progressive_morphological_filter.h

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#pragma once
 
#include <pcl/pcl_base.h>
#include <pcl/point_cloud.h>
#include <pcl/point_types.h>
 
namespace pcl
{
  /** \brief
    * Implements the Progressive Morphological Filter for segmentation of ground points.
    * Description can be found in the article
    * "A Progressive Morphological Filter for Removing Nonground Measurements from
    * Airborne LIDAR Data"
    * by K. Zhang, S. Chen, D. Whitman, M. Shyu, J. Yan, and C. Zhang.
    */
  template <typename PointT>
  class PCL_EXPORTS ProgressiveMorphologicalFilter : public pcl::PCLBase<PointT>
  {
    public:
 
      using PointCloud = pcl::PointCloud<PointT>;
 
      using PCLBase <PointT>::input_;
      using PCLBase <PointT>::indices_;
      using PCLBase <PointT>::initCompute;
      using PCLBase <PointT>::deinitCompute;
 
    public:
 
      /** \brief Constructor that sets default values for member variables. */
      ProgressiveMorphologicalFilter ();
 
      
      ~ProgressiveMorphologicalFilter () override;
 
      /** \brief Get the maximum window size to be used in filtering ground returns.
        * \return the maximum window size in the same units as the input cloud
        * coordinates
        */
      inline float
      getMaxWindowSize () const { return (max_window_size_); }
 
      /** \brief Set the maximum window size to be used in filtering ground returns.
        * \param[in] max_window_size the maximum window size in the same units as the
        * input cloud coordinates
        */
      inline void
      setMaxWindowSize (float max_window_size) { max_window_size_ = max_window_size; }
 
      /** \brief Get the slope value to be used in computing the height threshold. */
      inline float
      getSlope () const { return (slope_); }
 
      /** \brief Set the slope value to be used in computing the height threshold. */
      inline void
      setSlope (float slope) { slope_ = slope; }
 
      /** \brief Get the maximum height above the parameterized ground surface to be considered a ground return. */
      inline float
      getMaxDistance () const { return (max_distance_); }
      
      /** \brief Set the maximum height above the parameterized ground surface to be considered a ground return. */
      inline void
      setMaxDistance (float max_distance) { max_distance_ = max_distance; }
 
      /** \brief Get the initial height above the parameterized ground surface to be considered a ground return. */
      inline float
      getInitialDistance () const { return (initial_distance_); }
 
      /** \brief Set the initial height above the parameterized ground surface to be considered a ground return. */
      inline void
      setInitialDistance (float initial_distance) { initial_distance_ = initial_distance; }
 
      /** \brief Get the cell size. */
      inline float
      getCellSize () const { return (cell_size_); }
      
      /** \brief Set the cell size. */
      inline void
      setCellSize (float cell_size) { cell_size_ = cell_size; }
 
      /** \brief Get the base to be used in computing progressive window sizes. */
      inline float
      getBase () const { return (base_); }
 
      /** \brief Set the base to be used in computing progressive window sizes. */
      inline void
      setBase (float base) { base_ = base; }
 
      /** \brief Get flag indicating whether or not to exponentially grow window sizes? */
      inline bool
      getExponential () const { return (exponential_); }
 
      /** \brief Set flag indicating whether or not to exponentially grow window sizes? */
      inline void
      setExponential (bool exponential) { exponential_ = exponential; }
 
      /** \brief This method launches the segmentation algorithm and returns indices of
        * points determined to be ground returns.
        * \param[out] ground indices of points determined to be ground returns.
        */
      virtual void
      extract (Indices& ground);
 
    protected:
 
      /** \brief Maximum window size to be used in filtering ground returns, in the
        * same units as the input cloud coordinates. */
      float max_window_size_{33.0f};
 
      /** \brief Slope value to be used in computing the height threshold. */
      float slope_{0.7f};
 
      /** \brief Maximum height above the parameterized ground surface to be considered a ground return. */
      float max_distance_{10.0f};
 
      /** \brief Initial height above the parameterized ground surface to be considered a ground return. */
      float initial_distance_{0.15f};
 
      /** \brief Cell size. */
      float cell_size_{1.0f};
 
      /** \brief Base to be used in computing progressive window sizes. */
      float base_{2.0f};
 
      /** \brief Exponentially grow window sizes? */
      bool exponential_{true};
  };
}
 
#ifdef PCL_NO_PRECOMPILE
#include <pcl/segmentation/impl/progressive_morphological_filter.hpp>
#endif