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Compute the Covariance Matrix of a 3D Point Cloud
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void PointCloud::computeCovarianceMatrix() { | |
double means[3] = {0, 0, 0}; | |
for (int i = 0; i < points.size(); i++) | |
means[0] += points[i].x, | |
means[1] += points[i].y, | |
means[2] += points[i].z; | |
means[0] /= points.size(), means[1] /= points.size(), means[2] /= points.size(); | |
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) | |
for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++) { | |
covarianceMatrix[i][j] = 0.0; | |
for (int k = 0; k < points.size(); k++) | |
covarianceMatrix[i][j] += (means[i] - points[k].coord(i)) * | |
(means[j] - points[k].coord(j)); | |
covarianceMatrix[i][j] /= points.size() - 1; | |
} | |
} |
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@atandrau Since the mean of the point cloud is known. Should not it be covarianceMatrix[i][j] /= points.size(); ??