spin_image.hpp

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#ifndef PCL_FEATURES_IMPL_SPIN_IMAGE_H_
#define PCL_FEATURES_IMPL_SPIN_IMAGE_H_

#include <limits>
#include <pcl/point_cloud.h>
#include <pcl/point_types.h>
#include <pcl/exceptions.h>
#include <pcl/kdtree/kdtree_flann.h>
#include <pcl/features/spin_image.h>


template <typename PointInT, typename PointNT, typename PointOutT>
const double pcl::SpinImageEstimation<PointInT, PointNT, PointOutT>::PI = 4.0 * std::atan2(1.0, 1.0);

template <typename PointInT, typename PointNT, typename PointOutT>
pcl::SpinImageEstimation<PointInT, PointNT, PointOutT>::SpinImageEstimation (
  unsigned int image_width, double support_angle_cos, unsigned int min_pts_neighb):
    is_angular_(false), use_custom_axis_(false), use_custom_axes_cloud_(false), 
    is_radial_(false),
    image_width_(image_width), support_angle_cos_(support_angle_cos), min_pts_neighb_(min_pts_neighb)
{
  assert (support_angle_cos_ <= 1.0 && support_angle_cos_ >= 0.0); // may be permit negative cosine?

  feature_name_ = "SpinImageEstimation";
}


template <typename PointInT, typename PointNT, typename PointOutT> Eigen::ArrayXXd 
pcl::SpinImageEstimation<PointInT, PointNT, PointOutT>::computeSiForPoint (int index) const
{
  assert (image_width_ > 0);
  assert (support_angle_cos_ <= 1.0 && support_angle_cos_ >= 0.0); // may be permit negative cosine?

  const Eigen::Vector3f origin_point (input_->points[index].getVector3fMap ());

  Eigen::Vector3f origin_normal;
  origin_normal = 
    input_normals_ ? 
      input_normals_->points[index].getNormalVector3fMap () :
      Eigen::Vector3f (); // just a placeholder; should never be used!

  const Eigen::Vector3f rotation_axis = use_custom_axis_ ? 
    rotation_axis_.getNormalVector3fMap () : 
    use_custom_axes_cloud_ ?
      rotation_axes_cloud_->points[index].getNormalVector3fMap () :
      origin_normal;  

  Eigen::ArrayXXd m_matrix (Eigen::ArrayXXd::Zero (image_width_+1, 2*image_width_+1));
  Eigen::ArrayXXd m_averAngles (Eigen::ArrayXXd::Zero (image_width_+1, 2*image_width_+1));

  // OK, we are interested in the points of the cylinder of height 2*r and
  // base radius r, where r = m_dBinSize * in_iImageWidth
  // it can be embedded to the sphere of radius sqrt(2) * m_dBinSize * in_iImageWidth
  // suppose that points are uniformly distributed, so we lose ~40%
  // according to the volumes ratio
  double bin_size = 0.0;
  if (is_radial_)
    bin_size = search_radius_ / image_width_;  
  else
    bin_size = search_radius_ / image_width_ / sqrt(2.0);

  std::vector<int> nn_indices;
  std::vector<float> nn_sqr_dists;
  const int neighb_cnt = this->searchForNeighbors (index, search_radius_, nn_indices, nn_sqr_dists);
  if (neighb_cnt < (int)min_pts_neighb_)
  {
    throw PCLException (
      "Too few points for spin image, use setMinPointCountInNeighbourhood() to decrease the threshold or use larger feature radius",
      "spin_image.hpp", "computeSiForPoint");
  }

  // for all neighbor points
  for (int i_neigh = 0; i_neigh < neighb_cnt ; i_neigh++)
  {
    // first, skip the points with distant normals
    double cos_between_normals = -2.0; // should be initialized if used
    if (support_angle_cos_ > 0.0 || is_angular_) // not bogus
    {
      cos_between_normals = origin_normal.dot (input_normals_->points[nn_indices[i_neigh]].getNormalVector3fMap ());
      if (fabs (cos_between_normals) > (1.0 + 10*std::numeric_limits<float>::epsilon ())) // should be okay for numeric stability
      {      
        PCL_ERROR ("[pcl::%s::computeSiForPoint] Normal for the point %d and/or the point %d are not normalized, dot ptoduct is %f.\n", 
          getClassName ().c_str (), nn_indices[i_neigh], index, cos_between_normals);
        throw PCLException ("Some normals are not normalized",
          "spin_image.hpp", "computeSiForPoint");
      }
      cos_between_normals = std::max (-1.0, std::min (1.0, cos_between_normals));

      if (fabs (cos_between_normals) < support_angle_cos_ )    // allow counter-directed normals
      {
        continue;
      }

      if (cos_between_normals < 0.0)
      {
        cos_between_normals = -cos_between_normals; // the normal is not used explicitly from now
      }
    }
    
    // now compute the coordinate in cylindric coordinate system associated with the origin point
    const Eigen::Vector3f direction (
      surface_->points[nn_indices[i_neigh]].getVector3fMap () - origin_point);
    const double direction_norm = direction.norm ();
    if (fabs(direction_norm) < 10*std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon ())  
      continue;  // ignore the point itself; it does not contribute really
    assert (direction_norm > 0.0);

    // the angle between the normal vector and the direction to the point
    double cos_dir_axis = direction.dot(rotation_axis) / direction_norm;
    if (fabs(cos_dir_axis) > (1.0 + 10*std::numeric_limits<float>::epsilon())) // should be okay for numeric stability
    {      
      PCL_ERROR ("[pcl::%s::computeSiForPoint] Rotation axis for the point %d are not normalized, dot ptoduct is %f.\n", 
        getClassName ().c_str (), index, cos_dir_axis);
      throw PCLException ("Some rotation axis is not normalized",
        "spin_image.hpp", "computeSiForPoint");
    }
    cos_dir_axis = std::max (-1.0, std::min (1.0, cos_dir_axis));

    // compute coordinates w.r.t. the reference frame
    double beta = std::numeric_limits<double>::signaling_NaN ();
    double alpha = std::numeric_limits<double>::signaling_NaN ();
    if (is_radial_) // radial spin image structure
    {
      beta = asin (cos_dir_axis);  // yes, arc sine! to get the angle against tangent, not normal!
      alpha = direction_norm;
    }
    else // rectangular spin-image structure
    {
      beta = direction_norm * cos_dir_axis;
      alpha = direction_norm * sqrt (1.0 - cos_dir_axis*cos_dir_axis);

      if (fabs (beta) >= bin_size * image_width_ || alpha >= bin_size * image_width_)
      {
        continue;  // outside the cylinder
      }
    }

    assert (alpha >= 0.0);
    assert (alpha <= bin_size * image_width_ + 20 * std::numeric_limits<float>::epsilon () );


    // bilinear interpolation
    double beta_bin_size = is_radial_ ? (PI / 2 / image_width_) : bin_size;
    int beta_bin = int(std::floor (beta / beta_bin_size)) + int(image_width_);
    assert (0 <= beta_bin && beta_bin < m_matrix.cols ());
    int alpha_bin = int(std::floor (alpha / bin_size));
    assert (0 <= alpha_bin && alpha_bin < m_matrix.rows ());

    if (alpha_bin == (int)image_width_)  // border points
    {
      alpha_bin--;
      // HACK: to prevent a > 1
      alpha = bin_size * (alpha_bin + 1) - std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon ();
    }
    if (beta_bin == int(2*image_width_) )  // border points
    {
      beta_bin--;
      // HACK: to prevent b > 1
      beta = beta_bin_size * (beta_bin - int(image_width_) + 1) - std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon ();
    }

    double a = alpha/bin_size - double(alpha_bin);
    double b = beta/beta_bin_size - double(beta_bin-int(image_width_)); 

    assert (0 <= a && a <= 1);
    assert (0 <= b && b <= 1);

    m_matrix (alpha_bin, beta_bin) += (1-a) * (1-b);
    m_matrix (alpha_bin+1, beta_bin) += a * (1-b);
    m_matrix (alpha_bin, beta_bin+1) += (1-a) * b;
    m_matrix (alpha_bin+1, beta_bin+1) += a * b;

    if (is_angular_)
    {
      m_averAngles (alpha_bin, beta_bin) += (1-a) * (1-b) * acos (cos_between_normals); 
      m_averAngles (alpha_bin+1, beta_bin) += a * (1-b) * acos (cos_between_normals);
      m_averAngles (alpha_bin, beta_bin+1) += (1-a) * b * acos (cos_between_normals);
      m_averAngles (alpha_bin+1, beta_bin+1) += a * b * acos (cos_between_normals);
    }
  }

  if (is_angular_)
  {
    // transform sum to average
    m_matrix = m_averAngles / (m_matrix + std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon ()); // +eps to avoid division by zero
  }
  else if (neighb_cnt > 1) // to avoid division by zero, also no need to divide by 1
  {
    // normalization
    m_matrix /= m_matrix.sum();
  }

  return m_matrix;
}


template <typename PointInT, typename PointNT, typename PointOutT> bool 
pcl::SpinImageEstimation<PointInT, PointNT, PointOutT>::initCompute ()
{
  if (!Feature<PointInT, PointOutT>::initCompute ())
  {
    PCL_ERROR ("[pcl::%s::initCompute] Init failed.\n", getClassName ().c_str ());
    return (false);
  }

  // Check if input normals are set
  if (!input_normals_)
  {
    PCL_ERROR ("[pcl::%s::initCompute] No input dataset containing normals was given!\n", getClassName ().c_str ());
    Feature<PointInT, PointOutT>::deinitCompute ();
    return (false);
  }

  // Check if the size of normals is the same as the size of the surface
  if (input_normals_->points.size () != input_->points.size ())
  {
    PCL_ERROR ("[pcl::%s::initCompute] ", getClassName ().c_str ());
    PCL_ERROR ("The number of points in the input dataset differs from ");
    PCL_ERROR ("the number of points in the dataset containing the normals!\n");
    Feature<PointInT, PointOutT>::deinitCompute ();
    return (false);
  }

   // We need a positive definite search radius to continue
  if (search_radius_ == 0)
  {
    PCL_ERROR ("[pcl::%s::initCompute] Need a search radius different than 0!\n", getClassName ().c_str ());
    Feature<PointInT, PointOutT>::deinitCompute ();
    return (false);
  }
  if (k_ != 0)
  {
    PCL_ERROR ("[pcl::%s::initCompute] K-nearest neighbor search for spin images not implemented. Used a search radius instead!\n", getClassName ().c_str ());
    Feature<PointInT, PointOutT>::deinitCompute ();
    return (false);
  }
  // If the surface won't be set, make fake surface and fake surface normals
  // if we wouldn't do it here, the following method would alarm that no surface normals is given
  if (!surface_)
  {
    surface_ = input_;
    fake_surface_ = true;
  }

  //if (fake_surface_ && !input_normals_)
  //  input_normals_ = normals_; // normals_ is set, as checked earlier
  
  assert(!(use_custom_axis_ && use_custom_axes_cloud_));

  if (!use_custom_axis_ && !use_custom_axes_cloud_ // use input normals as rotation axes
    && !input_normals_)
  {
    PCL_ERROR ("[pcl::%s::initCompute] No normals for input cloud were given!\n", getClassName ().c_str ());
    // Cleanup
    Feature<PointInT, PointOutT>::deinitCompute ();
    return (false);
  }

  if ((is_angular_ || support_angle_cos_ > 0.0) // support angle is not bogus NOTE this is for randomly-flipped normals
    && !input_normals_)
  {
    PCL_ERROR ("[pcl::%s::initCompute] No normals for input cloud were given!\n", getClassName ().c_str ());
    // Cleanup
    Feature<PointInT, PointOutT>::deinitCompute ();
    return (false);
  }

  if (use_custom_axes_cloud_ 
    && rotation_axes_cloud_->size () == input_->size ())
  {
    PCL_ERROR ("[pcl::%s::initCompute] Rotation axis cloud have different size from input!\n", getClassName ().c_str ());
    // Cleanup
    Feature<PointInT, PointOutT>::deinitCompute ();
    return (false);
  }

  return (true);
}


template <typename PointInT, typename PointNT, typename PointOutT> void 
pcl::SpinImageEstimation<PointInT, PointNT, PointOutT>::computeFeature (PointCloudOut &output)
{ 
  for (int i_input = 0; i_input < (int)indices_->size (); ++i_input)
  {
    Eigen::ArrayXXd res = computeSiForPoint (indices_->at (i_input));

    // Copy into the resultant cloud
    for (int iRow = 0; iRow < res.rows () ; iRow++)
    {
      for (int iCol = 0; iCol < res.cols () ; iCol++)
      {
        output.points[i_input].histogram[ iRow*res.cols () + iCol ] = (float)res(iRow, iCol);
      }
    }   
  } 
}

template <typename PointInT, typename PointNT> void 
pcl::SpinImageEstimation<PointInT, PointNT, Eigen::MatrixXf>::computeFeatureEigen (pcl::PointCloud<Eigen::MatrixXf> &output)
{ 
  // Set up the output channels
  output.channels["spin_image"].name     = "spin_image";
  output.channels["spin_image"].offset   = 0;
  output.channels["spin_image"].size     = 4;
  output.channels["spin_image"].count    = 153;
  output.channels["spin_image"].datatype = sensor_msgs::PointField::FLOAT32;

  output.points.resize (indices_->size (), 153);
  for (int i_input = 0; i_input < (int)indices_->size (); ++i_input)
  {
    Eigen::ArrayXXd res = this->computeSiForPoint (indices_->at (i_input));

    // Copy into the resultant cloud
    for (int iRow = 0; iRow < res.rows () ; iRow++)
    {
      for (int iCol = 0; iCol < res.cols () ; iCol++)
      {
        output.points (i_input, iRow*res.cols () + iCol) = (float)res(iRow, iCol);
      }
    }   
  } 
}


#define PCL_INSTANTIATE_SpinImageEstimation(T,NT,OutT) template class PCL_EXPORTS pcl::SpinImageEstimation<T,NT,OutT>;

#endif    // PCL_FEATURES_IMPL_SPIN_IMAGE_H_