mbariFunctions.H

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00001 /*!@file MBARI/mbariFunctions.H a few functions used by MBARI programs
00002  */
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00034 // $HeadURL: svn://isvn.usc.edu/software/invt/trunk/saliency/src/MBARI/mbariFunctions.H $
00035 // $Id: mbariFunctions.H 9412 2008-03-10 23:10:15Z farhan $
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00037 
00038 #ifndef MBARIFUNCTIONS_DEFINED
00039 #define MBARIFUNCTIONS_DEFINED
00040 
00041 #include "Util/Types.H"
00042 #include <list>
00043 class Token;
00044 template <class T> class Point2D;
00045 class MbariResultViewer;
00046 class Brain;
00047 class BitObject;
00048 class Rectangle;
00049 class SimEventQueue;
00050 template <class T> class PixRGB;
00051 template <class T> class Image;
00052 namespace rutz { template <class T> class shared_ptr; }
00053 namespace nub { template <class T> class soft_ref; }
00054 
00055 //! extract a set of BitObjects from bitImg, which intersect region
00056 /*! bitImg is flooded starting from each point within region,
00057   and each BitObject exceeding the minSize is stored in the
00058   list of BitObjects that is returned. */
00059 std::list<BitObject> extractBitObjects(const Image<byte>& bitImg,
00060                                        Rectangle region,
00061                                        int minSize = 0);
00062 
00063 std::list<BitObject> getLargestObjects(const Image<byte>& bImg,
00064                                        Rectangle region,
00065                                        int numObjects,
00066                                        int minSize);
00067 
00068 //! returns the BitObjects at the most salient points
00069 /*! @param brain the brain object used for the saliency computation
00070   @param img the image scanned for salient locations
00071   @param bitImg a binary image used for extracting BitObjects at the
00072   salient locations
00073   @param maxEvolveTime the maximum evolution time for the saliency map
00074   @param maxNumSalSpots the maximum number of salient locations extracted
00075   @param the minimum size of a BitObject to be considered*/
00076 std::list<BitObject> getSalRegions(nub::soft_ref<Brain> brain,
00077                                    nub::soft_ref<SimEventQueue> q,
00078                                    const Image< PixRGB<byte> >& img,
00079                                    const Image<byte>& bitImg,
00080                                    float maxEvolveTime,
00081                                    int maxNumSalSpots,
00082                                    int minSize = 0);
00083 
00084 //! all BitObjects in objs are drawninto the return image
00085 Image<byte> showAllObjects(std::list<BitObject>& objs);
00086 
00087 #endif
00088 
00089 // ######################################################################
00090 /* So things look consistent in everyone's emacs... */
00091 /* Local Variables: */
00092 /* indent-tabs-mode: nil */
00093 /* End: */
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