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/** \defgroup mrpt_vision_grp [mrpt-vision]

Computer vision algorithms

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# Library `mrpt-vision`
<small> [New in MRPT 2.0.0] </small>

This library is part of MRPT but has no dependencies, so it can be installed
in Debian-based systems with:

        sudo apt install libmrpt-vision-dev

See: \ref mrpt_from_cmake

This library includes some extensions to OpenCV functionality, plus some
original classes:

- The namespace mrpt::vision::pinhole contains several projection and Jacobian
auxiliary functions for projective cameras.

- Sparse Bundle Adjustment algorithms. See \ref mrpt_vision_lgpl_grp

- A versatile feature tracker. See mrpt::vision::CGenericFeatureTracker and the
implementation mrpt::vision::CFeatureTracker_KL

- mrpt::vision::CFeature: A generic representation of a visual feature, with or
without patch, with or without a set of descriptors.

- mrpt::vision::CFeatureExtraction: A hub for a number of detection algorithms
and different descriptors.

- mrpt::vision::TSIFTDescriptorsKDTreeIndex,
mrpt::vision::find_descriptor_pairings() and others: KD-tree-based SIFT/SURF
feature matching.

- mrpt::vision::CVideoFileWriter: A class to write video files.

- mrpt::vision::CUndistortMap: A cache of the map for undistorting image, very
efficient for sequences of images all with the same distortion parameters.

- This library defines a new type of observation
(mrpt::obs::CObservationVisualLandmarks) and a new type of map
(mrpt::maps::CLandmarksMap).

- Notice that sets of parameters for monocular and stereo cameras are defined in
\ref grp_mrpt_img for convenience, in the classes:
    - mrpt::img::TCamera
    - mrpt::img::TStereoCamera

- mrpt::vision::CDifodo: A class which implements a Visual Odometry algorithm
based on depth images and the "range flow constraint equation".

See all the classes in mrpt::vision


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