[GSOC] feat: Add ALIKED feature extractor and LightGlue matcher with DNN integration #28986
## PR Description
### Summary
Integrate ALIKED and LightGlue into OpenCV's `features` module as native`Feature2D` and `DescriptorMatcher` implementations, enabling end-to-end neural feature matching within OpenCV's ecosystem.
---
### What's included
#### New classes
- **`cv::ALIKED`** extends `Feature2D`
- CNN-based keypoint detection
- 128-D descriptor extraction via ONNX Runtime
- **`cv::LightGlueMatcher`** extends `DescriptorMatcher`
- Deep feature matching with spatial context
- Uses keypoints and image sizes during matching
---
#### API design
- Standard OpenCV patterns:
- `detectAndCompute()`
- `match()`
- `knnMatch()`
- Multiple factory methods:
- ONNX model path
- In-memory model buffer
- Pre-loaded `dnn::Net`
- `Params` structs use `CV_EXPORTS_W_SIMPLE`
for Python/Java bindings support
- Optional DNN dependency:
- `HAVE_OPENCV_DNN` guards
- Stub implementations throw `StsNotImplemented`
---
### Files added
| File | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `src/feature2d_aliked.cpp` | ALIKED implementation |
| `src/matchers_lightglue.cpp` | LightGlueMatcher implementation |
| `src/aliked_context.hpp` | Shared internal context struct |
| `test/test_aliked_lightglue.cpp` | Unit tests (9 test cases) |
| `samples/cpp/example_features_aliked_lightglue.cpp` | Demo application |
---
### Files modified
- `CMakeLists.txt`
- Add `opencv_dnn` as optional dependency
- `features.hpp`
- Add ALIKED and LightGlueMatcher declarations
- `precomp.hpp`
- Add DNN include guard
---
### Usage
```cpp
// Feature extraction
Ptr<ALIKED> aliked =
ALIKED::create("aliked-n16rot-top1k-640.onnx");
vector<KeyPoint> kpts;
Mat descs;
aliked->detectAndCompute(image, Mat(), kpts, descs);
// Feature matching
Ptr<LightGlueMatcher> lg =
LightGlueMatcher::create("aliked_lightglue.onnx");
lg->setPairInfo(
kpts1Mat,
kpts2Mat,
img1.size(),
img2.size()
);
vector<DMatch> matches;
lg->match(descs1, descs2, matches);
````
please refer to samples/cpp/example_features_aliked_lightglue.cpp
---
### Test plan
* Build with `BUILD_LIST=features,dnn`
* Build without DNN:
* Verify stubs compile
* Verify `StsNotImplemented` is thrown
* Run:
* `ctest -R Features2d_ALIKED`
* `ctest -R Features2d_LightGlueMatcher`
* Run sample application with:
* Real images
* Real ONNX models
* Verify Python/Java bindings compile and work
---
### Related
Phase 1 of the
"End-to-End AI Feature Extraction and LightGlue Matching Pipeline"
GSoC project.
Designed to be extensible to:
* XFeat
* SuperPoint
* Other neural feature extractors
### test dependency
Depends on the opencv_extra PR adding ALIKED and LightGlue test models:
- [opencv_extra PR](https://github.com/opencv/opencv_extra/pull/1366)
This PR adds the following ONNX models to `download_models.py`:
- `aliked-n16rot-top1k-640.onnx`
- `aliked_lightglue.onnx`
These models are required for the `features2d` tests in the main OpenCV repository to validate the ALIKED and LightGlue feature extraction and matching pipeline.
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Inverted imgproc-geometry dependency and moved more functions to geometry #29230
Fixes: https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/20267
Continues: https://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/29175
OpenCV Contrib: https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/pull/4137
OpenCV Extra: https://github.com/opencv/opencv_extra/pull/1377
Summary:
- LSD returned back to imgproc
- drawing functions moved to imgproc
- undistort image and related perf-pixel functions moved to imgproc
- moments moved to geometry
- estimateXXXtransform moved to geometry
After the patch the geometry module depends on code and Flann and may be used everywhere without potential circular dependencies
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Update BarcodeDetector super-resolution API to use single-file ONNX #29227
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This PR updates the `BarcodeDetector` super-resolution API to support and utilize a single-file ONNX model format.
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Dedicated pointcloud module #29224
OpenCV contrib: https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/pull/4134
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Moved geometry transformations from imgproc to 3d, future geometry module #29101
The first step of 2d geometry operations migration to the future geometry module.
I created 2d.hpp to isolate the moved functions for now. I propose to create geometry.hpp when the module is renamed and include all things there.
OpenCV contrib: https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/pull/4126
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Migrated chessboard and circles grid detectors to objdetect #28804
OpenCV Contrib: https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib/pull/4125
OpenCV Extra: https://github.com/opencv/opencv_extra/pull/1375
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Update ArUco doc #28824
See https://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/28823
Update of the ArUco doc but targeted for OpenCV 4.
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Chromatic aberration correction #27491
Merge with https://github.com/opencv/opencv_extra/pull/1266
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Parent issue: https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/27206
Related PR: [#27490](https://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/27490)
This PR adds chromatic aberration correction in C++ based on calibration data from the python app.
This code adds a function for chromatic aberration correction based on the calibration file (Mat correctChromaticAberration(InputArray image, const String& calibration_file)), and a class ChromaticAberrationCorrector which can be used to correct images of the same camera under the same settings (so for the same calibration data that is initialized in the beginning).
Also, basic functionality and performance tests are added.
3D object pose estimation tutorial update #27874
1. Use cv::loadMesh instead of custom csv-based reader.
2. Use code snippets
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The Kullback-Leibler divergence works with histogram that have integral = 1,
otherwise it can return negative values. The normalization of the histograms
have been changed accordingly, and all the six comparison methods have been
used in the histogram comparison tutorial.
Fix Typos in Comments and Documentation #27455
Description:
This pull request corrects minor typos in comments and documentation within the codebase:
- Replaces "representitive" with "representative" in kmeans.cpp.
- Replaces "indices" with the correct spelling in a comment in main.cu.
Adding color correction module to photo module from opencv_contrib #27051
This PR moved color correction module from opencv_contrib to main repo inside photo module.
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Fix NaNs in HDR Triangle Weights and Tonemapping and Update LDR Ground Truth in tutorial #27396
The PR closes#27392
Updated the triangle weights to use a small epsilon value instead of zero to prevent NaN issues in HDR processing.
Also fixed a float-to-double division issue by explicitly casting double values to float, which was previously producing garbage values and leading to NaNs in tonemapping.
The current LDR ground truth image used in the tutorial [ldr.png](https://github.com/opencv/opencv/blob/4.x/doc/tutorials/others/images/ldr.png) was originally generated using TonemapDurand (check this commit https://github.com/opencv/opencv/commit/833f8d16fab5e57c5e800a55fa0fb08c7a31c3b1), which was moved to opencv_contrib a long time ago in this commit: https://github.com/opencv/opencv/commit/742f22c09bd0c27b450f141bc984f280c8cde98e. However, the current Tonemap implementation in OpenCV main only performs normalization and gamma correction, which produces noticeably different results. This PR updates the LDR grouth truth image in tutorial with the result of TonemapDrago, and tutorials to use TonemapDrago as Tonemap gives a darker image.
Tonemap output:
TonemapDrago output:
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Fix hard dependency of dnn for mcc module. #27246
Currently building objdetect module without dnn fails due to mcc module. This PR makes the dependency optional, by checking if DNN is available in mcc module.
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* Added mcc to opencv modules
* Removed color correction module
* Updated parameters return type
* Added python sample for macbeth_chart_detection
* Added models.yml support to samples
* Removed unnecessary headers and classes
* fixed datatype conversion
* fixed datatype conversion
* Cleaned headers and added reference/actual colors to samples
* Added mcc tutorial
* fixed datatype and header
* replaced unsigned with int
* Aligned actual and reference color function, added imread
* Fixed shadow variable
* Updated samples
* Added last frame colors prints
* updated detector class
* Added getter functions and useNet function
* Refactoring
* Fixes in test
* fixed infinite divison issue
Removal of deprecated functions in imgproc #26914
Fixes : #26410
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Replaced sprintf with snprintf #26815
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Feature: weighted Hough Transform #21407
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