LinDilatedBinaryImage.H

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#ifndef __LINDILATEDBINARYIMAGE_H_INCLUDED__
#define __LINDILATEDBINARYIMAGE_H_INCLUDED__


/**
 * @file   LinDilatedBinaryImage.H
 * @brief  Header file of class qgar::LinDilatedBinaryImage.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:qgar-develop@loria.fr?subject=Qgar fwd Mathieu Baeumler">Mathieu Baeumler</a>
 * @date   August 5, 2002  16:41
 * @since  Qgar 2.0
 */



// For RCS/CVS use: Do not delete
/* $Id: LinDilatedBinaryImage.H,v 1.15 2005/10/14 17:05:47 masini Exp $ */



// QGAR
#include <qgarlib/GenImage.H>
namespace qgar
{
  // Avoid #include's when not necessary
  class QgarErrorDomain;
}




namespace qgar
{

/**
 * @ingroup IMGPROC_MORPH
 *
 * @class LinDilatedBinaryImage LinDilatedBinaryImage.H "qgarlib/LinDilatedBinaryImage.H"
 *
 * @brief Binary image dilated using a segment.
 *
 * The length of the segment is <b>2 * aDilSize + 1</b>.
 * The algorithm is very simple: Two pointers follow the current line,
 * at a <b>aDilSize</b> distance from each other. When the first pointer
 * meets a non-zero pixel or when the second pointer meets a zero pixel,
 * the next <b>aDilSize</b> pixels are set to non-zero.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:qgar-develop@loria.fr?subject=Qgar fwd Mathieu Baeumler">Mathieu Baeumler</a>
 * @date   August 5, 2002  16:41
 * @since  Qgar 2.0
 */
class LinDilatedBinaryImage

  : public BinaryImage

{
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// T Y P E   D E F I N I T I O N S
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
public:

  /** @name Types */
  //        =====
  //@{

  /**
   * @brief Type of the elements stored in the pixel map.
   */
  typedef BinaryImage::value_type value_type;

  /**
   * @brief Reference to qgar::LinDilatedBinaryImage::value_type.
   */
  typedef value_type& reference;

  /**
   * @brief Constant reference to qgar::LinDilatedBinaryImage::value_type.
   */
  typedef const value_type& const_reference;

  /**
   * @brief Pointer to qgar::LinDilatedBinaryImage::value_type.
   */
  typedef value_type* pointer;

  /**
   * @brief Constant pointer to qgar::LinDilatedBinaryImage::value_type.
   */
  typedef const value_type* const_pointer;

  //@}

// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// P U B L I C    M E M B E R S
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
public:

  /** @name Constructors */
  //        ============
  //@{

  /**
   * @brief Construct from a binary image. 
   *
   * Orientation qgar::QGE_ORIENTATION_ALL corresponds to the
   * maximum of the 4 possible dilations.
   *
   * @param anImg     image to be dilated
   * @param anOrient  dilation orientation
   *                  (default qgar::QGE_ORIENTATION_HOR)
   * @param aDilSize  dilation size (default <b>1</b>)
   *
   * @exception qgar::QgarErrorDomain
   * (dilation size too large for image)
   */
  LinDilatedBinaryImage(BinaryImage& anImg,
                        QGEorientation anOrient = QGE_ORIENTATION_HOR,
                        unsigned int aDilSize = 1)
    throw(QgarErrorDomain);

  //@}


  /** @name Linear dilation */
  //        ===============
  //@{

  /**
   * @brief Perform a linear dilation on the given binary image.
   *
   * <b>To be used to perform a linear dilation without preserving
   * the initial image.</b>
   *
   * @param anImg     image to be dilated
   * @param anOrient  dilation orientation
   * @param aDilSize  dilation size (default <b>1</b>)
   */
  static void perform(BinaryImage* anImg,
                      QGEorientation anOrient,
                      unsigned int aDilSize = 1);

  //@}

// -------------------------------------------------------------------
// P R I V A T E    M E M B E R S
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
private:

  /** @name Oriented dilations */
  //        ==================
  //@{

  /**
   * @brief Horizontal dilation.
   *
   * @param anImg     image to be dilated
   * @param aDilSize  dilation size
   *
   * @exception qgar::QgarErrorDomain
   * (dilation size too large for image)
   */
  static void dilateHor(BinaryImage* anImg, unsigned int aDilSize)
    throw(QgarErrorDomain);

  /**
   * @brief Vertical dilation.
   *
   * @param anImg     image to be dilated
   * @param aDilSize  dilation size
   *
   * @exception qgar::QgarErrorDomain
   * (dilation size too large for image)
   */
  static void dilateVer(BinaryImage* anImg, unsigned int aDilSize)
    throw(QgarErrorDomain);

  /**
   * @brief NE-SW dilation.
   *
   * @param anImg     image to be dilated
   * @param aDilSize  dilation size
   *
   * @exception qgar::QgarErrorDomain
   * (dilation size too large for image)
   */
  static void dilatePdiag(BinaryImage* anImg, unsigned int aDilSize)
    throw(QgarErrorDomain);

  /**
   * @brief NW-SE dilation.
   *
   * @param anImg     image to be dilated
   * @param aDilSize  dilation size
   *
   * @exception qgar::QgarErrorDomain
   * (dilation size too large for image)
   */
  static void dilateNdiag(BinaryImage* anImg, unsigned int aDilSize)
    throw(QgarErrorDomain);

  /**
   * @brief Maximum of the 4 possible dilations.
   *
   * @param anImg     image to be dilated
   * @param aDilSize  dilation size
   *
   * @exception qgar::QgarErrorDomain
   * (dilation size too large for image)
   */
  static void dilateAll(BinaryImage* anImg, unsigned int aDilSize)
    throw(QgarErrorDomain);

  //@}

// -------------------------------------------------------------------
}; // class LinDilatedBinaryImage


} // namespace qgar


#endif /* __LINDILATEDBINARYIMAGE_H_INCLUDED__ */