloat(unsigned int col, unsigned int row, unsigned int channel) const

Returns the contents of a given pixel at the desired channel, in float format: [0,255]->[0,1] The coordinate origin is pixel(0,0)=top-left corner of the image.

Parameters:

std::exception

On pixel coordinates out of bounds

See also:

operator()

float getAsFloat(unsigned int col, unsigned int row) const

Returns the contents of a given pixel (for gray-scale images, in color images the gray scale equivalent is computed for the pixel), in float format: [0,255]->[0,1] The coordinate origin is pixel(0,0)=top-left corner of the image.

Parameters:

std::exception

On pixel coordinates out of bounds

See also:

operator()

unsigned char* operator () (
    unsigned int col,
    unsigned int row,
    unsigned int channel = 0
    ) const

Returns a pointer to a given pixel information.

The coordinate origin is pixel(0,0)=top-left corner of the image.

Parameters:

std::exception

On pixel coordinates out of bounds

 
virtual size_t getWidth() const

Returns the width of the image in pixels.

See also:

getSize

virtual size_t getHeight() const

Returns the height of the image in pixels.

See also:

getSize

void getSize(TImageSize& s) const

Return the size of the image.

See also:

getWidth, getHeight

TImageSize getSize() const

Return the size of the image.

See also:

getWidth, getHeight

size_t getRowStride() const

Returns the row stride of the image: this is the number of bytes between two consecutive rows.

You can access the pointer to the first row with ptrLine(0)

See also:

getSize, as, ptr, ptrLine

std::string getChannelsOrder() const

As of mrpt 2.0.0, this returns either “GRAY” or “BGR”.

float getMaxAsFloat() const

Return the maximum pixel value of the image, as a float value in the range [0,1].

See also:

getAsFloat

int channelCount() const

Returns 1 (grayscale), 3 (RGB) or 4 (RGBA) [New in MRPT 2.1.1].

bool isColor() const

Returns true if the image is RGB or RGBA, false if it is grayscale.

bool isEmpty() const

Returns true if the object is in the state after default constructor.

bool isOriginTopLeft() const

Returns true (as of MRPT v2.0.0, it’s fixed)

TImageChannels getChannelCount() const

Returns the number of channels, typically 1 (GRAY) or 3 (RGB)

See also:

isColor

void getAsMatrix(
    mrpt::math::CMatrixFloat& outMatrix,
    bool doResize = true,
    int x_min = 0,
    int y_min = 0,
    int x_max = -1,
    int y_max = -1,
    bool normalize_01 = true
    ) const

Returns the image as a matrix with pixel grayscale values in the range [0,1].

Matrix indexes in this order: M(row,column)

Parameters:

doResize

If set to true (default), the output matrix will be always the size of the image at output. If set to false, the matrix will be enlarged to the size of the image, but it will not be cropped if it has room enough (useful for FFT2D,…)

x_min

The starting “x” coordinate to extract (default=0=the first column)

y_min

The starting “y” coordinate to extract (default=0=the first row)

x_max

The final “x” coordinate (inclusive) to extract (default=-1=the last column)

y_max

The final “y” coordinate (inclusive) to extract (default=-1=the last row)

normalize_01

Normalize the image values such that they fall in the range [0,1] (default: true). If set to false, the matrix will hold numbers in the range [0,255].

See also:

setFromMatrix

void getAsMatrix(
    mrpt::math::CMatrix_u8& outMatrix,
    bool doResize = true,
    int x_min = 0,
    int y_min = 0,
    int x_max = -1,
    int y_max = -1
    ) const

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

void getAsRGBMatrices(
    mrpt::math::CMatrixFloat& outMatrixR,
    mrpt::math::CMatrixFloat& outMatrixG,
    mrpt::math::CMatrixFloat& outMatrixB,
    bool doResize = true,
    int x_min = 0,
    int y_min = 0,
    int x_max = -1,
    int y_max = -1
    ) const

Returns the image as RGB matrices with pixel values in the range [0,1].

Matrix indexes in this order: M(row,column)

Parameters:

doResize

If set to true (default), the output matrix will be always the size of the image at output. If set to false, the matrix will be enlarged to the size of the image, but it will not be cropped if it has room enough (useful for FFT2D,…)

x_min

The starting “x” coordinate to extract (default=0=the first column)

y_min

The starting “y” coordinate to extract (default=0=the first row)

x_max

The final “x” coordinate (inclusive) to extract (default=-1=the last column)

y_max

The final “y” coordinate (inclusive) to extract (default=-1=the last row)

See also:

setFromRGBMatrices

void getAsRGBMatrices(
    mrpt::math::CMatrix_u8& outMatrixR,
    mrpt::math::CMatrix_u8& outMatrixG,
    mrpt::math::CMatrix_u8& outMatrixB,
    bool doResize = true,
    int x_min = 0,
    int y_min = 0,
    int x_max = -1,
    int y_max = -1
    ) const

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

void getAsMatrixTiled(mrpt::math::CMatrixFloat& outMatrix) const

Returns the image as a matrix, where the image is “tiled” (repeated) the required number of times to fill the entire size of the matrix on input.

void setExternalStorage(const std::string& fileName)

By using this method the image is marked as referenced to an external file, which will be loaded only under demand.

A CImage with external storage does not consume memory until some method trying to access the image is invoked (e.g. getWidth(), isColor(),…) At any moment, the image can be unloaded from memory again by invoking unload. An image becomes of type “external storage” only through calling setExternalStorage. This property remains after serializing the object. File names can be absolute, or relative to the CImage::getImagesPathBase() directory. Filenames staring with “X:" or “/” are considered absolute paths. By calling this method the current contents of the image are NOT saved to that file, because this method can be also called to let the object know where to load the image in case its contents are required. Thus, for saving images in this format (not when loading) the proper order of commands should be:

img.saveToFile( fileName );
img.setExternalStorage( fileName );

Modifications to the memory copy of the image are not automatically saved to disk.

See also:

unload, isExternallyStored

bool isExternallyStored() const

See setExternalStorage().

std::string getExternalStorageFile() const

Only if isExternallyStored() returns true.

See also:

getExternalStorageFileAbsolutePath

void getExternalStorageFileAbsolutePath(std::string& out_path) const

Only if isExternallyStored() returns true.

See also:

getExternalStorageFile

std::string getExternalStorageFileAbsolutePath() const

Only if isExternallyStored() returns true.

See also:

getExternalStorageFile

void forceLoad() const

For external storage image objects only, this method makes sure the image is loaded in memory.

Note that usually images are loaded on-the-fly on first access and there’s no need to call this.

void unload() const

For external storage image objects only, this method unloads the image from memory (or does nothing if already unloaded).

It does not need to be called explicitly, unless the user wants to save memory for images that will not be used often. If called for an image without the flag “external storage”, it is simply ignored.

See also:

setExternalStorage, forceLoad

static const std::string& getImagesPathBase()

By default, “.”.

See also:

setExternalStorage

void loadFromMemoryBuffer(
    unsigned int width,
    unsigned int height,
    bool color,
    unsigned char* rawpixels,
    bool swapRedBlue = false
    )

Reads the image from raw pixels buffer in memory.

void loadFromMemoryBuffer(
    unsigned int width,
    unsigned int height,
    unsigned int bytesPerRow,
    unsigned char* red,
    unsigned char* green,
    unsigned char* blue
    )

Reads a color image from three raw pixels buffers in memory.

bytesPerRow is the number of bytes per row per channel, i.e. the row increment.

template <typename MAT>
void setFromMatrix(
    const MAT& m,
    bool matrix_is_normalized = true
    )

Set the image from a matrix, interpreted as grayscale intensity values, in the range [0,1] (normalized=true) or [0,255] (normalized=false) Matrix indexes are assumed to be in this order: M(row,column)

See also:

getAsMatrix

template <typename MAT>
void setFromRGBMatrices(
    const MAT& r,
    const MAT& g,
    const MAT& b,
    bool matrix_is_normalized = true
    )

Set the image from RGB matrices, given the pixels in the range [0,1] (normalized=true) or [0,255] (normalized=false) Matrix indexes are assumed to be in this order: M(row,column)

See also:

getAsRGBMatrices

void loadFromStreamAsJPEG(mrpt::io::CStream& in)

Reads the image from a binary stream containing a binary jpeg file.

Parameters:

std::exception

On pixel coordinates out of bounds

 
bool loadFromFile(const std::string& fileName, int isColor = -1)

Load image from a file, whose format is determined from the extension (internally uses OpenCV).

  • Windows bitmaps - BMP, DIB;

  • JPEG files - JPEG, JPG, JPE;

  • Portable Network Graphics - PNG;

  • Portable image format - PBM, PGM, PPM;

  • Sun rasters - SR, RAS;

  • TIFF files - TIFF, TIF.

Parameters:

fileName

The file to read from.

isColor

Specifies colorness of the loaded image:

  • if >0, the loaded image is forced to be color 3-channel image;

  • if 0, the loaded image is forced to be grayscale;

  • if <0, the loaded image will be loaded as is (with number of channels depends on the file). The supported formats are:

Returns:

False on any error

See also:

saveToFile, setExternalStorage, loadFromXPM, loadTGA

bool loadFromXPM(const char*const* xpm_array, bool swap_rb = true)

Loads the image from an XPM array, as #include’d from a “.xpm” file.

Parameters:

swap_rb

Swaps red/blue channels from loaded image. Seems to be always needed, so it’s enabled by default.

Returns:

false on any error

false on any error

See also:

loadFromFile

loadFromFile

bool saveToFile(const std::string& fileName, int jpeg_quality = 95) const

Save the image to a file, whose format is determined from the extension (internally uses OpenCV).

The supported formats are:

  • Windows bitmaps - BMP, DIB;

  • JPEG files - JPEG, JPG, JPE;

  • Portable Network Graphics - PNG;

  • Portable image format - PBM, PGM, PPM;

  • Sun rasters - SR, RAS;

  • TIFF files - TIFF, TIF.

jpeg_quality is only effective if MRPT is compiled against OpenCV 1.1.0 or newer.

Parameters:

fileName

The file to write to.

jpeg_quality

Only for JPEG files, the quality of the compression in the range [0-100]. Larger is better quality but slower.

Returns:

False on any error

See also:

loadFromFile

void saveToStreamAsJPEG(mrpt::io::CStream& out, const int jpeg_quality = 95) const

Save image to binary stream as a JPEG (.jpg) compressed format.

Parameters:

std::exception

On number of rows or cols equal to zero or other errors.

See also:

saveToJPEG

static bool loadTGA(
    const std::string& fileName,
    mrpt::img::CImage& out_RGB,
    mrpt::img::CImage& out_alpha
    )

Loads a TGA true-color RGBA image as two CImage objects, one for the RGB channels plus a separate gray-level image with A channel.

Returns:

true on success

CImage grayscale() const

Returns a grayscale version of the image, or a shallow copy of itself if it is already a grayscale image.

CImage colorImage() const

Returns a color (RGB) version of the grayscale image, or a shallow copy of itself if it is already a color image.

See also:

grayscale

void getAsIplImage(IplImage* dest) const

(DEPRECATED, DO NOT USE - Kept here only to interface opencv 2.4)