apriltag.h

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#ifndef _APRILTAG_H
#define _APRILTAG_H

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

#include <stdlib.h>

#include "common/matd.h"
#include "common/image_u8.h"
#include "common/zarray.h"
#include "common/workerpool.h"
#include "common/timeprofile.h"
#include <pthread.h>

#define APRILTAG_TASKS_PER_THREAD_TARGET 10

struct quad
{
    float p[4][2]; // corners

    // H: tag coordinates ([-1,1] at the black corners) to pixels
    // Hinv: pixels to tag
    matd_t *H, *Hinv;
};

// Represents a tag family. Every tag belongs to a tag family. Tag
// families are generated by the Java tool
// april.tag.TagFamilyGenerator and can be converted to C using
// april.tag.TagToC.
typedef struct apriltag_family apriltag_family_t;
struct apriltag_family
{
    // How many codes are there in this tag family?
    uint32_t ncodes;

    // The codes in the family.
    uint64_t *codes;

    // how wide (in bit-sizes) is the black border? (usually 1)
    uint32_t black_border;

    // how many bits tall and wide is it? (e.g. 36bit tag ==> 6)
    uint32_t d;

    // minimum hamming distance between any two codes. (e.g. 36h11 => 11)
    uint32_t h;

    // a human-readable name, e.g., "tag36h11"
    char *name;

    // some detector implementations may preprocess codes in order to
    // accelerate decoding.  They put their data here. (Do not use the
    // same apriltag_family instance in more than one implementation)
    void *impl;
};


struct apriltag_quad_thresh_params
{
    // reject quads containing too few pixels
    int min_cluster_pixels;

    // how many corner candidates to consider when segmenting a group
    // of pixels into a quad.
    int max_nmaxima;

    // Reject quads where pairs of edges have angles that are close to
    // straight or close to 180 degrees. Zero means that no quads are
    // rejected. (In radians).
    float critical_rad;

    // When fitting lines to the contours, what is the maximum mean
    // squared error allowed?  This is useful in rejecting contours
    // that are far from being quad shaped; rejecting these quads "early"
    // saves expensive decoding processing.
    float max_line_fit_mse;

    // When we build our model of black & white pixels, we add an
    // extra check that the white model must be (overall) brighter
    // than the black model.  How much brighter? (in pixel values,
    // [0,255]). .
    int min_white_black_diff;

    // should the thresholded image be deglitched? Only useful for
    // very noisy images
    int deglitch;
};

// Represents a detector object. Upon creating a detector, all fields
// are set to reasonable values, but can be overridden by accessing
// these fields.
typedef struct apriltag_detector apriltag_detector_t;
struct apriltag_detector
{
    // User-configurable parameters.

    // How many threads should be used?
    int nthreads;

    // detection of quads can be done on a lower-resolution image,
    // improving speed at a cost of pose accuracy and a slight
    // decrease in detection rate. Decoding the binary payload is
    // still done at full resolution. .
    float quad_decimate;

    // What Gaussian blur should be applied to the segmented image
    // (used for quad detection?)  Parameter is the standard deviation
    // in pixels.  Very noisy images benefit from non-zero values
    // (e.g. 0.8).
    float quad_sigma;

    // When non-zero, the edges of the each quad are adjusted to "snap
    // to" strong gradients nearby. This is useful when decimation is
    // employed, as it can increase the quality of the initial quad
    // estimate substantially. Generally recommended to be on (1).
    //
    // Very computationally inexpensive. Option is ignored if
    // quad_decimate = 1.
    int refine_edges;

    // when non-zero, detections are refined in a way intended to
    // increase the number of detected tags. Especially effective for
    // very small tags near the resolution threshold (e.g. 10px on a
    // side).
    int refine_decode;

    // when non-zero, detections are refined in a way intended to
    // increase the accuracy of the extracted pose. This is done by
    // maximizing the contrast around the black and white border of
    // the tag. This generally increases the number of successfully
    // detected tags, though not as effectively (or quickly) as
    // refine_decode.
    //
    // This option must be enabled in order for "goodness" to be
    // computed.
    int refine_pose;

    // When non-zero, write a variety of debugging images to the
    // current working directory at various stages through the
    // detection process. (Somewhat slow).
    int debug;

    struct apriltag_quad_thresh_params qtp;

    // Statistics relating to last processed frame
    timeprofile_t *tp;

    uint32_t nedges;
    uint32_t nsegments;
    uint32_t nquads;

    // Internal variables below

    // Not freed on apriltag_destroy; a tag family can be shared
    // between multiple users. The user should ultimately destroy the
    // tag family passed into the constructor.
    zarray_t *tag_families;

    // Used to manage multi-threading.
    workerpool_t *wp;

    // Used for thread safety.
    pthread_mutex_t mutex;
};

// Represents the detection of a tag. These are returned to the user
// and must be individually destroyed by the user.
typedef struct apriltag_detection apriltag_detection_t;
struct apriltag_detection
{
    // a pointer for convenience. not freed by apriltag_detection_destroy.
    apriltag_family_t *family;

    // The decoded ID of the tag
    int id;

    // How many error bits were corrected? Note: accepting large numbers of
    // corrected errors leads to greatly increased false positive rates.
    // NOTE: As of this implementation, the detector cannot detect tags with
    // a hamming distance greater than 2.
    int hamming;

    // A measure of the quality of tag localization: measures the
    // average contrast of the pixels around the border of the
    // tag. refine_pose must be enabled, or this field will be zero.
    float goodness;

    // A measure of the quality of the binary decoding process: the
    // average difference between the intensity of a data bit versus
    // the decision threshold. Higher numbers roughly indicate better
    // decodes. This is a reasonable measure of detection accuracy
    // only for very small tags-- not effective for larger tags (where
    // we could have sampled anywhere within a bit cell and still
    // gotten a good detection.)
    float decision_margin;

    // The 3x3 homography matrix describing the projection from an
    // "ideal" tag (with corners at (-1,-1), (1,-1), (1,1), and (-1,
    // 1)) to pixels in the image. This matrix will be freed by
    // apriltag_detection_destroy.
    matd_t *H;

    // The center of the detection in image pixel coordinates.
    double c[2];

    // The corners of the tag in image pixel coordinates. These always
    // wrap counter-clock wise around the tag.
    double p[4][2];
};

// don't forget to add a family!
apriltag_detector_t *apriltag_detector_create();

// add a family to the apriltag detector. caller still "owns" the family.
// a single instance should only be provided to one apriltag detector instance.
void apriltag_detector_add_family_bits(apriltag_detector_t *td, apriltag_family_t *fam, int bits_corrected);

// Tunable, but really, 2 is a good choice. Values of >=3
// consume prohibitively large amounts of memory, and otherwise
// you want the largest value possible.
static inline void apriltag_detector_add_family(apriltag_detector_t *td, apriltag_family_t *fam)
{
    apriltag_detector_add_family_bits(td, fam, 2);
}

// does not deallocate the family.
void apriltag_detector_remove_family(apriltag_detector_t *td, apriltag_family_t *fam);

// unregister all families, but does not deallocate the underlying tag family objects.
void apriltag_detector_clear_families(apriltag_detector_t *td);

// Destroy the april tag detector (but not the underlying
// apriltag_family_t used to initialize it.)
void apriltag_detector_destroy(apriltag_detector_t *td);

// Detect tags from an image and return an array of
// apriltag_detection_t*. You can use apriltag_detections_destroy to
// free the array and the detections it contains, or call
// _detection_destroy and zarray_destroy yourself.
zarray_t *apriltag_detector_detect(apriltag_detector_t *td, image_u8_t *im_orig);

// Call this method on each of the tags returned by apriltag_detector_detect
void apriltag_detection_destroy(apriltag_detection_t *det);

// destroys the array AND the detections within it.
void apriltag_detections_destroy(zarray_t *detections);

// Renders the apriltag with with 1px white border.
// Caller is responsible for calling image_u8_destroy on the image
image_u8_t *apriltag_to_image(apriltag_family_t *fam, int idx);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif