IntegerFlickerChannel.H

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00001 /*!@file Channels/IntegerFlickerChannel.H */
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00034 // $HeadURL: svn://isvn.usc.edu/software/invt/trunk/saliency/src/Channels/IntegerFlickerChannel.H $
00035 // $Id: IntegerFlickerChannel.H 7857 2007-02-07 21:28:59Z rjpeters $
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00037 
00038 #ifndef CHANNELS_INTEGERFLICKERCHANNEL_H_DEFINED
00039 #define CHANNELS_INTEGERFLICKERCHANNEL_H_DEFINED
00040 
00041 #include "Channels/IntegerSimpleChannel.H"
00042 
00043 // ######################################################################
00044 //! A temporal flicker channel.
00045 /*! This channel just keeps a memory trace of the previous frame and
00046   then does a basic center-surround processing on the difference
00047   between current and memorized input. The time constant determines
00048   how the memorized input should be updated when a new input
00049   arrives. */
00050 class IntegerFlickerChannel : public IntegerSimpleChannel
00051 {
00052 public:
00053   //! Construct with standard specs.
00054   IntegerFlickerChannel(OptionManager& mgr,
00055                         nub::ref<IntegerMathEngine> eng);
00056 
00057   //! Destructor
00058   virtual ~IntegerFlickerChannel();
00059 
00060   //! Reset IntegerFlickerChannel
00061   /*! See the base function in ModelComponent.H for info. */
00062   virtual void reset1();
00063 
00064 private:
00065   //! IntegerFlickerChannel requires only luminance input.
00066   virtual void doInputInt(const IntegerInput& inp,
00067                           const SimTime& t,
00068                           PyramidCache<int>* cache,
00069                           const Image<byte>& clipMask);
00070 
00071   Image<int> itsPrevInput;
00072 };
00073 
00074 // ######################################################################
00075 /* So things look consistent in everyone's emacs... */
00076 /* Local Variables: */
00077 /* mode: c++ */
00078 /* indent-tabs-mode: nil */
00079 /* End: */
00080 
00081 #endif // CHANNELS_INTEGERFLICKERCHANNEL_H_DEFINED
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