Example: poses_sog_merge_example

Example of how to merge overlapping modes of a Sum Of Gaussians (SOG) representation of a pose, in this case, a SE(2) SoG probability distribution function.

C++ example source code:

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#include <mrpt/gui/CDisplayWindow3D.h>
#include <mrpt/io/CFileGZOutputStream.h>
#include <mrpt/opengl/CGridPlaneXY.h>
#include <mrpt/poses/CPosePDFSOG.h>
#include <mrpt/serialization/CArchive.h>
#include <mrpt/system/os.h>

#include <iostream>

using namespace mrpt;
using namespace mrpt::poses;
using namespace mrpt::opengl;
using namespace mrpt::gui;
using namespace mrpt::io;
using namespace mrpt::system;
using namespace mrpt::serialization;
using namespace std;

/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    Test_SoG_Merge
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
void Test_SoG_Merge()
{
    CPosePDFSOG pdf;

    CPosePDFSOG::TGaussianMode m;
    m.mean = CPose2D(1.1, -0.1, -2.0_deg);

    m.cov.setIdentity();
    m.cov(0, 0) = m.cov(1, 1) = square(0.1);
    m.cov(2, 2) = square(2.0_deg);
    m.log_w = 0;

    pdf.clear();
    pdf.push_back(m);

    m.mean = CPose2D(1.1, 0.1, 2.0_deg);
    pdf.push_back(m);

    m.mean = CPose2D(2, 0, 20.0_deg);
    pdf.push_back(m);

    cout << "Initial PDF: mean: " << pdf.getMeanVal() << endl;
    cout << pdf.getCovariance() << endl << endl;

#if MRPT_HAS_WXWIDGETS
    CDisplayWindow3D win_before("Before merge");
    CDisplayWindow3D win_after("After merge");
#endif

    {
        Scene scene;
        CSetOfObjects::Ptr o = CSetOfObjects::Create();
        pdf.getAs3DObject(o);
        scene.insert(o);
        scene.insert(CGridPlaneXY::Create(-5, 5, -5, 5, 0, 1));

        CFileGZOutputStream f("sog_before.3Dscene");
        archiveFrom(f) << scene;

#if MRPT_HAS_WXWIDGETS
        Scene::Ptr sc = win_before.get3DSceneAndLock();
        *sc = scene;
        win_before.unlockAccess3DScene();
        win_before.setCameraZoom(5);
        win_before.setCameraPointingToPoint(1, 0, 0);
        win_before.forceRepaint();
#endif
    }

    cout << "Merging...";
    pdf.mergeModes(0.9, true);
    cout << " # modes after: " << pdf.size() << endl;

    cout << "Final PDF: mean: " << pdf.getMeanVal() << endl;
    cout << pdf.getCovariance() << endl << endl;

    {
        Scene scene;
        CSetOfObjects::Ptr o = CSetOfObjects::Create();
        pdf.getAs3DObject(o);
        scene.insert(o);
        scene.insert(CGridPlaneXY::Create(-5, 5, -5, 5, 0, 1));

        CFileGZOutputStream f("sog_after.3Dscene");
        archiveFrom(f) << scene;

#if MRPT_HAS_WXWIDGETS
        Scene::Ptr sc = win_after.get3DSceneAndLock();
        *sc = scene;
        win_after.unlockAccess3DScene();
        win_after.setCameraZoom(5);
        win_after.setCameraPointingToPoint(1, 0, 0);
        win_after.forceRepaint();
#endif
    }

#if MRPT_HAS_WXWIDGETS
    cout << "Push any key to exit..." << endl;
    mrpt::system::os::getch();
#endif
}

// ------------------------------------------------------
//                      MAIN
// ------------------------------------------------------
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    try
    {
        Test_SoG_Merge();

        return 0;
    }
    catch (const std::exception& e)
    {
        std::cerr << "MRPT error: " << mrpt::exception_to_str(e) << std::endl;
        return -1;
    }
    catch (...)
    {
        printf("Untyped exception!");
        return -1;
    }
}