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#ifndef PCL_FILTERS_DON_H_
#define PCL_FILTERS_DON_H_

#include <pcl/features/feature.h>

namespace pcl
{
  /** \brief A Difference of Normals (DoN) scale filter implementation for point cloud data.
   *
   * For each point in the point cloud two normals estimated with a differing search radius (sigma_s, sigma_l)
   * are subtracted, the difference of these normals provides a scale-based feature which
   * can be further used to filter the point cloud, somewhat like the Difference of Guassians
   * in image processing, but instead on surfaces. Best results are had when the two search
   * radii are related as sigma_l=10*sigma_s, the octaves between the two search radii
   * can be though of as a filter bandwidth. For appropriate values and thresholds it
   * can be used for surface edge extraction.
   *
   * \attention The input normals given by setInputNormalsSmall and setInputNormalsLarge have
   * to match the input point cloud given by setInputCloud. This behavior is different than
   * feature estimation methods that extend FeatureFromNormals, which match the normals
   * with the search surface.
   *
   * \note For more information please see
   *    <b>Yani Ioannou. Automatic Urban Modelling using Mobile Urban LIDAR Data.
   *    Thesis (Master, Computing), Queen's University, March, 2010.</b>
   *
   * \author Yani Ioannou.
   * \ingroup features
   */
  template <typename PointInT, typename PointNT, typename PointOutT>
  class DifferenceOfNormalsEstimation : public Feature<PointInT, PointOutT>
  {
      using Feature<PointInT, PointOutT>::getClassName;
      using Feature<PointInT, PointOutT>::feature_name_;
      using PCLBase<PointInT>::input_;
      typedef typename pcl::PointCloud<PointNT> PointCloudN;
      typedef typename PointCloudN::Ptr PointCloudNPtr;
      typedef typename PointCloudN::ConstPtr PointCloudNConstPtr;
      typedef typename Feature<PointInT, PointOutT>::PointCloudOut PointCloudOut;
    public:
      typedef boost::shared_ptr<DifferenceOfNormalsEstimation<PointInT, PointNT, PointOutT> > Ptr;
      typedef boost::shared_ptr<const DifferenceOfNormalsEstimation<PointInT, PointNT, PointOutT> > ConstPtr;

      /**
        * Creates a new Difference of Normals filter.
        */
      DifferenceOfNormalsEstimation ()
      {
        feature_name_ = "DifferenceOfNormalsEstimation";
      }

      virtual ~DifferenceOfNormalsEstimation ()
      {
        //
      }

      /**
       * Set the normals calculated using a smaller search radius (scale) for the DoN operator.
       * @param normals the smaller radius (scale) of the DoN filter.
       */
      inline void
      setNormalScaleSmall (const PointCloudNConstPtr &normals)
      {
        input_normals_small_ = normals;
      }

      /**
       * Set the normals calculated using a larger search radius (scale) for the DoN operator.
       * @param normals the larger radius (scale) of the DoN filter.
       */
      inline void
      setNormalScaleLarge (const PointCloudNConstPtr &normals)
      {
        input_normals_large_ = normals;
      }

      /**
       * Computes the DoN vector for each point in the input point cloud and outputs the vector cloud to the given output.
       * @param output the cloud to output the DoN vector cloud to.
       */
      virtual void
      computeFeature (PointCloudOut &output);

      /**
       * Initialize for computation of features.
       * @return true if parameters (input normals, input) are sufficient to perform computation.
       */
      virtual bool
      initCompute ();
    private:
      /** \brief Make the compute (&PointCloudOut); inaccessible from outside the class
        * \param[out] output the output point cloud
        */
      void
      compute (PointCloudOut &) {}

      ///The smallest radius (scale) used in the DoN filter.
      PointCloudNConstPtr input_normals_small_;
      ///The largest radius (scale) used in the DoN filter.
      PointCloudNConstPtr input_normals_large_;
    };
}

#ifdef PCL_NO_PRECOMPILE
#include <pcl/features/impl/don.hpp>
#endif

#endif // PCL_FILTERS_DON_H_