Point Cloud Library (PCL)  1.3.1
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pcl::Feature Class Reference

Feature represents the base feature class. More...

#include <pcl/features/feature.h>

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Public Types

typedef PCLBase< PointInT > BaseClass
typedef boost::shared_ptr
< Feature< PointInT, PointOutT > > 
Ptr
typedef boost::shared_ptr
< const Feature< PointInT,
PointOutT > > 
ConstPtr
typedef pcl::search::Search
< PointInT > 
KdTree
typedef pcl::search::Search
< PointInT >::Ptr 
KdTreePtr
typedef pcl::PointCloud< PointInT > PointCloudIn
typedef PointCloudIn::Ptr PointCloudInPtr
typedef PointCloudIn::ConstPtr PointCloudInConstPtr
typedef pcl::PointCloud
< PointOutT > 
PointCloudOut
typedef boost::function< int(size_t,
double, std::vector< int >
&, std::vector< float > &)> 
SearchMethod
typedef boost::function< int(const
PointCloudIn &cloud, size_t
index, double, std::vector
< int > &, std::vector< float > &)> 
SearchMethodSurface
typedef pcl::PointCloud< PointT > PointCloud
typedef PointCloud::Ptr PointCloudPtr
typedef PointCloud::ConstPtr PointCloudConstPtr
typedef PointIndices::Ptr PointIndicesPtr
typedef PointIndices::ConstPtr PointIndicesConstPtr

Public Member Functions

 Feature ()
 Empty constructor.
void setSearchSurface (const PointCloudInConstPtr &cloud)
 Provide a pointer to a dataset to add additional information to estimate the features for every point in the input dataset.
PointCloudInConstPtr getSearchSurface ()
 Get a pointer to the surface point cloud dataset.
void setSearchMethod (const KdTreePtr &tree)
 Provide a pointer to the search object.
KdTreePtr getSearchMethod ()
 Get a pointer to the search method used.
double getSearchParameter ()
 Get the internal search parameter.
void setKSearch (int k)
 Set the number of k nearest neighbors to use for the feature estimation.
int getKSearch ()
 get the number of k nearest neighbors used for the feature estimation.
void setRadiusSearch (double radius)
 Set the sphere radius that is to be used for determining the nearest neighbors used for the feature estimation.
double getRadiusSearch ()
 Get the sphere radius used for determining the neighbors.
void compute (PointCloudOut &output)
 Base method for feature estimation for all points given in <setInputCloud (), setIndices ()> using the surface in setSearchSurface () and the spatial locator in setSearchMethod ()
int searchForNeighbors (size_t index, double parameter, std::vector< int > &indices, std::vector< float > &distances) const
 Search for k-nearest neighbors using the spatial locator from setSearchmethod, and the given surface from setSearchSurface.
int searchForNeighbors (const PointCloudIn &cloud, size_t index, double parameter, std::vector< int > &indices, std::vector< float > &distances) const
 Search for k-nearest neighbors using the spatial locator from setSearchmethod, and the given surface from setSearchSurface.
virtual void setInputCloud (const PointCloudConstPtr &cloud)
 Provide a pointer to the input dataset.
PointCloudConstPtr const getInputCloud ()
 Get a pointer to the input point cloud dataset.
void setIndices (const IndicesPtr &indices)
 Provide a pointer to the vector of indices that represents the input data.
void setIndices (const PointIndicesConstPtr &indices)
 Provide a pointer to the vector of indices that represents the input data.
void setIndices (size_t row_start, size_t col_start, size_t nb_rows, size_t nb_cols)
 Set the indices for the points laying within an interest region of the point cloud.
IndicesPtr const getIndices ()
 Get a pointer to the vector of indices used.
const PointT & operator[] (size_t pos)
 Override PointCloud operator[] to shorten code.

Detailed Description

Feature represents the base feature class.

Some generic 3D operations that are applicable to all features are defined here as static methods.

Author:
Radu Bogdan Rusu

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef PCLBase<PointInT> pcl::Feature::BaseClass

Reimplemented in pcl::RangeImageBorderExtractor, and pcl::NarfDescriptor.

Definition at line 103 of file feature.h.

typedef boost::shared_ptr< const Feature<PointInT, PointOutT> > pcl::Feature::ConstPtr

Reimplemented in pcl::FeatureFromNormals.

Definition at line 106 of file feature.h.

Definition at line 108 of file feature.h.

Definition at line 109 of file feature.h.

typedef pcl::PointCloud<PointT> pcl::PCLBase::PointCloud [inherited]

Definition at line 74 of file pcl_base.h.

Definition at line 76 of file pcl_base.h.

Definition at line 113 of file feature.h.

Definition at line 112 of file feature.h.

Definition at line 75 of file pcl_base.h.

Definition at line 79 of file pcl_base.h.

Definition at line 78 of file pcl_base.h.

typedef boost::shared_ptr< Feature<PointInT, PointOutT> > pcl::Feature::Ptr

Reimplemented in pcl::FeatureFromNormals.

Definition at line 105 of file feature.h.

typedef boost::function<int (size_t, double, std::vector<int> &, std::vector<float> &)> pcl::Feature::SearchMethod

Definition at line 117 of file feature.h.

typedef boost::function<int (const PointCloudIn &cloud, size_t index, double, std::vector<int> &, std::vector<float> &)> pcl::Feature::SearchMethodSurface

Definition at line 118 of file feature.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

pcl::Feature::Feature ( ) [inline]

Empty constructor.

Definition at line 122 of file feature.h.


Member Function Documentation

void pcl::Feature::compute ( PointCloudOut output)

Base method for feature estimation for all points given in <setInputCloud (), setIndices ()> using the surface in setSearchSurface () and the spatial locator in setSearchMethod ()

Parameters:
outputthe resultant point cloud model dataset containing the estimated features

Reimplemented in pcl::NarfDescriptor.

Definition at line 249 of file feature.hpp.

IndicesPtr const pcl::PCLBase::getIndices ( ) [inline, inherited]

Get a pointer to the vector of indices used.

Definition at line 171 of file pcl_base.h.

PointCloudConstPtr const pcl::PCLBase::getInputCloud ( ) [inline, inherited]

Get a pointer to the input point cloud dataset.

Definition at line 99 of file pcl_base.h.

int pcl::Feature::getKSearch ( ) [inline]

get the number of k nearest neighbors used for the feature estimation.

Definition at line 166 of file feature.h.

double pcl::Feature::getRadiusSearch ( ) [inline]

Get the sphere radius used for determining the neighbors.

Definition at line 177 of file feature.h.

KdTreePtr pcl::Feature::getSearchMethod ( ) [inline]

Get a pointer to the search method used.

Definition at line 152 of file feature.h.

double pcl::Feature::getSearchParameter ( ) [inline]

Get the internal search parameter.

Definition at line 156 of file feature.h.

PointCloudInConstPtr pcl::Feature::getSearchSurface ( ) [inline]

Get a pointer to the surface point cloud dataset.

Definition at line 142 of file feature.h.

const PointT& pcl::PCLBase::operator[] ( size_t  pos) [inline, inherited]

Override PointCloud operator[] to shorten code.

Note:
this method can be called instead of (*input_)[(*indices_)[pos]] or input_->points[(*indices_)[pos]]
Parameters:
posposition in indices_ vector

Definition at line 178 of file pcl_base.h.

int pcl::Feature::searchForNeighbors ( size_t  index,
double  parameter,
std::vector< int > &  indices,
std::vector< float > &  distances 
) const [inline]

Search for k-nearest neighbors using the spatial locator from setSearchmethod, and the given surface from setSearchSurface.

Parameters:
indexthe index of the query point
parameterthe search parameter (either k or radius)
indicesthe resultant vector of indices representing the k-nearest neighbors
distancesthe resultant vector of distances representing the distances from the query point to the k-nearest neighbors

Definition at line 196 of file feature.h.

int pcl::Feature::searchForNeighbors ( const PointCloudIn cloud,
size_t  index,
double  parameter,
std::vector< int > &  indices,
std::vector< float > &  distances 
) const [inline]

Search for k-nearest neighbors using the spatial locator from setSearchmethod, and the given surface from setSearchSurface.

Parameters:
cloudthe query point cloud
indexthe index of the query point in cloud
parameterthe search parameter (either k or radius)
indicesthe resultant vector of indices representing the k-nearest neighbors
distancesthe resultant vector of distances representing the distances from the query point to the k-nearest neighbors

Definition at line 215 of file feature.h.

void pcl::PCLBase::setIndices ( const IndicesPtr indices) [inline, inherited]

Provide a pointer to the vector of indices that represents the input data.

Parameters:
indicesa pointer to the vector of indices that represents the input data.

Definition at line 105 of file pcl_base.h.

void pcl::PCLBase::setIndices ( const PointIndicesConstPtr indices) [inline, inherited]

Provide a pointer to the vector of indices that represents the input data.

Parameters:
indicesa pointer to the vector of indices that represents the input data.

Definition at line 116 of file pcl_base.h.

void pcl::PCLBase::setIndices ( size_t  row_start,
size_t  col_start,
size_t  nb_rows,
size_t  nb_cols 
) [inline, inherited]

Set the indices for the points laying within an interest region of the point cloud.

Note:
you shouldn't call this method on unorganized point clouds!
Parameters:
row_startthe offset on rows
col_startthe offset on columns
nb_rowsthe number of rows to be considered row_start included
nb_colsthe number of columns to be considered col_start included

Definition at line 132 of file pcl_base.h.

virtual void pcl::PCLBase::setInputCloud ( const PointCloudConstPtr cloud) [inline, virtual, inherited]

Provide a pointer to the input dataset.

Parameters:
cloudthe const boost shared pointer to a PointCloud message

Definition at line 95 of file pcl_base.h.

void pcl::Feature::setKSearch ( int  k) [inline]

Set the number of k nearest neighbors to use for the feature estimation.

Parameters:
kthe number of k-nearest neighbors

Definition at line 162 of file feature.h.

void pcl::Feature::setRadiusSearch ( double  radius) [inline]

Set the sphere radius that is to be used for determining the nearest neighbors used for the feature estimation.

Parameters:
radiusthe sphere radius used as the maximum distance to consider a point a neighbor

Definition at line 173 of file feature.h.

void pcl::Feature::setSearchMethod ( const KdTreePtr tree) [inline]

Provide a pointer to the search object.

Parameters:
treea pointer to the spatial search object.

Definition at line 148 of file feature.h.

void pcl::Feature::setSearchSurface ( const PointCloudInConstPtr cloud) [inline]

Provide a pointer to a dataset to add additional information to estimate the features for every point in the input dataset.

This is optional, if this is not set, it will only use the data in the input cloud to estimate the features. This is useful when you only need to compute the features for a downsampled cloud.

Parameters:
clouda pointer to a PointCloud message

Definition at line 133 of file feature.h.


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