CPointPDF.h

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#ifndef CPointPDF_H
#define CPointPDF_H

#include <mrpt/utils/CSerializable.h>
#include <mrpt/utils/CProbabilityDensityFunction.h>
#include <mrpt/poses/CPoint3D.h>
#include <mrpt/poses/CPosePDF.h>

namespace mrpt
{
namespace poses
{
/** Declares a class that represents a Probability Distribution
 *    function (PDF) of a 3D point (x,y,z).
 *   This class is just the base class for unifying many diferent
 *    ways this PDF can be implemented.
 *
 *  For convenience, a pose composition is also defined for any
 *    PDF derived class, changeCoordinatesReference, in the form of a method
 * rather than an operator.
 *
 *  For a similar class for 6D poses (a 3D point with attitude), see CPose3DPDF
 *
 *  See also the tutorial on <a
 * href="http://www.mrpt.org/Probability_Density_Distributions_Over_Spatial_Representations">probabilistic
 * spatial representations in the MRPT</a>.
 *
 * \sa CPoint3D
 * \ingroup poses_pdf_grp
 */
class CPointPDF : public mrpt::utils::CSerializable,
                                  public mrpt::utils::CProbabilityDensityFunction<CPoint3D, 3>
{
        DEFINE_VIRTUAL_SERIALIZABLE(CPointPDF)

   public:
        /** Copy operator, translating if necesary (for example, between particles
         * and gaussian representations)
          */
        virtual void copyFrom(const CPointPDF& o) = 0;

        /** Bayesian fusion of two point distributions (product of two
         * distributions->new distribution), then save the result in this object
         * (WARNING: See implementing classes to see classes that can and cannot be
         * mixtured!)
          * \param p1 The first distribution to fuse
          * \param p2 The second distribution to fuse
          * \param minMahalanobisDistToDrop If set to different of 0, the result of
         * very separate Gaussian modes (that will result in negligible components)
         * in SOGs will be dropped to reduce the number of modes in the output.
          */
        virtual void bayesianFusion(
                const CPointPDF& p1, const CPointPDF& p2,
                const double& minMahalanobisDistToDrop = 0) = 0;

        enum
        {
                is_3D_val = 1
        };
        static inline bool is_3D() { return is_3D_val != 0; }
        enum
        {
                is_PDF_val = 1
        };
        static inline bool is_PDF() { return is_PDF_val != 0; }
        /** Returns a 3D representation of this PDF (it doesn't clear the current
         * contents of out_obj, but append new OpenGL objects to that list)
          * \note Needs the mrpt-opengl library, and using
         * mrpt::opengl::CSetOfObjects::Ptr as template argument.
          * \note By default, ellipsoids for the confidence intervals of  "q=3" are
         * drawn; for more mathematical details, see
         * CGeneralizedEllipsoidTemplate::setQuantiles()
          */
        template <class OPENGL_SETOFOBJECTSPTR>
        inline void getAs3DObject(OPENGL_SETOFOBJECTSPTR& out_obj) const
        {
                typedef typename OPENGL_SETOFOBJECTSPTR::element_type SETOFOBJECTS;
                out_obj->insertCollection(*SETOFOBJECTS::posePDF2opengl(*this));
        }

        /** Returns a 3D representation of this PDF.
          * \note Needs the mrpt-opengl library, and using
         * mrpt::opengl::CSetOfObjects::Ptr as template argument.
          */
        template <class OPENGL_SETOFOBJECTSPTR, class OPENGL_SETOFOBJECTS>
        inline OPENGL_SETOFOBJECTSPTR getAs3DObject() const
        {
                typedef typename OPENGL_SETOFOBJECTSPTR::value_type SETOFOBJECTS;
                return SETOFOBJECTS::posePDF2opengl(*this);
        }

};  // End of class def.
}  // End of namespace
}  // End of namespace

#endif