linear_flow_fit.h

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/*
 * @file paparazzi/sw/airborne/modules/computer_vision/opticflow/linear_flow_fit.h
 * @brief Takes a set of optical flow vectors and extracts information such as relative velocities and surface roughness.
 *
 * A horizontal and vertical linear fit is made with the optical flow vectors, and from the fit parameters information is extracted such as relative velocities (useful for time-to-contact determination), slope angle, and surface roughness.
 *
 * Code based on the article:
 * "Optic-flow based slope estimation for autonomous landing",
 * de Croon, G.C.H.E., and Ho, H.W., and De Wagter, C., and van Kampen, E., and Remes B., and Chu, Q.P.,
 * in the International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles, Volume 5, Number 4, pages 287 – 297, (2013)
 */

#include "lib/vision/image.h"

#ifndef LINEAR_FLOW_FIT
#define LINEAR_FLOW_FIT

// structure that contains all outputs of a linear flow fied fit:
struct linear_flow_fit_info {
  float slope_x;      
  float slope_y;      
  float surface_roughness;  
  float focus_of_expansion_x; 
  float focus_of_expansion_y; 
  float relative_velocity_x;  
  float relative_velocity_y;  
  float relative_velocity_z;  
  float time_to_contact;    
  float divergence;   
  float fit_error;    
  int n_inliers_u;    
  int n_inliers_v;    
};

// This is the function called externally, passing the vector of optical flow vectors and information on the number of vectors and image size:
bool analyze_linear_flow_field(struct flow_t *vectors, int count, float error_threshold, int n_iterations, int n_samples, int im_width, int im_height, struct linear_flow_fit_info *info);

// Fits the linear flow field with RANSAC:
void fit_linear_flow_field(struct flow_t *vectors, int count, float error_threshold, int n_iterations, int n_samples, float *parameters_u, float *parameters_v, float *fit_error, float *min_error_u, float *min_error_v, int *n_inliers_u, int *n_inliers_v);

// Extracts relevant information from the fit parameters:
void extract_information_from_parameters(float *parameters_u, float *parameters_v, int im_width, int im_height, struct linear_flow_fit_info *info);


#endif