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icl::markers::FiducialDetector Class Reference

Main Fiducial Detector class. More...

#include <FiducialDetector.h>

Inheritance diagram for icl::markers::FiducialDetector:
icl::utils::Uncopyable icl::utils::Configurable

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Public Member Functions

 FiducialDetector (const std::string &plugin="bch", const utils::Any &markersToLoad=utils::Any(), const utils::ParamList &params=utils::ParamList(), const geom::Camera *camera=0) throw (utils::ICLException)
 create a FiducialDetector instance with speical plugin type
virtual ~FiducialDetector ()
 Destructor.
const std::string & getPluginType () const
 returns the current plugin type
void setCamera (const geom::Camera &camera)
 sets the current camera
const geom::CameragetCamera () const throw (utils::ICLException)
 returns the current camera (or throws an exception if no camera is available)
void loadMarkers (const utils::Any &which, const utils::ParamList &params=utils::ParamList()) throw (utils::ICLException)
 loads markers according to the current plugin type
void unloadMarkers (const utils::Any &which)
 unloads all already defined markers
const std::vector< Fiducial > & detect (const core::ImgBase *image) throw (utils::ICLException)
 detects markers in the given and returns all found markers
Fiducial::FeatureSet getFeatures () const
 returns the list of supported features
std::string getIntermediateImageNames () const
 returns a list (comma separated) of all available intermediate image results
const core::ImgBasegetIntermediateImage (const std::string &name) const throw (utils::ICLException)
 returns the intermediate result image associated with given name
core::Img8u createMarker (const utils::Any &whichOne, const utils::Size &size, const utils::ParamList &params)
 creates an image of a given markers
FiducialDetectorPlugingetPlugin ()
 returns the internal plugin

Private Attributes

Data * data
 hidden data pointer

Detailed Description

Main Fiducial Detector class.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

icl::markers::FiducialDetector::FiducialDetector ( const std::string &  plugin = "bch",
const utils::Any markersToLoad = utils::Any(),
const utils::ParamList params = utils::ParamList(),
const geom::Camera camera = 0 
) throw (utils::ICLException)

create a FiducialDetector instance with speical plugin type

The given plugin type can be:

  • "art" for ARToolkit markers (visit the ARToolkit Webpage for more details) ART Fiducials can provide the full set of information including the 3D pose from a single marker
  • "bch" for ARToolkit+/Studierstube-Tracker like bch-code based binary markers (visit the Studierstube Tracker Homepage for more details) BCH Fiducials can provide the full set of information including the 3D pose from a single marker. Usually, the detection rate is faster and more accurate in comparison to artoolkit markers.
  • "amoeba" for The amoeba style hierarchical markers provided by the reactivision software Amoeba fiducials cannot be detected in 3D. They do only provide 2D center and rotation and the 2D boundary.
  • "icl1" for ICL's own markers, that were also used for the former version of deformable paper tracking. Here, 32 hierarchical markers are provided. These markers do also provide key-point association and 3D pose estimation. all allowed marker IDs can be used twice: positive IDs indicate 'normal' markers (with a black root region) while negative marker IDs indicate 'inverted' markers (with white root regions)

other parameters
For extraction of 3D marker information, usually a camera is needed. The camera can also set later using setCamera Even though the camera is passed per pointer, it is compied deeply into the FiducialDetector instance. The camera can be updated using setCamera() lateron
The also optionally given markersToLoad and params are directly passed to the loadMarkers method

benchmarks TODO

Destructor.


Member Function Documentation

core::Img8u icl::markers::FiducialDetector::createMarker ( const utils::Any whichOne,
const utils::Size size,
const utils::ParamList params 
)

creates an image of a given markers

sice this function call is directly passed to the underlying FiducialDetectorPlugin instance, its implemention depends on this implementation.

Parameters:
whichOnespecifies the marker to create in case of plugin type 'icl1' or 'bch', this is simply the marker ID. If the plugin type is art, whichOne needs to be an image filename. Amoeba markers cannot be created automatically because the marker layout is not free.
sizeresulting image size (please note, that the recommended image size aspect ratio for icl1-typed markers is 13:17 (e.g. 230:300)
paramsthis list contains additional parameters that are neccessary for marker creation.

params for different plugin types

bch needs an integer valued "border-width" parameter, which is used as border width. Please note that the bch-code center always consists of 6x6 pixels. The resulting image of size 2*border-width + 6 is finally scaled up to 'size' before it is returned. art needs a float valued 'border ratio' parameter. This is used to compute the border size for a given marker image. If the marker image (without border) has size A^2, then whole marker image (whith borders) has size (1+'border ratio')*A. Only finally, the image is scaled to it's destination size. icl1 does not need extra parameters amoeba is not supported

const std::vector<Fiducial>& icl::markers::FiducialDetector::detect ( const core::ImgBase image) throw (utils::ICLException)

detects markers in the given and returns all found markers

Please note, the preferred input core::format is core::Img8u. Other formats are converted to depth8u internally. Usually, your plugin will use gray images as input. You can query this information by calling getPropertyValue("preferred image type")

returns the current camera (or throws an exception if no camera is available)

returns the list of supported features

returns the intermediate result image associated with given name

If no image is associated with this name, an exception is thrown. Note, the image might be associated, but still be null, in particular if detect was not called one before

returns a list (comma separated) of all available intermediate image results

The returned images can be used for debugging or for further processing. the Fiducial Detector does always add the two tokes "input" and "pp", which refers to the last input image and the last preprocessing result image

returns the internal plugin

const std::string& icl::markers::FiducialDetector::getPluginType ( ) const

returns the current plugin type

loads markers according to the current plugin type

  • "bch":
    params is a string that is either a range "[a,b]" of markers that are used or a list "{a,b,c,...}" of allowed marker IDs or a single marker ID. The used bch codes are able to encode marker IDs in range [0,4095]. Please note that angular braces define a range, while curly braces define a list here.
    Artoolkit markers need extra param in the param list which is the real marker size (in mm) An example param list is ParamList("size",utils::Size(50,50));
    • "art":
      here, an image file-name or file-pattern is required. This image is automatically converted into an appropriate matching representation
    • "amoeba"
      Each amoeba marker is represented by a special two-level hierarchical code representation that is wrapped by the TwoLevelRegionStructure class. You can pass either a file, that contains a list of these codes (one code per line) or a single code or a comma- or space separated list of codes. Please note that the "amoeba" markers are only free to use in combination with the reacTIVision software.
    • "icl1"
      These are the 32 allowed icl1 marker IDs: 1294 1252 1287 1035 1245 993 1292 1250 1280 1028 1208 776 1238 986 1166 734 1285 1033 1243 991 1273 1021 1201 769 949 517 1231 979 1159 727 907 475. Other ID's will not be detected, but can be added in a more genereal list. E.g. by adding which ="[450-1300]", you can add all markers. Actually if you load a marker ID x, also the inverted marker (that has a white root-region) with ID -x is added.

sets the current camera

The camera is usually needed for extraction of 3D marker information. After setting a camera, some already existent Fiducials might become out of date. Therefore, detect must be called again when the camera was changed.

unloads all already defined markers

usually, markers are unloaded with the same pattern that was also used for loading the markers before


Member Data Documentation

hidden data pointer


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