/** 
* @file LFSegmentation.h
* @brief Local Features are connected components of a arbitrary segmentation
* @author Erik Rodner
* @date 01/21/2008

*/

#ifndef LFSEGMENTATIONINCLUDE
#define LFSEGMENTATIONINCLUDE

#ifdef NICE_USELIB_ICE

#include <image_nonvis.h>

#include "LocalFeatureRepresentation.h"
#include "vislearning/segmentation/SegmentationMethod.h"

#include "core/basics/Config.h"


namespace OBJREC {

/** Local Features are connected components of a arbitrary segmentation */
class LFSegmentation : public LocalFeatureRepresentation
{

    protected:
	SegmentationMethod *segmentation;

    public:
  
	/** simple constructor */
	LFSegmentation( const NICE::Config *conf );
      
	/** simple destructor */
	virtual ~LFSegmentation();
     
	int getDescSize () const;

	int extractFeatures ( const NICE::Image & img, NICE::VVector & features, 
			      NICE::VVector & positions ) const;

	void visualizeFeatures ( NICE::Image & mark,
				 const NICE::VVector & positions,
				 size_t color ) const;

};


} // namespace

#endif
#endif