//=========================================================================== void Multi_SVR_patch_expert::Response(const cv::Mat_<float> &area_of_interest, cv::Mat_<float> &response) { int response_height = area_of_interest.rows - height + 1; int response_width = area_of_interest.cols - width + 1; if(response.rows != response_height || response.cols != response_width) { response.create(response_height, response_width); } // For the purposes of the experiment only use the response of normal intensity, for fair comparison if(svr_patch_experts.size() == 1) { svr_patch_experts[0].Response(area_of_interest, response); } else { // responses from multiple patch experts these can be gradients, LBPs etc. response.setTo(1.0); cv::Mat_<float> modality_resp(response_height, response_width); for(size_t i = 0; i < svr_patch_experts.size(); i++) { svr_patch_experts[i].Response(area_of_interest, modality_resp); response = response.mul(modality_resp); } } }