00001 /*!@file Channels/InformationChannel.H */ 00002 00003 // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // 00004 // The iLab Neuromorphic Vision C++ Toolkit - Copyright (C) 2000-2005 // 00005 // by the University of Southern California (USC) and the iLab at USC. // 00006 // See http://iLab.usc.edu for information about this project. // 00007 // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // 00008 // Major portions of the iLab Neuromorphic Vision Toolkit are protected // 00009 // under the U.S. patent ``Computation of Intrinsic Perceptual Saliency // 00010 // in Visual Environments, and Applications'' by Christof Koch and // 00011 // Laurent Itti, California Institute of Technology, 2001 (patent // 00012 // pending; application number 09/912,225 filed July 23, 2001; see // 00013 // http://pair.uspto.gov/cgi-bin/final/home.pl for current status). // 00014 // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // 00015 // This file is part of the iLab Neuromorphic Vision C++ Toolkit. // 00016 // // 00017 // The iLab Neuromorphic Vision C++ Toolkit is free software; you can // 00018 // redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General // 00019 // Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either // 00020 // version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. // 00021 // // 00022 // The iLab Neuromorphic Vision C++ Toolkit is distributed in the hope // 00023 // that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the // 00024 // implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR // 00025 // PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. // 00026 // // 00027 // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License // 00028 // along with the iLab Neuromorphic Vision C++ Toolkit; if not, write // 00029 // to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, // 00030 // Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. // 00031 // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // 00032 // 00033 // Primary maintainer for this file: 00034 // $HeadURL: svn://isvn.usc.edu/software/invt/trunk/saliency/src/Channels/InformationChannel.H $ 00035 // $Id: InformationChannel.H 7434 2006-11-11 02:15:19Z rjpeters $ 00036 // 00037 00038 #ifndef INFORMATIONCHANNEL_H_DEFINED 00039 #define INFORMATIONCHANNEL_H_DEFINED 00040 00041 #include "Channels/SingleChannel.H" 00042 00043 // ###################################################################### 00044 //! An information channel. 00045 /*! CAUTION: this channel will throw a fatal exception if your 00046 LevelSpec contains more than one level or if that level is different 00047 from the maplevel or if the deltas are non-zero. */ 00048 class InformationChannel : public SingleChannel 00049 { 00050 public: 00051 //! Construct with standard params. 00052 InformationChannel(OptionManager& mgr); 00053 00054 //! Destructor 00055 virtual ~InformationChannel(); 00056 00057 //! overload 00058 virtual bool outputAvailable() const; 00059 00060 protected: 00061 NModelParam<float> itsEps; //!< epsilon on contrast sensitivity threshold 00062 00063 //! special input function 00064 virtual void doInput(const InputFrame& inframe); 00065 00066 //! special output function 00067 virtual Image<float> getOutput(); 00068 00069 Image<float> itsMap; //!< our information map 00070 }; 00071 00072 // ###################################################################### 00073 /* So things look consistent in everyone's emacs... */ 00074 /* Local Variables: */ 00075 /* indent-tabs-mode: nil */ 00076 /* End: */ 00077 00078 #endif // INFORMATIONCHANNEL_H_DEFINED
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