CObservationStereoImagesFeatures.h

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#ifndef CObservationStereoImagesFeatures_H
#define CObservationStereoImagesFeatures_H

#include <mrpt/utils/CSerializable.h>
#include <mrpt/utils/CImage.h>
#include <mrpt/utils/TCamera.h>
#include <mrpt/slam/CObservation.h>
#include <mrpt/poses/CPose3D.h>
#include <mrpt/poses/CPose3DQuat.h>
#include <mrpt/poses/CPose2D.h>

namespace mrpt
{
namespace slam
{
        using namespace mrpt::utils;
        using namespace mrpt::slam;
        using namespace mrpt::math;

        struct OBS_IMPEXP TStereoImageFeatures
        {
                std::pair<TPixelCoordf,TPixelCoordf>    pixels;
                unsigned int                                                    ID;
        };

        DEFINE_SERIALIZABLE_PRE_CUSTOM_BASE_LINKAGE( CObservationStereoImagesFeatures , CObservation, OBS_IMPEXP )
        /** Declares a class derived from "CObservation" that encapsules a pair of cameras and a set of matched image features extracted from them.
         *
         <b>NOTE:</b> The image features stored in this class are NOT supposed to be UNDISTORTED, but the TCamera members must provide their distortion params. 
         A zero-vector of distortion params means a set of UNDISTORTED pixels.<br>
         * \sa CObservation
         * \ingroup mrpt_obs_grp
         */
        class OBS_IMPEXP CObservationStereoImagesFeatures : public CObservation
        {
                // This must be added to any CSerializable derived class:
                DEFINE_SERIALIZABLE( CObservationStereoImagesFeatures )

         public:
                /** Default Constructor.
                 */
                CObservationStereoImagesFeatures( );

                /** Other constructor providing members initialization.
                 */
                CObservationStereoImagesFeatures( 
                        const CMatrixDouble33 &iPLeft /*left intrinsic params*/, const CMatrixDouble33 &iPRight /*right intrinsic params*/,
                        const CArrayDouble<5> &dPLeft /*left distortion params*/, const CArrayDouble<5> &dPRight /*right distortion params*/,
                        const CPose3DQuat &rCPose /*rightCameraPose*/, const CPose3DQuat &cPORobot /*cameraPoseOnRobot*/ );
                
                /** Other constructor providing members initialization.
                 */
                CObservationStereoImagesFeatures( 
                        const TCamera &cLeft /*left camera*/, const TCamera &cRight /*right camera*/,
                        const CPose3DQuat &rCPose /*rightCameraPose*/, const CPose3DQuat &cPORobot /*cameraPoseOnRobot*/ );

                /** Destructor
                 */
                ~CObservationStereoImagesFeatures( );

                /** A method for storing the set of observed features in a text file in the format: <br>
                  * ID ul vl ur vr <br>
                  * being (ul,vl) and (ur,vr) the "x" and "y" coordinates for the left and right feature, respectively.
                 */
                void  saveFeaturesToTextFile( const std::string &filename );

                // ------------------
                // Class Members
                // ------------------
                TCamera cameraLeft, cameraRight;
                
                /** The pose of the right camera, relative to the left one:
                  *  Note that for the Bumblebee stereo camera and using the conventional reference coordinates for the left
                  *   camera ("x" points to the right, "y" down), the "right" camera is situated
                  *   at position (BL, 0, 0) with q = [1 0 0 0], where BL is the BASELINE.
                  */
                CPose3DQuat     rightCameraPose;

                /** The pose of the LEFT camera, relative to the robot.
                  */
                CPose3DQuat     cameraPoseOnRobot;

                /** Vectors of image feature pairs (with ID).
                  */
                std::vector<TStereoImageFeatures> theFeatures;

                /** A general method to retrieve the sensor pose on the robot in CPose3D form.
                  *  Note that most sensors will return a full (6D) CPose3DQuat, but see the derived classes for more details or special cases.
                  * \sa setSensorPose
                  */
                inline void getSensorPose( CPose3D &out_sensorPose ) const { out_sensorPose = CPose3D(cameraPoseOnRobot); }

                /** A general method to retrieve the sensor pose on the robot in CPose3DQuat form.
                  *  Note that most sensors will return a full (6D) CPose3DQuat, but see the derived classes for more details or special cases.
                  * \sa setSensorPose
                  */
                inline void getSensorPose( CPose3DQuat &out_sensorPose ) const { out_sensorPose = cameraPoseOnRobot; }

                /** A general method to change the sensor pose on the robot in a CPose3D form.
                  *  Note that most sensors will use the full (6D) CPose3DQuat, but see the derived classes for more details or special cases.
                  * \sa getSensorPose
                  */
                inline void setSensorPose( const CPose3D &newSensorPose ) { cameraPoseOnRobot = CPose3DQuat(newSensorPose); }

                /** A general method to change the sensor pose on the robot in a CPose3DQuat form.
                  *  Note that most sensors will use the full (6D) CPose3DQuat, but see the derived classes for more details or special cases.
                  * \sa getSensorPose
                  */
                inline void setSensorPose( const CPose3DQuat &newSensorPose ) { cameraPoseOnRobot = newSensorPose; }
        }; // End of class def.
        DEFINE_SERIALIZABLE_POST_CUSTOM_BASE_LINKAGE( CObservationStereoImagesFeatures , CObservation, OBS_IMPEXP )

        } // End of namespace
} // End of namespace

#endif