CMetricMapsAlignmentAlgorithm.h

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#ifndef CMetricMapsAlignmentAlgorithm_H
#define CMetricMapsAlignmentAlgorithm_H

#include <mrpt/maps/CPointsMap.h>
#include <mrpt/poses/poses_frwds.h>
#include <mrpt/poses/CPosePDF.h>
#include <mrpt/poses/CPose3DPDF.h>

#include <mrpt/system/COutputLogger.h>

namespace mrpt::slam
{
/** A base class for any algorithm able of maps alignment. There are two methods
 *   depending on an PDF or a single 2D Pose value is available as initial guess
 * for the methods.
 *
 * \sa CPointsMap, \ingroup mrpt_slam_grp
 */
class CMetricMapsAlignmentAlgorithm : public mrpt::system::COutputLogger
{
   public:
    CMetricMapsAlignmentAlgorithm()
        : mrpt::system::COutputLogger("CMetricMapsAlignmentAlgorithm")
    {
    }
    /** Dtor */
    virtual ~CMetricMapsAlignmentAlgorithm() {}
    /** The method for aligning a pair of metric maps, aligning only 2D +
     * orientation.
     *   The meaning of some parameters and the kind of the maps to be aligned
     * are implementation dependant,
     *    so look into the derived classes for instructions.
     *  The target is to find a PDF for the pose displacement between
     *   maps, <b>thus the pose of m2 relative to m1</b>. This pose
     *   is returned as a PDF rather than a single value.
     *
     * \param m1            [IN] The first map
     * \param m2            [IN] The second map. The pose of this map respect to
     * m1
     * is
     * to
     * be estimated.
     * \param grossEst      [IN] An initial gross estimation for the
     * displacement.
     * If a given algorithm doesn't need it, set to <code>CPose2D(0,0,0)</code>
     * for example.
     * \param runningTime   [OUT] A pointer to a container for obtaining the
     * algorithm running time in seconds, or nullptr if you don't need it.
     * \param info          [OUT] See derived classes for details, or nullptr if
     * it
     * isn't needed.
     *
     * \return A smart pointer to the output estimated pose PDF.
     * \sa CICP
     */
    mrpt::poses::CPosePDF::Ptr Align(
        const mrpt::maps::CMetricMap* m1, const mrpt::maps::CMetricMap* m2,
        const mrpt::poses::CPose2D& grossEst, float* runningTime = nullptr,
        void* info = nullptr);

    /** The virtual method for aligning a pair of metric maps, aligning only 2D
     * + orientation.
     *   The meaning of some parameters are implementation dependant,
     *    so look at the derived classes for more details.
     *  The goal is to find a PDF for the pose displacement between
     *   maps, that is, <b>the pose of m2 relative to m1</b>. This pose
     *   is returned as a PDF rather than a single value.
     *
     *  \note This method can be configurated with a "options" structure in the
     * implementation classes.
     *
     * \param m1            [IN] The first map (MUST BE A COccupancyGridMap2D
     * derived
     * class)
     * \param m2            [IN] The second map. (MUST BE A CPointsMap derived
     * class)
     * The
     * pose of this map respect to m1 is to be estimated.
     * \param initialEstimationPDF  [IN] An initial gross estimation for the
     * displacement.
     * \param runningTime   [OUT] A pointer to a container for obtaining the
     * algorithm running time in seconds, or nullptr if you don't need it.
     * \param info          [OUT] See derived classes for details, or nullptr if
     * it
     * isn't needed.
     *
     * \return A smart pointer to the output estimated pose PDF.
     * \sa CICP
     */
    virtual mrpt::poses::CPosePDF::Ptr AlignPDF(
        const mrpt::maps::CMetricMap* m1, const mrpt::maps::CMetricMap* m2,
        const mrpt::poses::CPosePDFGaussian& initialEstimationPDF,
        float* runningTime = nullptr, void* info = nullptr) = 0;

    /** The method for aligning a pair of metric maps, aligning the full 6D
     * pose.
     *   The meaning of some parameters and the kind of the maps to be aligned
     * are implementation dependant,
     *    so look into the derived classes for instructions.
     *  The target is to find a PDF for the pose displacement between
     *   maps, <b>thus the pose of m2 relative to m1</b>. This pose
     *   is returned as a PDF rather than a single value.
     *
     * \param m1            [IN] The first map
     * \param m2            [IN] The second map. The pose of this map respect to
     * m1
     * is
     * to
     * be estimated.
     * \param grossEst      [IN] An initial gross estimation for the
     * displacement.
     * If a given algorithm doesn't need it, set to <code>CPose3D(0,0,0)</code>
     * for example.
     * \param runningTime   [OUT] A pointer to a container for obtaining the
     * algorithm running time in seconds, or nullptr if you don't need it.
     * \param info          [OUT] See derived classes for details, or nullptr if
     * it
     * isn't needed.
     *
     * \return A smart pointer to the output estimated pose PDF.
     * \sa CICP
     */
    mrpt::poses::CPose3DPDF::Ptr Align3D(
        const mrpt::maps::CMetricMap* m1, const mrpt::maps::CMetricMap* m2,
        const mrpt::poses::CPose3D& grossEst, float* runningTime = nullptr,
        void* info = nullptr);

    /** The virtual method for aligning a pair of metric maps, aligning the full
     * 6D pose.
     *   The meaning of some parameters are implementation dependant,
     *    so look at the derived classes for more details.
     *  The goal is to find a PDF for the pose displacement between
     *   maps, that is, <b>the pose of m2 relative to m1</b>. This pose
     *   is returned as a PDF rather than a single value.
     *
     *  \note This method can be configurated with a "options" structure in the
     * implementation classes.
     *
     * \param m1            [IN] The first map (MUST BE A COccupancyGridMap2D
     * derived
     * class)
     * \param m2            [IN] The second map. (MUST BE A CPointsMap derived
     * class)
     * The
     * pose of this map respect to m1 is to be estimated.
     * \param initialEstimationPDF  [IN] An initial gross estimation for the
     * displacement.
     * \param runningTime   [OUT] A pointer to a container for obtaining the
     * algorithm running time in seconds, or nullptr if you don't need it.
     * \param info          [OUT] See derived classes for details, or nullptr if
     * it
     * isn't needed.
     *
     * \return A smart pointer to the output estimated pose PDF.
     * \sa CICP
     */
    virtual mrpt::poses::CPose3DPDF::Ptr Align3DPDF(
        const mrpt::maps::CMetricMap* m1, const mrpt::maps::CMetricMap* m2,
        const mrpt::poses::CPose3DPDFGaussian& initialEstimationPDF,
        float* runningTime = nullptr, void* info = nullptr) = 0;
};

}
#endif