/** * @file VSLAMFactor.h * @brief A Nonlinear Factor, specialized for visual SLAM * @author Alireza Fathi */ #pragma once #include "NonlinearFactor.h" #include "LinearFactor.h" #include "VectorConfig.h" #include "Cal3_S2.h" #include "Pose3.h" namespace gtsam { /** * Non-linear factor for a constraint derived from a 2D measurement, * i.e. the main building block for visual SLAM. */ template class VSLAMFactor : public NonlinearFactor { private: int cameraFrameNumber_, landmarkNumber_; std::string cameraFrameName_, landmarkName_; Cal3_S2 K_; // Calibration stored in each factor. FD: need to think about this. typedef gtsam::NonlinearFactor ConvenientFactor; public: typedef boost::shared_ptr shared_ptr; // shorthand for a smart pointer to a factor /** * Constructor * @param z is the 2 dimensional location of point in image (the measurement) * @param sigma is the standard deviation * @param cameraFrameNumber is basically the frame number * @param landmarkNumber is the index of the landmark * @param K the constant calibration */ VSLAMFactor(const Vector& z, double sigma, int cameraFrameNumber, int landmarkNumber, const Cal3_S2& K); /** * print * @param s optional string naming the factor */ void print(const std::string& s="VSLAMFactor") const; /** * calculate the error of the factor */ Vector error_vector(const Config&) const; /** * linerarization */ LinearFactor::shared_ptr linearize(const Config&) const; /** * equals */ bool equals(const NonlinearFactor&, double tol=1e-9) const; int getCameraFrameNumber() const { return cameraFrameNumber_; } int getLandmarkNumber() const { return landmarkNumber_; } /** * dump the information of the factor into a string */ std::string dump() const; }; }