boofcv.abst.filter.derivative.ImageGradient Maven / Gradle / Ivy

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 * Copyright (c) 2011-2014, Peter Abeles. All Rights Reserved.
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package boofcv.abst.filter.derivative;

import boofcv.struct.image.ImageBase;


/**
 * A generic interface for computing first order image derivative along the x and y axes.
 *
 * @author Peter Abeles
 */
public interface ImageGradient extends ImageDerivative {

	/**
	 * Computes the image gradient from the input image and stores the results into
	 * 'derivX' and 'derivY'
	 *
	 * @param inputImage Original input image. Not modified.
	 * @param derivX First order image derivative along the x-axis. Modified.
	 * @param derivY First order image derivative along the y-axis. Modified.
	 */
	public void process( Input inputImage , Output derivX, Output derivY );

}