LMedSPoint3DRobustEstimator.java

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package com.irurueta.geometry.estimators;

import com.irurueta.geometry.NoIntersectionException;
import com.irurueta.geometry.Plane;
import com.irurueta.geometry.Point3D;
import com.irurueta.numerical.robust.LMedSRobustEstimator;
import com.irurueta.numerical.robust.LMedSRobustEstimatorListener;
import com.irurueta.numerical.robust.RobustEstimator;
import com.irurueta.numerical.robust.RobustEstimatorException;
import com.irurueta.numerical.robust.RobustEstimatorMethod;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Finds the best 3D point for provided collection of 3D planes using LMedS
 * algorithm
 */
public class LMedSPoint3DRobustEstimator extends Point3DRobustEstimator {

    /**
     * Default value to be used for stop threshold. Stop threshold can be used
     * to keep the algorithm iterating in case that best estimated threshold
     * using median of residuals is not small enough. Once a solution is found
     * that generates a threshold below this value, the algorithm will stop.
     * The stop threshold can be used to prevent the LMedS algorithm iterating
     * too many times in cases where samples have a very similar accuracy.
     * For instance, in cases where proportion of outliers is very small (close
     * to 0%), and samples are very accurate (i.e. 1e-6), the algorithm would
     * iterate for a long time trying to find the best solution when indeed
     * there is no need to do that if a reasonable threshold has already been
     * reached.
     * Because of this behaviour the stop threshold can be set to a value much
     * lower than the one typically used in RANSAC, and yet the algorithm could
     * still produce even smaller thresholds in estimated results.
     */
    public static final double DEFAULT_STOP_THRESHOLD = 1e-3;

    /**
     * Minimum allowed stop threshold value.
     */
    public static final double MIN_STOP_THRESHOLD = 0.0;

    /**
     * Threshold to be used to keep the algorithm iterating in case that best
     * estimated threshold using median of residuals is not small enough. Once
     * a solution is found that generates a threshold below this value, the
     * algorithm will stop.
     * The stop threshold can be used to prevent the LMedS algorithm iterating
     * too many times in cases where samples have a very similar accuracy.
     * For instance, in cases where proportion of outliers is very small (close
     * to 0%), and samples are very accurate (i.e. 1e-6), the algorithm would
     * iterate for a long time trying to find the best solution when indeed
     * there is no need to do that if a reasonable threshold has already been
     * reached.
     * Because of this behaviour the stop threshold can be set to a value much
     * lower than the one typically used in RANSAC, and yet the algorithm could
     * still produce even smaller thresholds in estimated results.
     */
    private double stopThreshold;

    /**
     * Constructor.
     */
    public LMedSPoint3DRobustEstimator() {
        super();
        stopThreshold = DEFAULT_STOP_THRESHOLD;
    }

    /**
     * Constructor with planes.
     *
     * @param planes 3D planes to estimate a 3D point.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if provided list of planes doesn't have
     *                                  a size greater or equal than MINIMUM_SIZE.
     */
    public LMedSPoint3DRobustEstimator(final List<Plane> planes) {
        super(planes);
        stopThreshold = DEFAULT_STOP_THRESHOLD;
    }

    /**
     * Constructor.
     *
     * @param listener listener to be notified of events such as when estimation
     *                 starts, ends or its progress significantly changes.
     */
    public LMedSPoint3DRobustEstimator(final Point3DRobustEstimatorListener listener) {
        super(listener);
        stopThreshold = DEFAULT_STOP_THRESHOLD;
    }


    /**
     * Constructor.
     *
     * @param listener listener to be notified of events such as when estimation
     *                 starts, ends or its progress significantly changes.
     * @param planes   3D planes to estimate a 3D point.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if provided list of planes doesn't have
     *                                  a size greater or equal than MINIMUM_SIZE.
     */
    public LMedSPoint3DRobustEstimator(final Point3DRobustEstimatorListener listener, final List<Plane> planes) {
        super(listener, planes);
        stopThreshold = DEFAULT_STOP_THRESHOLD;
    }

    /**
     * Returns threshold to be used to keep the algorithm iterating in case that
     * best estimated threshold using median of residuals is not small enough.
     * Once a solution is found that generates a threshold below this value, the
     * algorithm will stop.
     * The stop threshold can be used to prevent the LMedS algorithm iterating
     * too many times in cases where samples have a very similar accuracy.
     * For instance, in cases where proportion of outliers is very small (close
     * to 0%), and samples are very accurate (i.e. 1e-6), the algorithm would
     * iterate for a long time trying to find the best solution when indeed
     * there is no need to do that if a reasonable threshold has already been
     * reached.
     * Because of this behaviour the stop threshold can be set to a value much
     * lower than the one typically used in RANSAC, and yet the algorithm could
     * still produce even smaller thresholds in estimated results.
     *
     * @return stop threshold to stop the algorithm prematurely when a certain
     * accuracy has been reached.
     */
    public double getStopThreshold() {
        return stopThreshold;
    }

    /**
     * Sets threshold to be used to keep the algorithm iterating in case that
     * best estimated threshold using median of residuals is not small enough.
     * Once a solution is found that generates a threshold below this value, the
     * algorithm will stop.
     * The stop threshold can be used to prevent the LMedS algorithm iterating
     * too many times in cases where samples have a very similar accuracy.
     * For instance, in cases where proportion of outliers is very small (close
     * to 0%), and samples are very accurate (i.e. 1e-6), the algorithm would
     * iterate for a long time trying to find the best solution when indeed
     * there is no need to do that if a reasonable threshold has already been
     * reached.
     * Because of this behaviour the stop threshold can be set to a value much
     * lower than the one typically used in RANSAC, and yet the algorithm could
     * still produce even smaller thresholds in estimated results.
     *
     * @param stopThreshold stop threshold to stop the algorithm prematurely
     *                      when a certain accuracy has been reached.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if provided value is zero or negative.
     * @throws LockedException          if robust estimator is locked because an
     *                                  estimation is already in progress.
     */
    public void setStopThreshold(final double stopThreshold) throws LockedException {
        if (isLocked()) {
            throw new LockedException();
        }
        if (stopThreshold <= MIN_STOP_THRESHOLD) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
        }

        this.stopThreshold = stopThreshold;
    }


    /**
     * Estimates a 3D point using a robust estimator and the best set of 3D
     * planes that intersect into the estimated 3D point.
     *
     * @return a 3D point.
     * @throws LockedException          if robust estimator is locked because an
     *                                  estimation is already in progress.
     * @throws NotReadyException        if provided input data is not enough to start
     *                                  the estimation.
     * @throws RobustEstimatorException if estimation fails for any reason
     *                                  (i.e. numerical instability, no solution available, etc).
     */
    @Override
    public Point3D estimate() throws LockedException, NotReadyException, RobustEstimatorException {
        if (isLocked()) {
            throw new LockedException();
        }
        if (!isReady()) {
            throw new NotReadyException();
        }

        final var innerEstimator = new LMedSRobustEstimator<>(new LMedSRobustEstimatorListener<Point3D>() {

            @Override
            public int getTotalSamples() {
                return planes.size();
            }

            @Override
            public int getSubsetSize() {
                return Point3DRobustEstimator.MINIMUM_SIZE;
            }

            @SuppressWarnings("DuplicatedCode")
            @Override
            public void estimatePreliminarSolutions(final int[] samplesIndices, final List<Point3D> solutions) {
                final var plane1 = planes.get(samplesIndices[0]);
                final var plane2 = planes.get(samplesIndices[1]);
                final var plane3 = planes.get(samplesIndices[2]);

                try {
                    final var point = plane1.getIntersection(plane2, plane3);
                    solutions.add(point);
                } catch (final NoIntersectionException e) {
                    // if points are coincident, no solution is added
                }
            }

            @Override
            public double computeResidual(final Point3D currentEstimation, final int i) {
                return residual(currentEstimation, planes.get(i));
            }

            @Override
            public boolean isReady() {
                return LMedSPoint3DRobustEstimator.this.isReady();
            }

            @Override
            public void onEstimateStart(final RobustEstimator<Point3D> estimator) {
                if (listener != null) {
                    listener.onEstimateStart(LMedSPoint3DRobustEstimator.this);
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void onEstimateEnd(final RobustEstimator<Point3D> estimator) {
                if (listener != null) {
                    listener.onEstimateEnd(LMedSPoint3DRobustEstimator.this);
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void onEstimateNextIteration(final RobustEstimator<Point3D> estimator, final int iteration) {
                if (listener != null) {
                    listener.onEstimateNextIteration(LMedSPoint3DRobustEstimator.this, iteration);
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void onEstimateProgressChange(final RobustEstimator<Point3D> estimator, final float progress) {
                if (listener != null) {
                    listener.onEstimateProgressChange(LMedSPoint3DRobustEstimator.this, progress);
                }
            }
        });

        try {
            locked = true;
            inliersData = null;
            innerEstimator.setConfidence(confidence);
            innerEstimator.setMaxIterations(maxIterations);
            innerEstimator.setProgressDelta(progressDelta);
            innerEstimator.setStopThreshold(stopThreshold);
            final var result = innerEstimator.estimate();
            inliersData = innerEstimator.getInliersData();
            return attemptRefine(result);
        } catch (final com.irurueta.numerical.LockedException e) {
            throw new LockedException(e);
        } catch (final com.irurueta.numerical.NotReadyException e) {
            throw new NotReadyException(e);
        } finally {
            locked = false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns method being used for robust estimation.
     *
     * @return method being used for robust estimation.
     */
    @Override
    public RobustEstimatorMethod getMethod() {
        return RobustEstimatorMethod.LMEDS;
    }

    /**
     * Gets standard deviation used for Levenberg-Marquardt fitting during
     * refinement.
     * Returned value gives an indication of how much variance each residual
     * has.
     * Typically, this value is related to the threshold used on each robust
     * estimation, since residuals of found inliers are within the range of
     * such threshold.
     *
     * @return standard deviation used for refinement.
     */
    @Override
    protected double getRefinementStandardDeviation() {
        final var inliersData = (LMedSRobustEstimator.LMedSInliersData) getInliersData();
        return inliersData.getEstimatedThreshold();
    }
}