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GT2004BeaconDetector Class Reference

A class for detecting beacons in images. More...

#include <GT2004BeaconDetector.h>

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Public Types

enum  { edgeThresholdU = 13, edgeThresholdV = 15 }

Public Member Functions

 GT2004BeaconDetector (const Image &image, const CameraMatrix &cameraMatrix, const CameraMatrix &prevCameraMatrix, const ImageInfo &imageInf, const ColorTable &colorTable, const ColorCorrector &colorCorrector, LandmarksPercept &landmarksPercept)
 Constructor.

void execute ()
 Executes the beacon detection.

void analyzeColorTable ()
 Gains information about pink from the current color table.


Private Types

enum  { lowReliability = 1, mediumReliability = 4, highReliability = 6 }

Private Member Functions

bool addCandidate (const Run &pinkRun)
 Adds a pink run to the list of candidates.

void scanForPink (const Vector2< int > &start, const Vector2< int > &end)
 Scans along a line.

bool scanForBeaconPart (const Vector2< int > &start, const Vector2< int > &end, Vector2< int > &position, Vector2< int > &edge, colorClass &color)
 Scans for one other beacon part.

void clusterPinkBeaconParts ()
 Clusters the pink elements to find the pink beacon parts.

void analyzeBeacon (const Vector2< double > &left, const double pinkRunWidth)
 Tries to detect a beacon near a pink part.

int scanForBeaconEdges (const Vector2< int > &position, const double pinkRunWidth, Flag::FlagType &flagType, Vector2< int > &topEdge, Vector2< int > &bottomEdge)
 Looks for the vertical edges and the color type of a beacon.


Private Attributes

const SUSANEdgeDetectionLite edgeDetectionU
 Edge detection operators (U and V components) used to find the boundaries of flags.

const SUSANEdgeDetectionLite edgeDetectionV
const Imageimage
 The image.

const CameraMatrixcameraMatrix
 The camera matrix.

const CameraMatrixprevCameraMatrix
 The previous camera matrix.

const ImageInfoimageInf
 Additional Image information.

const ColorTablecolorTable
 The color table.

LandmarksPerceptlandmarksPercept
 The landmarks percept.

int numOfBeaconCandidates
 The number of possible beacons.

Run beaconCandidates [MAX_NUMBER_OF_PINK_RUNS]
 The list of candidates.

TransformedRun transformedCandidates [MAX_NUMBER_OF_PINK_RUNS]
 A buffer for transformed candidates.

const double horizontalBaseOffset
 The base offset for horizontal scan lines.

const int numOfHorizontalScanLineAbove
 The number of horizontal scan lines above the horizon.

const int numOfHorizontalScanLineBelow
 The number of horizontal scan lines below the horizon.

const double horizontalOffsetModifier
 The growth factor of the distance between two scan lines.

const int clusteringDistanceTolerance
 The maximum distance between the merged runs.

const int minPinkRunLength
 The minimum length of a pink run.

const double clusteringAspectRatio
 The maximum vertical distance of scanlines to be clustered, over the estimated merged horizontal distance (half beacon aspect ratio should be 1:1).

const double projectionAspectRatio
 The minimum value for the ratio of the 2 dimensions of the pink part of the beacon, to be used for projection on the unknown colored part.

const int edgeScanDepth
 The maximum number of pixels which are examined after an edge response has been found for determining the color beyond the edge.

unsigned char minPinkUValue
 The minimum U channel value of a pink pixel.

const double minFlagConfidence
 A confidence threshold used to determine if a target beacon, whose type is not completely clear, can be accepted or not.

GT2004FlagSpecialist flagSpecialist
 A flag specialist.

const ColorCorrectorcolorCorrector
 The color corrector.


Detailed Description

A class for detecting beacons in images.

Definition at line 27 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.


Member Enumeration Documentation

anonymous enum
 

Enumeration values:
edgeThresholdU 
edgeThresholdV 

Definition at line 31 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

anonymous enum [private]
 

Enumeration values:
lowReliability 
mediumReliability 
highReliability 

Definition at line 125 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

GT2004BeaconDetector::GT2004BeaconDetector const Image image,
const CameraMatrix cameraMatrix,
const CameraMatrix prevCameraMatrix,
const ImageInfo imageInf,
const ColorTable colorTable,
const ColorCorrector colorCorrector,
LandmarksPercept landmarksPercept
 

Constructor.

Definition at line 32 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.cpp.


Member Function Documentation

void GT2004BeaconDetector::execute  ) 
 

Executes the beacon detection.

Definition at line 60 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.cpp.

References Geometry::Line::base, Image::cameraInfo, clusterPinkBeaconParts(), Geometry::Line::direction, flagSpecialist, GT2004FlagSpecialist::getFlagPercept(), Geometry::getIntersectionPointsOfLineAndRectangle(), ImageInfo::horizon, horizontalBaseOffset, horizontalOffsetModifier, imageInf, GT2004FlagSpecialist::init(), LINE, ImageInfo::maxImageCoordinates, numOfBeaconCandidates, numOfHorizontalScanLineAbove, numOfHorizontalScanLineBelow, scanForPink(), ImageInfo::vertLine, Vector2< V >::x, and Vector2< V >::y.

Referenced by GT2004ImageProcessor::execute().

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void GT2004BeaconDetector::analyzeColorTable  ) 
 

Gains information about pink from the current color table.

Definition at line 883 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.cpp.

References minPinkUValue, and Vector3< V >::y.

Referenced by GT2004ImageProcessor::GT2004ImageProcessor(), and GT2004ImageProcessor::handleMessage().

bool GT2004BeaconDetector::addCandidate const Run pinkRun  )  [private]
 

Adds a pink run to the list of candidates.

Parameters:
pinkRun A pink run
Returns:
true, if the run has been appended

Definition at line 183 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.cpp.

References beaconCandidates, Run::end, MAX_NUMBER_OF_PINK_RUNS, numOfBeaconCandidates, Run::scanLineStart, and Run::start.

Referenced by scanForPink().

void GT2004BeaconDetector::scanForPink const Vector2< int > &  start,
const Vector2< int > &  end
[private]
 

Scans along a line.

Definition at line 111 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.cpp.

References addCandidate(), COLOR_CLASS, ColorCorrector::correct(), Run::end, BresenhamLineScan::getNext(), Image::image, BresenhamLineScan::init(), Run::length, LINE, minPinkRunLength, minPinkUValue, BresenhamLineScan::numberOfPixels, Run::scanLineStart, Run::start, U(), V(), Vector2< int >::x, Vector2< V >::x, Vector2< int >::y, Vector2< V >::y, and Y().

Referenced by execute().

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bool GT2004BeaconDetector::scanForBeaconPart const Vector2< int > &  start,
const Vector2< int > &  end,
Vector2< int > &  position,
Vector2< int > &  edge,
colorClass color
[private]
 

Scans for one other beacon part.

Definition at line 837 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.cpp.

References COLOR_CLASS, colorClass, DOT, edgeDetectionU, edgeDetectionV, edgeScanDepth, BresenhamLineScan::getNext(), Image::image, BresenhamLineScan::init(), SUSANEdgeDetectionLite::isEdgePoint(), noColor, BresenhamLineScan::numberOfPixels, Vector2< V >::x, and Vector2< V >::y.

Referenced by scanForBeaconEdges().

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void GT2004BeaconDetector::clusterPinkBeaconParts  )  [private]
 

Clusters the pink elements to find the pink beacon parts.

Definition at line 203 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.cpp.

References analyzeBeacon(), Vector2< double >::angle(), beaconCandidates, clusteringAspectRatio, clusteringDistanceTolerance, Geometry::Line::direction, TransformedRun::end, ImageInfo::horizon, imageInf, LINE, numOfBeaconCandidates, Run::scanLineStart, TransformedRun::start, TransformedRun::transform(), transformedCandidates, Matrix2x2< V >::transpose(), Vector2< V >::x, Vector2< double >::x, Vector2< V >::y, Vector2< double >::y, and Vector2< int >::y.

Referenced by execute().

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void GT2004BeaconDetector::analyzeBeacon const Vector2< double > &  left,
const double  pinkRunWidth
[private]
 

Tries to detect a beacon near a pink part.

Definition at line 393 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.cpp.

References imageInf.

Referenced by clusterPinkBeaconParts().

int GT2004BeaconDetector::scanForBeaconEdges const Vector2< int > &  position,
const double  pinkRunWidth,
Flag::FlagType flagType,
Vector2< int > &  topEdge,
Vector2< int > &  bottomEdge
[private]
 

Looks for the vertical edges and the color type of a beacon.

Definition at line 492 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.cpp.

References Vector2< V >::abs(), Vector2< double >::angle(), Geometry::Line::base, COLOR_CLASS, colorClass, Geometry::Line::direction, DOT, flagSpecialist, Geometry::getIntersectionPointsOfLineAndRectangle(), highReliability, ImageInfo::horizon, Image::image, imageInf, lowReliability, ImageInfo::maxImageCoordinates, mediumReliability, noColor, projectionAspectRatio, scanForBeaconPart(), GT2004FlagSpecialist::searchFlags(), ImageInfo::vertLine, Vector2< V >::x, Vector2< double >::x, Vector2< V >::y, and Vector2< double >::y.

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Member Data Documentation

const SUSANEdgeDetectionLite GT2004BeaconDetector::edgeDetectionU [private]
 

Edge detection operators (U and V components) used to find the boundaries of flags.

Definition at line 50 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by scanForBeaconPart().

const SUSANEdgeDetectionLite GT2004BeaconDetector::edgeDetectionV [private]
 

Definition at line 51 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by scanForBeaconPart().

const Image& GT2004BeaconDetector::image [private]
 

The image.

Definition at line 54 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

const CameraMatrix& GT2004BeaconDetector::cameraMatrix [private]
 

The camera matrix.

Definition at line 56 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

const CameraMatrix& GT2004BeaconDetector::prevCameraMatrix [private]
 

The previous camera matrix.

Definition at line 58 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

const ImageInfo& GT2004BeaconDetector::imageInf [private]
 

Additional Image information.

Definition at line 60 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by analyzeBeacon(), clusterPinkBeaconParts(), execute(), and scanForBeaconEdges().

const ColorTable& GT2004BeaconDetector::colorTable [private]
 

The color table.

Definition at line 62 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

LandmarksPercept& GT2004BeaconDetector::landmarksPercept [private]
 

The landmarks percept.

Definition at line 64 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

int GT2004BeaconDetector::numOfBeaconCandidates [private]
 

The number of possible beacons.

Definition at line 66 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by addCandidate(), clusterPinkBeaconParts(), and execute().

Run GT2004BeaconDetector::beaconCandidates[MAX_NUMBER_OF_PINK_RUNS] [private]
 

The list of candidates.

Definition at line 68 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by addCandidate(), and clusterPinkBeaconParts().

TransformedRun GT2004BeaconDetector::transformedCandidates[MAX_NUMBER_OF_PINK_RUNS] [private]
 

A buffer for transformed candidates.

Definition at line 70 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by clusterPinkBeaconParts().

const double GT2004BeaconDetector::horizontalBaseOffset [private]
 

The base offset for horizontal scan lines.

Definition at line 72 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by execute().

const int GT2004BeaconDetector::numOfHorizontalScanLineAbove [private]
 

The number of horizontal scan lines above the horizon.

Definition at line 74 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by execute().

const int GT2004BeaconDetector::numOfHorizontalScanLineBelow [private]
 

The number of horizontal scan lines below the horizon.

Definition at line 76 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by execute().

const double GT2004BeaconDetector::horizontalOffsetModifier [private]
 

The growth factor of the distance between two scan lines.

Definition at line 78 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by execute().

const int GT2004BeaconDetector::clusteringDistanceTolerance [private]
 

The maximum distance between the merged runs.

Definition at line 80 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by clusterPinkBeaconParts().

const int GT2004BeaconDetector::minPinkRunLength [private]
 

The minimum length of a pink run.

Definition at line 82 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by scanForPink().

const double GT2004BeaconDetector::clusteringAspectRatio [private]
 

The maximum vertical distance of scanlines to be clustered, over the estimated merged horizontal distance (half beacon aspect ratio should be 1:1).

Definition at line 85 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by clusterPinkBeaconParts().

const double GT2004BeaconDetector::projectionAspectRatio [private]
 

The minimum value for the ratio of the 2 dimensions of the pink part of the beacon, to be used for projection on the unknown colored part.

Definition at line 88 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by scanForBeaconEdges().

const int GT2004BeaconDetector::edgeScanDepth [private]
 

The maximum number of pixels which are examined after an edge response has been found for determining the color beyond the edge.

Definition at line 91 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by scanForBeaconPart().

unsigned char GT2004BeaconDetector::minPinkUValue [private]
 

The minimum U channel value of a pink pixel.

Definition at line 93 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by analyzeColorTable(), and scanForPink().

const double GT2004BeaconDetector::minFlagConfidence [private]
 

A confidence threshold used to determine if a target beacon, whose type is not completely clear, can be accepted or not.

Definition at line 96 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

GT2004FlagSpecialist GT2004BeaconDetector::flagSpecialist [private]
 

A flag specialist.

Definition at line 98 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.

Referenced by execute(), and scanForBeaconEdges().

const ColorCorrector& GT2004BeaconDetector::colorCorrector [private]
 

The color corrector.

Definition at line 100 of file GT2004BeaconDetector.h.


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