compute_asift_matches.h

// Copyright (c) 2008-2011, Guoshen Yu <yu@cmap.polytechnique.fr>
// Copyright (c) 2008-2011, Jean-Michel Morel <morel@cmla.ens-cachan.fr>
//
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// affine recognition recognition of shapes (WO/2009/150361), patent pending. 
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//*------------------------ compute_asift_matches-- -------------------------*/
// Match the ASIFT keypoints. 
// 
// Please report bugs and/or send comments to Guoshen Yu yu@cmap.polytechnique.fr
// 
// Reference: J.M. Morel and G.Yu, ASIFT: A New Framework for Fully Affine Invariant Image 
//            Comparison, SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, vol. 2, issue 2, pp. 438-469, 2009. 
// Reference: ASIFT online demo (You can try ASIFT with your own images online.) 
//			  http://www.ipol.im/pub/algo/my_affine_sift/
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#include "library.h"
#include "demo_lib_sift.h"
#include "frot.h"
#include "fproj.h"
#include <vector>

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>

using namespace std;


int compute_asift_matches(int num_of_tilts1, 
						int num_of_tilts2, 
						int w1, 
						int h1, 
						int w2, 
						int h2, 
						int verb, 
						vector< vector< keypointslist > >& keys1, 
						vector< vector< keypointslist > >& keys2, 
						matchingslist &matchings, 
						siftPar &siftparameters, 
						const int min_matching);

void write_keypoints(const char* filename, 
					int num_keys, 
					vector< vector< keypointslist > >& keys,
					float zoom);

void read_keypoints(const char* filename,
					vector< vector< keypointslist > >& keys, 
				   float& zoom);

void get_dir_content(char* path, std::vector<std::string>& fileNames, 
					 bool goDown = true);

void make_keys_all_vector(int num_tilt, vector< vector< keypointslist > >& keys_all);