This project is a simple example of how to use VLFeat's "Simple Linear Iterative Clustering" (SLIC) implementaiton from C++.
The algorithm is desribed in detail in [1].
[1] R. Achanta, A. Shaji, K. Smith, A. Lucchi, P. Fua, S. Süusstrunk. SLIC Superpixels. Technical report, EPFL, Lausanne, 2010.
Have a look at my blog article ybout VLFeat's SLIC implementation: http://davidstutz.de/running-vlfeats-slic-superpixels-using-cmake-c/
- Build essentials:
sudo apt-get install build-essential - CMake:
sudo apt-get install cmake - OpenCV: http://docs.opencv.org/doc/tutorials/introduction/linux_install/linux_install.html#linux-installation
$ git clone https://github.com/davidstutz/vlfeat-slic-example.git
$ cd vlfeat-slic-example
$ cmake .
$ make
[ 20%] Building C object CMakeFiles/vlfeat_slic.dir/lib_vlfeat/vl/host.c.o
[ 40%] Building C object CMakeFiles/vlfeat_slic.dir/lib_vlfeat/vl/random.c.o
[ 60%] Building C object CMakeFiles/vlfeat_slic.dir/lib_vlfeat/vl/generic.c.o
[ 80%] Building C object CMakeFiles/vlfeat_slic.dir/lib_vlfeat/vl/slic.c.o
Linking C static library libvlfeat_slic.a
[ 80%] Built target vlfeat_slic
Scanning dependencies of target vlfeat_slic_example
[100%] Building CXX object vlfeat_slic_cli/CMakeFiles/vlfeat_slic_example.dir/main.cpp.o
Linking CXX executable ../bin/vlfeat_slic_example
[100%] Built target vlfeat_slic_example
$ ./bin/vlfeat_slic_example
Make sure that Lenna.png is present in the root directory (or the directory from where you are running vlfeat_slic_example).
VLFeat is distributed under the BSD license, see https://github.com/vlfeat/vlfeat.
For license details of Lenna.png, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenna#mediaviewer/File:Lenna.png.
Copyright 2014 David Stutz
The application is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
The application is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.