steepestAscent.h

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// This software is distributed as part of the Improla library. 
// Improla is a library of classes for image processing.
// 
// Copyright (c) 2004, B. R. Siva Chandra, India
//
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// First Created    : 21st September 2004
// Author           : Siva Chandra
// Purpose          : Declares a class which performs a steepest-ascent gradient 
//                    operation on a gray-scale image.

#ifndef __STEEPEST_ASCENT_H__
#define __STEEPEST_ASCENT_H__

#include <tnt/tnt_array2d.h>
#include <gradient.h>

namespace iptk
{ // Start of namespace brace.

class SteepestAscent : public iptk::Gradient
{
public:
    SteepestAscent(void);
    
    SteepestAscent(const iptk::Image &im);
    
    SteepestAscent(const SteepestAscent &mdg);
    
    virtual ~SteepestAscent();
    
    virtual void process(void);
    
    virtual iptk::Image getResult(void);
    
private:
    iptk::Image result;
    
};
    
} // End of namespace brace.

#endif // __STEEPEST_ASCENT_H__

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