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#pragma once
 
#include <mrpt/serialization/CSerializable.h>
#include <mrpt/math/eigen_frwds.h>
#include <mrpt/img/CCanvas.h>
#include <mrpt/img/TCamera.h>
#include <mrpt/img/TPixelCoord.h>
 
// Add for declaration of mexplus::from template specialization
DECLARE_MEXPLUS_FROM(mrpt::img::CImage)
 
namespace mrpt
{
namespace io
{
class CStream;
}
namespace img
{
/** Interpolation methods for images.
 *  Used for OpenCV related operations with images, but also with MRPT native
 * classes.
 * \sa mrpt::img::CMappedImage, CImage::scaleImage
 * \ingroup mrpt_img_grp
 */
enum TInterpolationMethod
{
        IMG_INTERP_NN = 0,
        IMG_INTERP_LINEAR = 1,
        IMG_INTERP_CUBIC = 2,
        IMG_INTERP_AREA = 3
};
 
/** For use in mrpt::img::CImage */
using TImageChannels = int;
#define CH_GRAY 1
#define CH_RGB 3
 
/** For usage in one of the CImage constructors */
enum TConstructorFlags_CImage
{
        UNINITIALIZED_IMAGE = 0,
        FAST_REF_OR_CONVERT_TO_GRAY = 1
};
 
/** Used in mrpt::img::CImage */
class CExceptionExternalImageNotFound : public std::runtime_error
{
   public:
        CExceptionExternalImageNotFound(const std::string& s)
                : std::runtime_error(s)
        {
        }
};
 
/** A class for storing images as grayscale or RGB bitmaps.
 *  File I/O is supported as:
 *              - Binary dump using the CSerializable interface(<< and >> operators),
 *just
 *as most objects
 *          in the MRPT library. This format is not compatible with any
 *standarized image format.
 *              - Saving/loading from files of different formats (bmp,jpg,png,...) using
 *the methods CImage::loadFromFile and CImage::saveToFile.
 *        Available formats are all those supported by OpenCV
 *              - Importing from an XPM array (.xpm file format) using
 *CImage::loadFromXPM
 *              - Importing TGA images. See CImage::loadTGA()
 *
 *  How to create color/grayscale images:
 *  \code
 *    CImage  img1(width, height,  CH_GRAY );  // Grayscale image (8U1C)
 *    CImage  img2(width, height,  CH_RGB );  // RGB image (8U3C)
 *  \endcode
 *
 * Additional notes:
 *              - The OpenCV "IplImage" format is used internally for compatibility with
 *all OpenCV functions. Use CImage::getAs<IplImage>() to retrieve the internal
 *structure. Example:
 *         \code
 *            CImage  img;
 *            ...
 *            // Call to OpenCV function expecting an "IplImage *" or a "void*
 *arr":
 *            cv::Mat cvImg = cv::cvarrToMat( img.getAs<IplImage>() );
 *            cvFunction( img.getAs<IplImage>(), ... );
 *         \endcode
 *              - Only the unsigned 8-bit storage format for pixels (on each channel) is
 *supported.
 *              - 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.
 *              - To move images from one object to the another, use
 *CImage::copyFastFrom
 *rather than the copy operator =.
 *              - If you are interested in a smart pointer to an image, use:
 *  \code
 *    CImage::Ptr   myImg::Ptr = CImage::Ptr( new CImage(...) );
 *  \endcode
 *              - To set a CImage from an OpenCV "IPLImage*", use the methods:
 *                      - CImage::loadFromIplImage
 *                      - CImage::setFromIplImage
 *                      - CImage::CImage(void *IPL)
 *
 *   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 \ref sse_optimizations "this page".
 *If optimized versions are not available in some
 *   platform it falls back to default OpenCV methods.
 *
 * For many computer vision functions that use CImage as its image data type,
 *see mrpt::vision.
 *
 * \note This class acts as a wrapper class to a small subset of OpenCV
 *functions. IplImage is the internal storage structure.
 *
 * \sa mrpt::vision, mrpt::vision::CFeatureExtractor,
 *mrpt::vision::CImagePyramid, CSerializable, CCanvas
 * \ingroup mrpt_img_grp
 */
class CImage : public mrpt::serialization::CSerializable, public CCanvas
{
        DEFINE_SERIALIZABLE(CImage)
 
        // This must be added for declaration of MEX-related functions
        DECLARE_MEX_CONVERSION
 
   public:
        // ================================================================
        /** @name Constructors & destructor
                @{ */
 
        /** Default constructor: initialize an 1x1 RGB image. */
        CImage();
 
        /** Constructor for a given image size and type.
         *  Examples:
         *   \code
         *    CImage  img1(width, height,  CH_GRAY );  // Grayscale image (8U1C)
         *    CImage  img2(width, height,  CH_RGB );  // RGB image (8U3C)
         *   \endcode
         */
        CImage(
                unsigned int width, unsigned int height,
                TImageChannels nChannels = CH_RGB, bool originTopLeft = true);
 
        /** Copy constructor, makes a full copy of the original image contents
         * (unless it was externally stored, in that case, this new image will just
         * point to the same image file). */
        CImage(const CImage& o);
 
        /** Fast constructor that leaves the image uninitialized (the internal
         * IplImage pointer set to nullptr).
         *  Use only when you know the image will be soon be assigned another
         * image.
         *  Example of usage:
         *   \code
         *    CImage myImg(UNINITIALIZED_IMAGE);
         *   \endcode
         */
        inline CImage(TConstructorFlags_CImage)
                : img(nullptr), m_imgIsReadOnly(false), m_imgIsExternalStorage(false)
        {
        }
 
        /** Fast constructor of a grayscale version of another image, making a
         * <b>reference</b> to the original image if it already was in grayscale, or
         * otherwise creating a new grayscale image and converting the original
         * image into it.
         *   It's <b>very important to keep in mind</b> that the original image
         * can't be destroyed before the new object being created with this
         * constructor.
         * Example of usage:
         *   \code
         *     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.
         *     }
         *   \endcode
         */
        inline CImage(
                const CImage& other_img, TConstructorFlags_CImage constructor_flag)
                : img(nullptr), m_imgIsReadOnly(false), m_imgIsExternalStorage(false)
        {
                MRPT_UNUSED_PARAM(constructor_flag);
                if (other_img.isColor())
                        other_img.grayscale(*this);
                else
                        this->setFromImageReadOnly(other_img);
        }
 
        /** Constructor from an IPLImage*, making a copy of the image.
         * \sa loadFromIplImage, setFromIplImage
         */
        CImage(void* iplImage);
 
        /** Explicit constructor from a matrix, interpreted as grayscale intensity
         * values, in the range [0,1] (normalized=true) or [0,255]
         * (normalized=false)
         * \sa setFromMatrix
         */
        template <typename Derived>
        explicit inline CImage(
                const Eigen::MatrixBase<Derived>& m, bool matrix_is_normalized)
                : img(nullptr), m_imgIsReadOnly(false), m_imgIsExternalStorage(false)
        {
                this->setFromMatrix(m, matrix_is_normalized);
        }
 
        /** Destructor: */
        virtual ~CImage();
 
        /** @} */
        // ================================================================
 
        /** @name Serialization format global flags
                @{ */
 
        /** 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 bool DISABLE_ZIP_COMPRESSION;
 
        /** 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 = false) */
        static bool DISABLE_JPEG_COMPRESSION;
 
        /** Unless DISABLE_JPEG_COMPRESSION=true, this sets the JPEG quality (range
         * 1-100) of serialized RGB images.
         *  (Default = 95) */
        static int SERIALIZATION_JPEG_QUALITY;
 
        /** @} */
 
        // ================================================================
        /** @name Manipulate the image contents or size, various computer-vision
           methods (image filters, undistortion, etc.)
                @{ */
 
        /** 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.
         *  - originTopLeft: Is true if the top-left corner is (0,0). In other
         * case, the reference is the bottom-left corner.
         * \sa scaleImage
         */
        inline void resize(
                unsigned int width, unsigned int height, TImageChannels nChannels,
                bool originTopLeft)
        {
                changeSize(width, height, nChannels, originTopLeft);
        }
 
        /** Scales this image to a new size, interpolating as needed.
         * \sa resize, rotateImage
         */
        void scaleImage(
                unsigned int width, unsigned int height,
                TInterpolationMethod interp = IMG_INTERP_CUBIC);
 
        /** Scales this image to a new size, interpolating as needed, saving the new
         * image in a different output object.
         * \sa resize, rotateImage
         */
        void scaleImage(
                CImage& out_img, unsigned int width, unsigned int height,
                TInterpolationMethod interp = IMG_INTERP_CUBIC) const;
 
        /** Rotates the image by the given angle around the given center point, with
         * an optional scale factor.
         * \sa resize, scaleImage
         */
        void rotateImage(
                double angle_radians, unsigned int center_x, unsigned int center_y,
                double scale = 1.0);
 
        /** 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.
         */
        void setPixel(int x, int y, size_t color) override;
 
        /** Changes the property of the image stating if the top-left corner (vs.
         * bottom-left) is the coordinate reference */
        void setOriginTopLeft(bool val);
 
        /** Draws a line.
         * \param x0 The starting point x coordinate
         * \param y0 The starting point y coordinate
         * \param x1 The end point x coordinate
         * \param y1 The end point y coordinate
         * \param color The color of the line
         * \param 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.
         */
        void line(
                int x0, int y0, int x1, int y1, const mrpt::img::TColor color,
                unsigned int width = 1, TPenStyle penStyle = psSolid) override;
 
        /** Draws a circle of a given radius.
         * \param x The center - x coordinate in pixels.
         * \param y The center - y coordinate in pixels.
         * \param radius The radius - in pixels.
         * \param color The color of the circle.
         * \param width The desired width of the line
         */
        void drawCircle(
                int x, int y, int radius,
                const mrpt::img::TColor& color = mrpt::img::TColor(255, 255, 255),
                unsigned int width = 1) override;
 
        /** Equalize the image histogram, replacing the original image. \note RGB
         * images are first converted to HSV color space, then equalized for
         * brightness (V) */
        void equalizeHistInPlace();
        /** Equalize the image histogram, saving the new image in the given output
         * object.  \note RGB images are first converted to HSV color space, then
         * equalized for brightness (V) */
        void equalizeHist(CImage& outImg) const;
 
        /** Returns a new image scaled down to half its original size.
         * \exception std::exception On odd size
         * \sa scaleDouble, scaleImage, scaleHalfSmooth
         */
        CImage scaleHalf() const
        {
                CImage ret(UNINITIALIZED_IMAGE);
                this->scaleHalf(ret);
                return ret;
        }
 
        //! \overload
        void scaleHalf(CImage& out_image) const;
 
        /** Returns a new image scaled down to half its original size (averaging
         * between every two rows)
         * \exception std::exception On odd size
         * \sa scaleDouble, scaleImage, scaleHalf
         */
        CImage scaleHalfSmooth() const
        {
                CImage ret(UNINITIALIZED_IMAGE);
                this->scaleHalfSmooth(ret);
                return ret;
        }
 
        //! \overload
        void scaleHalfSmooth(CImage& out_image) const;
 
        /** Returns a new image scaled up to double its original size.
         * \exception std::exception On odd size
         * \sa scaleHalf, scaleImage
         */
        CImage scaleDouble() const
        {
                CImage ret(UNINITIALIZED_IMAGE);
                this->scaleDouble(ret);
                return ret;
        }
 
        //! \overload
        void scaleDouble(CImage& out_image) const;
 
        /** 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.
         * \exception std::exception if patch pasted on the pixel (_row, _column)
         * jut out
         * of the image.
         * \sa extract_patch
         */
        void update_patch(
                const CImage& patch, const unsigned int col, const unsigned int row);
 
        /** 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.
         * \sa update_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;
 
        /** 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)
         */
        float correlate(
                const CImage& img2int, int width_init = 0, int height_init = 0) const;
 
        /**     Computes the correlation between this image and another one,
         * encapsulating the openCV function cvMatchTemplate
         *
         * \param patch_img The "patch" image, which must be equal, or smaller than
         * "this" image. This function supports gray-scale (1 channel only) images.
         * \param u_search_ini The "x" coordinate of the search window.
         * \param v_search_ini The "y" coordinate of the search window.
         * \param u_search_size The width of the search window.
         * \param v_search_size The height of the search window.
         * \param u_max The u coordinate where find the maximun cross correlation
         * value.
         * \param v_max The v coordinate where find the maximun cross correlation
         * value
         * \param max_val The maximun value of cross correlation which we can find
         * \param out_corr_image  If a !=nullptr pointer is provided, it will be
         * saved here the correlation image. The size of the output image is
         * (this_width-patch_width+1, this_height-patch_height+1 )
         *  Note: By default, the search area is the whole (this) image.
         * (by AJOGD @ MAR-2007)
         */
        void cross_correlation(
                const CImage& patch_img, size_t& u_max, size_t& v_max, double& max_val,
                int u_search_ini = -1, int v_search_ini = -1, int u_search_size = -1,
                int v_search_size = -1, CImage* out_corr_image = nullptr) const;
 
        /**     Computes the correlation matrix between this image and another one.
         *   This implementation uses the 2D FFT for achieving reduced computation
         * time.
         * \param in_img The "patch" image, which must be equal, or smaller than
         * "this" image. This function supports gray-scale (1 channel only) images.
         * \param u_search_ini The "x" coordinate of the search window.
         * \param v_search_ini The "y" coordinate of the search window.
         * \param u_search_size The width of the search window.
         * \param v_search_size The height of the search window.
         * \param out_corr The output for the correlation matrix, which will be
         * "u_search_size" x "v_search_size"
         * \param biasThisImg This optional parameter is a fixed "bias" value to be
         * substracted to the pixels of "this" image before performing correlation.
         * \param 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)
         * \sa cross_correlation
         */
        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;
 
        /** Optimize the brightness range of an image without using histogram
         * Only for one channel images.
         * \sa equalizeHist
         */
        void normalize();
 
        /** Flips the image vertically. \sa swapRB(), flipHorizontal() */
        void flipVertical(bool also_swapRB = false);
        /** Flips the image horizontally \sa swapRB(), flipVertical() */
        void flipHorizontal();
 
        /** Swaps red and blue channels. */
        void swapRB();
 
        /** Rectify (un-distort) the image according to some camera parameters, and
         * returns an output un-distorted image.
         * \param out_img The output rectified image
         * \param cameraParams The input camera params (containing the intrinsic
         * and distortion parameters of the camera)
         * \sa mrpt::vision::CUndistortMap
         */
        void rectifyImage(
                CImage& out_img, const mrpt::img::TCamera& cameraParams) const;
 
        /** Rectify (un-distort) the image according to a certain camera matrix and
         * vector of distortion coefficients, replacing "this" with the rectified
         * image
         * \param cameraParams The input camera params (containing the intrinsic
         * and distortion parameters of the camera)
         * \sa mrpt::vision::CUndistortMap
         */
        void rectifyImageInPlace(const mrpt::img::TCamera& cameraParams);
 
        /** Rectify an image (undistorts and rectification) from a stereo pair
         * according to a pair of precomputed rectification maps
         * \param mapX, mapY   [IN] The pre-computed maps of the rectification
         * (should be computed beforehand)
         * \sa mrpt::vision::CStereoRectifyMap,
         * mrpt::vision::computeStereoRectificationMaps
         */
        void rectifyImageInPlace(void* mapX, void* mapY);
 
        /** Filter the image with a Median filter with a window size WxW, returning
         * the filtered image in out_img  */
        void filterMedian(CImage& out_img, int W = 3) const;
 
        /** Filter the image with a Median filter with a window size WxH, replacing
         * "this" image by the filtered one. */
        void filterMedianInPlace(int W = 3);
 
        /** Filter the image with a Gaussian filter with a window size WxH,
         * returning the filtered image in out_img  */
        void filterGaussianInPlace(int W = 3, int H = 3);
 
        /** Filter the image with a Gaussian filter with a window size WxH,
         * replacing "this" image by the filtered one. */
        void filterGaussian(CImage& out_img, int W = 3, int H = 3) const;
 
        /** Draw onto this image the detected corners of a chessboard. The length of
         * cornerCoords must be the product of the two check_sizes.
         *
         * \param cornerCoords [IN] The pixel coordinates of all the corners.
         * \param check_size_x [IN] The number of squares, in the X direction
         * \param check_size_y [IN] The number of squares, in the Y direction
         *
         * \return false if the length of cornerCoords is inconsistent (nothing is
         * drawn then).
         *
         * \sa mrpt::vision::findChessboardCorners
         */
        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);
 
        /** 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)
         *
         * \param im1 [IN] The first image.
         * \param im2 [IN] The other image.
         */
        void joinImagesHorz(const CImage& im1, const CImage& im2);
 
        /** 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_optimized for more details on the internal
         * optimizations of this method, but this graph shows a general view:
         *  <img src="KLT_response_performance_SSE2.png" >
         */
        float KLT_response(
                const unsigned int x, const unsigned int y,
                const unsigned int half_window_size) const;
 
        /** @} */
        // ================================================================
 
        // ================================================================
        /** @name Copy, move & swap  operations
                @{ */
 
        /** Copy operator (if the image is externally stored, the writen image will
         * be such as well).
         * \sa copyFastFrom
         */
        CImage& operator=(const CImage& o);
 
        /** Copies from another image, and, if that one is externally stored, the
         * image file will be actually loaded into memory in "this" object.
         * \sa operator =
         * \exception CExceptionExternalImageNotFound If the external image
         * couldn't be loaded.
         */
        void copyFromForceLoad(const CImage& o);
 
        /** Moves an image from another object, erasing the origin image in the
         * process (this is much faster than copying)
         * \sa operator =
         */
        void copyFastFrom(CImage& o);
 
        /** Very efficient swap of two images (just swap the internal pointers) */
        void swap(CImage& o);
 
        /** @} */
        // ================================================================
 
        // ================================================================
        /** @name Access to image contents (IplImage structure and raw pixels).
                @{ */
 
        /** Returns a pointer to a const T* containing the image - the idea is to
         * call like "img.getAs<IplImage>()" so we can avoid here including OpenCV's
         * headers. */
        template <typename T>
        inline const T* getAs() const
        {
                makeSureImageIsLoaded();
                return static_cast<const T*>(img);
        }
        /** Returns a pointer to a T* containing the image - the idea is to call
         * like "img.getAs<IplImage>()" so we can avoid here including OpenCV's
         * headers. */
        template <typename T>
        inline T* getAs()
        {
                makeSureImageIsLoaded();
                return static_cast<T*>(img);
        }
 
        /**  Access to pixels without checking boundaries - Use normally the ()
          operator better, which checks the coordinates.
          \sa CImage::operator()
          */
        unsigned char* get_unsafe(
                unsigned int col, unsigned int row, unsigned int channel = 0) 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.
         * \exception std::exception On pixel coordinates out of bounds
         * \sa operator()
         */
        float getAsFloat(
                unsigned int col, unsigned int row, unsigned int channel) 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.
         * \exception std::exception On pixel coordinates out of bounds
         * \sa operator()
         */
        float getAsFloat(unsigned int col, unsigned int row) const;
 
        /** Returns a pointer to a given pixel information.
         *   The coordinate origin is pixel(0,0)=top-left corner of the image.
         * \exception std::exception On pixel coordinates out of bounds
         */
        unsigned char* operator()(
                unsigned int col, unsigned int row, unsigned int channel = 0) const;
 
        /** @} */
        // ================================================================
 
        // ================================================================
        /** @name Query image properties
                @{ */
 
        /** Returns the width of the image in pixels \sa getSize */
        size_t getWidth() const override;
        /** Returns the height of the image in pixels \sa getSize */
        size_t getHeight() const override;
 
        /** Return the size of the image \sa getWidth, getHeight */
        void getSize(TImageSize& s) const;
        /** Return the size of the image \sa getWidth, getHeight */
        inline TImageSize getSize() const
        {
                TImageSize ret;
                getSize(ret);
                return ret;
        }
 
        /** 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 get_unsafe(0,0)
         * \sa getSize, get_unsafe */
        size_t getRowStride() const;
 
        /** Return the maximum pixel value of the image, as a float value in the
         * range [0,1]
         * \sa getAsFloat */
        float getMaxAsFloat() const;
 
        /** Returns true if the image is RGB, false if it is grayscale */
        bool isColor() const;
 
        /** Returns true if the coordinates origin is top-left, or false if it is
         * bottom-left  */
        bool isOriginTopLeft() const;
 
        /** Returns a string of the form "BGR","RGB" or "GRAY" indicating the
         * channels ordering. \sa setChannelsOrder, swapRB */
        const char* getChannelsOrder() const;
 
        /** Marks the channel ordering in a color image as "RGB" (this doesn't
         * actually modify the image data, just the format description) \sa
         * getChannelsOrder, swapRB */
        void setChannelsOrder_RGB();
        /** Marks the channel ordering in a color image as "BGR" (this doesn't
         * actually modify the image data, just the format description) \sa
         * getChannelsOrder, swapRB */
        void setChannelsOrder_BGR();
 
        /** Returns the number of channels, typically 1 (GRAY) or 3 (RGB)
         * \sa isColor
         */
        TImageChannels getChannelCount() const;
 
        /**     Returns the image as a matrix with pixel grayscale values in the range
         * [0,1]. Matrix indexes in this order: M(row,column)
         *  \param 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,...)
         *  \param x_min The starting "x" coordinate to extract (default=0=the
         * first column)
         *  \param y_min The starting "y" coordinate to extract (default=0=the
         * first row)
         *  \param x_max The final "x" coordinate (inclusive) to extract
         * (default=-1=the last column)
         *  \param y_max The final "y" coordinate (inclusive) to extract
         * (default=-1=the last row)
         * \sa setFromMatrix
         */
        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) const;
 
        /**     Returns the image as RGB matrices with pixel values in the range [0,1].
         * Matrix indexes in this order: M(row,column)
         *  \param 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,...)
         *  \param x_min The starting "x" coordinate to extract (default=0=the
         * first column)
         *  \param y_min The starting "y" coordinate to extract (default=0=the
         * first row)
         *  \param x_max The final "x" coordinate (inclusive) to extract
         * (default=-1=the last column)
         *  \param y_max The final "y" coordinate (inclusive) to extract
         * (default=-1=the last row)
         * \sa setFromRGBMatrices
         */
        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 a matrix, where the image is "tiled" (repeated)
         * the required number of times to fill the entire size of the matrix on
         * input.
         */
        void getAsMatrixTiled(math::CMatrix& outMatrix) const;
 
        /** @} */
        // ================================================================
 
        // ================================================================
        /** @name External storage-mode methods
                @{  */
 
        /**  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:
          *   \code
          *   img.saveToFile( fileName );
          *   img.setExternalStorage( fileName );
          *   \endcode
          *
          *   \note Modifications to the memory copy of the image are not
         * automatically saved to disk.
         *  \sa unload, isExternallyStored
         */
        void setExternalStorage(const std::string& fileName) noexcept;
 
        /** By default, "."  \sa setExternalStorage */
        static const std::string& getImagesPathBase();
        static void setImagesPathBase(const std::string& path);
 
        /** See setExternalStorage(). */
        bool isExternallyStored() const noexcept { return m_imgIsExternalStorage; }
        /** Only if isExternallyStored() returns true. \sa
         * getExternalStorageFileAbsolutePath */
        inline std::string getExternalStorageFile() const noexcept
        {
                return m_externalFile;
        }
 
        /** Only if isExternallyStored() returns true. \sa getExternalStorageFile */
        void getExternalStorageFileAbsolutePath(std::string& out_path) const;
 
        /** Only if isExternallyStored() returns true. \sa getExternalStorageFile */
        inline std::string getExternalStorageFileAbsolutePath() const
        {
                std::string tmp;
                getExternalStorageFileAbsolutePath(tmp);
                return tmp;
        }
 
        /** 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.
         * \unload
         */
        inline void forceLoad() const { makeSureImageIsLoaded(); }
        /** 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.
         * \sa setExternalStorage, forceLoad
         */
        void unload() const noexcept;
 
        /** @}  */
        // ================================================================
 
        // ================================================================
        /** @name Set, load & save methods
                @{  */
 
        /** Reads the image from raw pixels buffer in memory.
         */
        void loadFromMemoryBuffer(
                unsigned int width, unsigned int height, bool color,
                unsigned char* rawpixels, bool swapRedBlue = false);
 
        /** 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.
         */
        void loadFromMemoryBuffer(
                unsigned int width, unsigned int height, unsigned int bytesPerRow,
                unsigned char* red, unsigned char* green, unsigned char* blue);
 
        /** Reads the image from a OpenCV IplImage object (making a COPY).
         */
        void loadFromIplImage(void* iplImage);
 
        /** Reads the image from a OpenCV IplImage object (WITHOUT making a copy).
         *   This object will own the memory of the passed object and free the
         * IplImage upon destruction,
         *     so the caller CAN'T free the original object.
         *   This method provides a fast method to grab images from a camera
         * without making a copy of every frame.
         */
        void setFromIplImage(void* iplImage);
 
        /** Reads the image from a OpenCV IplImage object (WITHOUT making a copy)
         * and from now on the image cannot be modified, just read.
         *  When assigning an IPLImage to this object with this method, the
         * IPLImage will NOT be released/freed at this object destructor.
         *   This method provides a fast method to grab images from a camera
         * without making a copy of every frame.
         *  \sa setFromImageReadOnly
         */
        void setFromIplImageReadOnly(void* iplImage);
 
        /** Sets the internal IplImage pointer to that of another given image,
         * WITHOUT making a copy, and from now on the image cannot be modified in
         * this object (it will be neither freed, so the memory responsibility will
         * still be of the original image object).
         *  When assigning an IPLImage to this object with this method, the
         * IPLImage will NOT be released/freed at this object destructor.
         *  \sa setFromIplImageReadOnly
         */
        inline void setFromImageReadOnly(const CImage& other_img)
        {
                setFromIplImageReadOnly(const_cast<void*>(other_img.getAs<void>()));
        }
 
        /** 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)
         * \sa getAsMatrix
         */
        template <typename Derived>
        void setFromMatrix(
                const Eigen::MatrixBase<Derived>& m, bool matrix_is_normalized = true)
        {
                MRPT_START
                const unsigned int lx = m.cols();
                const unsigned int ly = m.rows();
                this->changeSize(lx, ly, 1, true);
                if (matrix_is_normalized)
                {  // Matrix: [0,1]
                        for (unsigned int y = 0; y < ly; y++)
                        {
                                unsigned char* pixels = this->get_unsafe(0, y, 0);
                                for (unsigned int x = 0; x < lx; x++)
                                        (*pixels++) =
                                                static_cast<unsigned char>(m.get_unsafe(y, x) * 255);
                        }
                }
                else
                {  // Matrix: [0,255]
                        for (unsigned int y = 0; y < ly; y++)
                        {
                                unsigned char* pixels = this->get_unsafe(0, y, 0);
                                for (unsigned int x = 0; x < lx; x++)
                                        (*pixels++) =
                                                static_cast<unsigned char>(m.get_unsafe(y, x));
                        }
                }
                MRPT_END
        }
 
        /** 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)
         * \sa getAsRGBMatrices
         */
        template <typename Derived>
        void setFromRGBMatrices(
                const Eigen::MatrixBase<Derived>& m_r,
                const Eigen::MatrixBase<Derived>& m_g,
                const Eigen::MatrixBase<Derived>& m_b, bool matrix_is_normalized = true)
        {
                MRPT_START
                makeSureImageIsLoaded();  // For delayed loaded images stored externally
                ASSERT_(img);
                ASSERT_((m_r.size() == m_g.size()) && (m_r.size() == m_b.size()));
                const unsigned int lx = m_r.cols();
                const unsigned int ly = m_r.rows();
                this->changeSize(lx, ly, 3, true);
                this->setChannelsOrder_RGB();
 
                if (matrix_is_normalized)
                {  // Matrix: [0,1]
                        for (unsigned int y = 0; y < ly; y++)
                        {
                                unsigned char* pixels = this->get_unsafe(0, y, 0);
                                for (unsigned int x = 0; x < lx; x++)
                                {
                                        (*pixels++) =
                                                static_cast<unsigned char>(m_r.get_unsafe(y, x) * 255);
                                        (*pixels++) =
                                                static_cast<unsigned char>(m_g.get_unsafe(y, x) * 255);
                                        (*pixels++) =
                                                static_cast<unsigned char>(m_b.get_unsafe(y, x) * 255);
                                }
                        }
                }
                else
                {  // Matrix: [0,255]
                        for (unsigned int y = 0; y < ly; y++)
                        {
                                unsigned char* pixels = this->get_unsafe(0, y, 0);
                                for (unsigned int x = 0; x < lx; x++)
                                {
                                        (*pixels++) =
                                                static_cast<unsigned char>(m_r.get_unsafe(y, x));
                                        (*pixels++) =
                                                static_cast<unsigned char>(m_g.get_unsafe(y, x));
                                        (*pixels++) =
                                                static_cast<unsigned char>(m_b.get_unsafe(y, x));
                                }
                        }
                }
                MRPT_END
        }
 
        /** Reads the image from a binary stream containing a binary jpeg file.
         * \exception std::exception On pixel coordinates out of bounds
         */
        void loadFromStreamAsJPEG(mrpt::io::CStream& in);
 
        /** Load image from a file, whose format is determined from the extension
         * (internally uses OpenCV).
         * \param fileName The file to read from.
         * \param 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:
         *
         * - 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.
         *
         * \return False on any error
         * \sa saveToFile, setExternalStorage,loadFromXPM, loadTGA
         */
        bool loadFromFile(const std::string& fileName, int isColor = -1);
 
        /** 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.
         * \return true on success
         */
        static bool loadTGA(
                const std::string& fileName, mrpt::img::CImage& out_RGB,
                mrpt::img::CImage& out_alpha);
 
        /** Loads the image from an XPM array, as #include'd from a ".xpm" file.
         * \param[in] swap_rb Swaps red/blue channels from loaded image. *Seems* to
         * be always needed, so it's enabled by default.
         * \sa loadFromFile
         * \return false on any error */
        bool loadFromXPM(const char* const* xpm_array, bool swap_rb = true);
 
        /** Save the image to a file, whose format is determined from the extension
         * (internally uses OpenCV).
         * \param fileName The file to write to.
         *
         * 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.
         *
         * \param jpeg_quality Only for JPEG files, the quality of the compression
         * in the range [0-100]. Larger is better quality but slower.
         * \note jpeg_quality is only effective if MRPT is compiled against OpenCV
         * 1.1.0 or newer.
         * \return False on any error
         * \sa loadFromFile
         */
        bool saveToFile(const std::string& fileName, int jpeg_quality = 95) const;
 
        /** Save image to binary stream as a JPEG (.jpg) compressed format.
         * \exception std::exception On number of rows or cols equal to zero or
         * other errors.
         * \sa saveToJPEG
         */
        void saveToStreamAsJPEG(
                mrpt::io::CStream& out, const int jpeg_quality = 95) const;
 
        /** @}  */
        // ================================================================
 
        // ================================================================
        /** @name Color/Grayscale conversion
                @{ */
 
        /** Returns a grayscale version of the image, or itself if it is already a
         * grayscale image.
         */
        CImage grayscale() const;
 
        /** Returns a grayscale version of the image, or itself if it is already a
         * grayscale image.
         * \sa colorImage
         */
        void grayscale(CImage& ret) const;
 
        /** Returns a RGB version of the grayscale image, or itself if it is already
         * a RGB image.
         * \sa grayscale
         */
        void colorImage(CImage& ret) const;
 
        /** Replaces this grayscale image with a RGB version of it.
         * \sa grayscaleInPlace
         */
        void colorImageInPlace();
 
        /** Replaces the image with a grayscale version of it.
         * \sa colorImageInPlace
         */
        void grayscaleInPlace();
 
        /** @} */
        // ================================================================
 
   protected:
        /** @name Data members
                @{ */
 
        /** The internal IplImage pointer to the actual image content. */
        void* img;
 
        /**  Set to true only when using setFromIplImageReadOnly.
         * \sa setFromIplImageReadOnly  */
        bool m_imgIsReadOnly;
        /**  Set to true only when using setExternalStorage.
         * \sa setExternalStorage
         */
        mutable bool m_imgIsExternalStorage;
        /** The file name of a external storage image. */
        mutable std::string m_externalFile;
 
        /** @} */
 
        /**  Resize the buffers in "img" to accomodate a new image size and/or
         * format.
         */
        void changeSize(
                unsigned int width, unsigned int height, TImageChannels nChannels,
                bool originTopLeft);
 
        /** Release the internal IPL image, if not nullptr or read-only. */
        void releaseIpl(bool thisIsExternalImgUnload = false) noexcept;
 
        /** Checks if the image is of type "external storage", and if so and not
         * loaded yet, load it.
         * \exception CExceptionExternalImageNotFound */
        void makeSureImageIsLoaded() const;
 
};  // End of class
}  // end of namespace img
}  // end of namespace mrpt