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scalespace.h File Reference

Scale Space (Gaussian Scale Space (GSS)) More...

`#include "generic.h"`
`#include "imopv.h"`
`#include "mathop.h"`

## Data Structures

struct | VlScaleSpaceGeometry
| Geometry of a scale space. More...
struct | VlScaleSpaceOctaveGeometry
| Geometry of one octave of a scale space. More...

## Functions

vl_bool | vl_scalespacegeometry_is_equal (VlScaleSpaceGeometry a, VlScaleSpaceGeometry b)
| Check scale space geometries for equality. More...
Create and destroy
VlScaleSpaceGeometry | vl_scalespace_get_default_geometry (vl_size width, vl_size height)
| Get the default geometry for a given image size. More...
VlScaleSpace * | vl_scalespace_new (vl_size width, vl_size height)
| Create a new scale space object. More...
VlScaleSpace * | vl_scalespace_new_with_geometry (VlScaleSpaceGeometry geom)
| Create a new scale space with the specified geometry. More...
VlScaleSpace * | vl_scalespace_new_copy (VlScaleSpace *src)
| Create a new copy of the object. More...
VlScaleSpace * | vl_scalespace_new_shallow_copy (VlScaleSpace *src)
| Create a new shallow copy of the object. More...
void | vl_scalespace_delete (VlScaleSpace *self)
| Delete object. More...
Process data
void | vl_scalespace_put_image (VlScaleSpace *self, float const *image)
| Initialise Scale space with new image. More...
Retrieve data and parameters
VlScaleSpaceGeometry | vl_scalespace_get_geometry (VlScaleSpace const *self)
| Get the geometry of the scale space. More...
VlScaleSpaceOctaveGeometry | vl_scalespace_get_octave_geometry (VlScaleSpace const *self, vl_index o)
| Get the geometry of an octave of the scalespace. More...
float * | vl_scalespace_get_level (VlScaleSpace *self, vl_index o, vl_index s)
| Get the data of a scale space level. More...
float const * | vl_scalespace_get_level_const (VlScaleSpace const *self, vl_index o, vl_index s)
| Get the data of a scale space level (const) More...
double | vl_scalespace_get_level_sigma (VlScaleSpace const *self, vl_index o, vl_index s)
| Get the scale of a given octave and sublevel. More...

## Detailed Description

Author
  Andrea Vedaldi
  Karel Lenc
  Michal Perdoch

## Function Documentation

void vl_scalespace_delete | ( | VlScaleSpace * | self | ) |

Parameters

  self | object to delete.

See also
  vl_scalespace_new()

VlScaleSpaceGeometry vl_scalespace_get_default_geometry | ( | vl_size | width,
|  | vl_size | height
| ) |  |

Parameters

  width | image width.
  height | image height.

Returns
  the default scale space geometry.

Both width and height must be at least one pixel wide.

VlScaleSpaceGeometry vl_scalespace_get_geometry | ( | VlScaleSpace const * | self | ) |

Parameters

  self | object.

Returns
  the scale space geometry.

float* vl_scalespace_get_level | ( | VlScaleSpace * | self,
|  | vl_index | o,
|  | vl_index | s
| ) |  |

Parameters

  self | object.
  o | octave index.
  s | level index.

Returns
  pointer to the data for octave o, level s.

The octave index o must be in the range `firstOctave` to `lastOctave` and the scale index s must be in the range `octaveFirstSubdivision` to `octaveLastSubdivision`.

float const* vl_scalespace_get_level_const | ( | VlScaleSpace const * | self,
|  | vl_index | o,
|  | vl_index | s
| ) |  |

Parameters

  self | object.
  o | octave index.
  s | level index.

Returns
  pointer to the data for octave o, level s.

This function is the same as vl_scalespace_get_level but reutrns a `const` pointer to the data.

double vl_scalespace_get_level_sigma | ( | VlScaleSpace const * | self,
|  | vl_index | o,
|  | vl_index | s
| ) |  |

Parameters

  self | object.
  o | octave index.
  s | sublevel index.

The function returns the scale \(\sigma(o,s)\) as a function of the octave index o and sublevel s.

VlScaleSpaceOctaveGeometry vl_scalespace_get_octave_geometry | ( | VlScaleSpace const * | self,
|  | vl_index | o
| ) |  |

Parameters

  self | object.
  o | octave index.

Returns
  the geometry of octave o.

VlScaleSpace* vl_scalespace_new | ( | vl_size | width,
|  | vl_size | height
| ) |  |

Parameters

  width | image width.
  height | image height.

Returns
  new scale space object.

This function is the same as vl_scalespace_new_with_geometry() but it uses vl_scalespace_get_default_geometry to initialise the geometry of the scale space from the image size.

See also
  vl_scalespace_new_with_geometry(), vl_scalespace_delete().

VlScaleSpace* vl_scalespace_new_copy | ( | VlScaleSpace * | self | ) |

Parameters

  self | object to copy from.

The function returns `NULL` if the copy cannot be made due to an out-of-memory condition.

VlScaleSpace* vl_scalespace_new_shallow_copy | ( | VlScaleSpace * | self | ) |

Parameters

  self | object to copy from.

The function works like vl_scalespace_new_copy() but only allocates the scale space, without actually copying the data.

VlScaleSpace* vl_scalespace_new_with_geometry | ( | VlScaleSpaceGeometry | geom | ) |

Parameters

  geom | scale space geomerty.

Returns
  new scale space object.

If the geometry is not valid (see VlScaleSpaceGeometry), the result is unpredictable.

The function returns `NULL` if it was not possible to allocate the object because of an out-of-memory condition.

See also
  VlScaleSpaceGeometry, vl_scalespace_delete().

void vl_scalespace_put_image | ( | VlScaleSpace * | self,
|  | float const * | image
| ) |  |

Parameters

  self | VlScaleSpace object instance.
  image | image to process.

Compute the data of all the defined octaves and scales of the scale space self.

vl_bool vl_scalespacegeometry_is_equal | ( | VlScaleSpaceGeometry | a,
|  | VlScaleSpaceGeometry | b
| ) |  |

Parameters

  a | first geometry.
  b | second geometry.

Returns
  true if equal.