use super::{
age_ms, event_index, frame_len, reference_time, validate_positive, EventFrame, EventFrameData,
Representation, RepresentationError, RepresentationKind,
};
use crate::EventStream;
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
pub struct TimeSurface {
tau_ms: f64,
}
impl TimeSurface {
pub fn new(tau_ms: f64) -> Self {
Self { tau_ms }
}
}
impl Default for TimeSurface {
fn default() -> Self {
Self::new(30.0)
}
}
impl Representation for TimeSurface {
type Output = EventFrame;
fn generate(&self, stream: &EventStream) -> Result<EventFrame, RepresentationError> {
validate_positive(self.tau_ms, "tau_ms")?;
let (width, height, length) = frame_len(stream, 2)?;
let plane_len = width * height;
let mut latest = vec![None; length];
for event in stream.iter() {
let index =
event_index(event, width, height)? + if event.polarity { 0 } else { plane_len };
if latest[index].is_none_or(|timestamp| event.timestamp > timestamp) {
latest[index] = Some(event.timestamp);
}
}
let mut values = vec![0_f32; length];
if let Some(reference) = reference_time(stream) {
for (value, timestamp) in values.iter_mut().zip(latest) {
if let Some(timestamp) = timestamp {
*value = (-age_ms(stream, reference, timestamp) / self.tau_ms).exp() as f32;
}
}
}
Ok(EventFrame {
data: EventFrameData::F32(values),
channels: 2,
width,
height,
kind: RepresentationKind::TimeSurface,
channel_names: vec!["positive".to_owned(), "negative".to_owned()],
})
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use ndarray::array;
use super::{Representation, TimeSurface};
use crate::{representation::EventFrameData, EventStream};
#[test]
fn uses_latest_event_per_pixel_and_polarity() {
let stream = EventStream::from_array2(
array![[0, 0, 30_000, 1], [1, 0, 20_000, 0], [0, 0, 10_000, 1]],
2,
1,
0.001,
);
let frame = TimeSurface::new(10.0).generate(&stream).unwrap();
let EventFrameData::F32(values) = frame.data() else {
panic!("time surfaces must use float32 data");
};
assert_eq!(values[0], 1.0);
assert_eq!(values[1], 0.0);
assert!((values[3] - (-1.0_f32).exp()).abs() < 1e-6);
}
}