Extracting HoG Features using OpenCV

Question

I am trying to extract features using OpenCV\'s HoG API, however I can\'t seem to find the API that allow me to do that.

What I am trying to do is to extract feature

Answer 1

OpenCV 3 provides some changes to the way GPU algorithms (i.e. CUDA) can be used by the user, see the Transition Guide - CUDA.

To update the answer from user3398689 to OpenCV 3, here is a snipped code:

#include 
#include 

[...]

/* Suppose you load an image in a cv::Mat variable called 'src' */

int img_width  = 320;
int img_height = 240;
int block_size = 16;
int bin_number = 9;

cv::Ptr cuda_hog = cuda::HOG::create(Size(img_width, img_height),
                                                    Size(block_size, block_size),
                                                    Size(block_size/2, block_size/2),
                                                    Size(block_size/2, block_size/2),
                                                    bin_number);

/* The following commands are optional: default values applies */
cuda_hog->setDescriptorFormat(cuda::HOG::DESCR_FORMAT_COL_BY_COL);
cuda_hog->setGammaCorrection(true);
cuda_hog->setWinStride(Size(img_width_, img_height_));

cv::cuda::GpuMat image;
cv::cuda::GpuMat descriptor;

image.upload(src);

/* May not apply to you */
/* CUDA HOG works with intensity (1 channel) or BGRA (4 channels) images */
/* The next function call convert a standard BGR image to BGRA using the GPU */
cv::cuda::GpuMat image_alpha;
cuda::cvtColor(image, image_alpha, COLOR_BGR2BGRA, 4);

cuda_hog->compute(image_alpha, descriptor);

cv::Mat dst;
image_alpha.download(dst);

You can then use the descriptors in 'dst' variable as you prefer like, e.g., as suggested by G453.