// Ceres Solver - A fast non-linear least squares minimizer // Copyright 2023 Google Inc. All rights reserved. // http://ceres-solver.org/ // // Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without // modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: // // * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, // this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. // * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, // this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation // and/or other materials provided with the distribution. // * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its contributors may be // used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without // specific prior written permission. // // THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" // AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE // IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE // ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE // LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR // CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF // SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS // INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN // CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) // ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE // POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. // // Author: sameeragarwal@google.com (Sameer Agarwal) // // An example of solving a dynamically sized problem with various // solvers and loss functions. // // For a simpler bare bones example of doing bundle adjustment with // Ceres, please see simple_bundle_adjuster.cc. // // NOTE: This example will not compile without gflags and SuiteSparse. // // The problem being solved here is known as a Bundle Adjustment // problem in computer vision. Given a set of 3d points X_1, ..., X_n, // a set of cameras P_1, ..., P_m. If the point X_i is visible in // image j, then there is a 2D observation u_ij that is the expected // projection of X_i using P_j. The aim of this optimization is to // find values of X_i and P_j such that the reprojection error // // E(X,P) = sum_ij |u_ij - P_j X_i|^2 // // is minimized. // // The problem used here comes from a collection of bundle adjustment // problems published at University of Washington. // http://grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/bal #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include "absl/flags/flag.h" #include "absl/flags/parse.h" #include "absl/log/check.h" #include "absl/log/initialize.h" #include "absl/log/log.h" #include "absl/time/clock.h" #include "absl/time/time.h" #include "bal_problem.h" #include "ceres/ceres.h" #include "snavely_reprojection_error.h" // clang-format makes the gflags definitions too verbose // clang-format off ABSL_FLAG(std::string, input, "", "Input File name"); ABSL_FLAG(std::string, trust_region_strategy, "levenberg_marquardt", "Options are: levenberg_marquardt, dogleg."); ABSL_FLAG(std::string, dogleg, "traditional_dogleg", "Options are: traditional_dogleg," "subspace_dogleg."); ABSL_FLAG(bool, inner_iterations, false, "Use inner iterations to non-linearly " "refine each successful trust region step."); ABSL_FLAG(std::string, blocks_for_inner_iterations, "automatic", "Options are: " "automatic, cameras, points, cameras,points, points,cameras"); ABSL_FLAG(std::string, linear_solver, "sparse_schur", "Options are: " "sparse_schur, dense_schur, iterative_schur, " "sparse_normal_cholesky, dense_qr, dense_normal_cholesky, " "and cgnr."); ABSL_FLAG(bool, explicit_schur_complement, false, "If using ITERATIVE_SCHUR " "then explicitly compute the Schur complement."); ABSL_FLAG(std::string, preconditioner, "jacobi", "Options are: " "identity, jacobi, schur_jacobi, schur_power_series_expansion, cluster_jacobi, " "cluster_tridiagonal."); ABSL_FLAG(std::string, visibility_clustering, "canonical_views", "single_linkage, canonical_views"); ABSL_FLAG(bool, use_spse_initialization, false, "Use power series expansion to initialize the solution in ITERATIVE_SCHUR linear solver."); ABSL_FLAG(std::string, sparse_linear_algebra_library, "suite_sparse", "Options are: suite_sparse, accelerate_sparse, eigen_sparse and cuda_sparse"); ABSL_FLAG(std::string, dense_linear_algebra_library, "eigen", "Options are: eigen, lapack, and cuda"); ABSL_FLAG(std::string, ordering_type, "amd", "Options are: amd, nesdis"); ABSL_FLAG(std::string, linear_solver_ordering, "user", "Options are: automatic and user"); ABSL_FLAG(bool, use_quaternions, false, "If true, uses quaternions to represent " "rotations. If false, angle axis is used."); ABSL_FLAG(bool, use_manifolds, false, "For quaternions, use a manifold."); ABSL_FLAG(bool, robustify, false, "Use a robust loss function."); ABSL_FLAG(double, eta, 1e-2, "Default value for eta. Eta determines the " "accuracy of each linear solve of the truncated newton step. " "Changing this parameter can affect solve performance."); ABSL_FLAG(int32_t, num_threads, -1, "Number of threads. -1 = std::thread::hardware_concurrency."); ABSL_FLAG(int32_t, num_iterations, 5, "Number of iterations."); ABSL_FLAG(int32_t, max_linear_solver_iterations, 500, "Maximum number of iterations" " for solution of linear system."); ABSL_FLAG(double, spse_tolerance, 0.1, "Tolerance to reach during the iterations of power series expansion initialization or preconditioning."); ABSL_FLAG(int32_t, max_num_spse_iterations, 5, "Maximum number of iterations for power series expansion initialization or preconditioning."); ABSL_FLAG(double, max_solver_time, 1e32, "Maximum solve time in seconds."); ABSL_FLAG(bool, nonmonotonic_steps, false, "Trust region algorithm can use" " nonmonotic steps."); ABSL_FLAG(double, rotation_sigma, 0.0, "Standard deviation of camera rotation " "perturbation."); ABSL_FLAG(double, translation_sigma, 0.0, "Standard deviation of the camera " "translation perturbation."); ABSL_FLAG(double, point_sigma, 0.0, "Standard deviation of the point " "perturbation."); ABSL_FLAG(int32_t, random_seed, 38401, "Random seed used to set the state " "of the pseudo random number generator used to generate " "the perturbations."); ABSL_FLAG(bool, line_search, false, "Use a line search instead of trust region " "algorithm."); ABSL_FLAG(bool, mixed_precision_solves, false, "Use mixed precision solves."); ABSL_FLAG(int32_t, max_num_refinement_iterations, 0, "Iterative refinement iterations"); ABSL_FLAG(std::string, initial_ply, "", "Export the BAL file data as a PLY file."); ABSL_FLAG(std::string, final_ply, "", "Export the refined BAL file data as a PLY " "file."); // clang-format on namespace ceres::examples { namespace { void SetLinearSolver(Solver::Options* options) { CHECK(StringToLinearSolverType(absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_linear_solver), &options->linear_solver_type)); CHECK(StringToPreconditionerType(absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_preconditioner), &options->preconditioner_type)); CHECK(StringToVisibilityClusteringType( absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_visibility_clustering), &options->visibility_clustering_type)); CHECK(StringToSparseLinearAlgebraLibraryType( absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_sparse_linear_algebra_library), &options->sparse_linear_algebra_library_type)); CHECK(StringToDenseLinearAlgebraLibraryType( absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_dense_linear_algebra_library), &options->dense_linear_algebra_library_type)); CHECK( StringToLinearSolverOrderingType(absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_ordering_type), &options->linear_solver_ordering_type)); options->use_explicit_schur_complement = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_explicit_schur_complement); options->use_mixed_precision_solves = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_mixed_precision_solves); options->max_num_refinement_iterations = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_max_num_refinement_iterations); options->max_linear_solver_iterations = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_max_linear_solver_iterations); options->use_spse_initialization = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_use_spse_initialization); options->spse_tolerance = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_spse_tolerance); options->max_num_spse_iterations = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_max_num_spse_iterations); } void SetOrdering(BALProblem* bal_problem, Solver::Options* options) { const int num_points = bal_problem->num_points(); const int point_block_size = bal_problem->point_block_size(); double* points = bal_problem->mutable_points(); const int num_cameras = bal_problem->num_cameras(); const int camera_block_size = bal_problem->camera_block_size(); double* cameras = bal_problem->mutable_cameras(); if (options->use_inner_iterations) { if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_blocks_for_inner_iterations) == "cameras") { LOG(INFO) << "Camera blocks for inner iterations"; options->inner_iteration_ordering = std::make_shared(); for (int i = 0; i < num_cameras; ++i) { options->inner_iteration_ordering->AddElementToGroup( cameras + camera_block_size * i, 0); } } else if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_blocks_for_inner_iterations) == "points") { LOG(INFO) << "Point blocks for inner iterations"; options->inner_iteration_ordering = std::make_shared(); for (int i = 0; i < num_points; ++i) { options->inner_iteration_ordering->AddElementToGroup( points + point_block_size * i, 0); } } else if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_blocks_for_inner_iterations) == "cameras,points") { LOG(INFO) << "Camera followed by point blocks for inner iterations"; options->inner_iteration_ordering = std::make_shared(); for (int i = 0; i < num_cameras; ++i) { options->inner_iteration_ordering->AddElementToGroup( cameras + camera_block_size * i, 0); } for (int i = 0; i < num_points; ++i) { options->inner_iteration_ordering->AddElementToGroup( points + point_block_size * i, 1); } } else if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_blocks_for_inner_iterations) == "points,cameras") { LOG(INFO) << "Point followed by camera blocks for inner iterations"; options->inner_iteration_ordering = std::make_shared(); for (int i = 0; i < num_cameras; ++i) { options->inner_iteration_ordering->AddElementToGroup( cameras + camera_block_size * i, 1); } for (int i = 0; i < num_points; ++i) { options->inner_iteration_ordering->AddElementToGroup( points + point_block_size * i, 0); } } else if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_blocks_for_inner_iterations) == "automatic") { LOG(INFO) << "Choosing automatic blocks for inner iterations"; } else { LOG(FATAL) << "Unknown block type for inner iterations: " << absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_blocks_for_inner_iterations); } } // Bundle adjustment problems have a sparsity structure that makes // them amenable to more specialized and much more efficient // solution strategies. The SPARSE_SCHUR, DENSE_SCHUR and // ITERATIVE_SCHUR solvers make use of this specialized // structure. // // This can either be done by specifying a // Options::linear_solver_ordering or having Ceres figure it out // automatically using a greedy maximum independent set algorithm. if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_linear_solver_ordering) == "user") { auto* ordering = new ceres::ParameterBlockOrdering; // The points come before the cameras. for (int i = 0; i < num_points; ++i) { ordering->AddElementToGroup(points + point_block_size * i, 0); } for (int i = 0; i < num_cameras; ++i) { // When using axis-angle, there is a single parameter block for // the entire camera. ordering->AddElementToGroup(cameras + camera_block_size * i, 1); } options->linear_solver_ordering.reset(ordering); } } void SetMinimizerOptions(Solver::Options* options) { options->max_num_iterations = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_num_iterations); options->minimizer_progress_to_stdout = true; if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_num_threads) == -1) { const int num_available_threads = static_cast(std::thread::hardware_concurrency()); if (num_available_threads > 0) { options->num_threads = num_available_threads; } } else { options->num_threads = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_num_threads); } CHECK_GE(options->num_threads, 1); options->eta = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_eta); options->max_solver_time_in_seconds = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_max_solver_time); options->use_nonmonotonic_steps = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_nonmonotonic_steps); if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_line_search)) { options->minimizer_type = ceres::LINE_SEARCH; } CHECK(StringToTrustRegionStrategyType( absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_trust_region_strategy), &options->trust_region_strategy_type)); CHECK(StringToDoglegType(absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_dogleg), &options->dogleg_type)); options->use_inner_iterations = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_inner_iterations); } void SetSolverOptionsFromFlags(BALProblem* bal_problem, Solver::Options* options) { SetMinimizerOptions(options); SetLinearSolver(options); SetOrdering(bal_problem, options); } void BuildProblem(BALProblem* bal_problem, Problem* problem) { const absl::Time start_time = absl::Now(); const int point_block_size = bal_problem->point_block_size(); const int camera_block_size = bal_problem->camera_block_size(); double* points = bal_problem->mutable_points(); double* cameras = bal_problem->mutable_cameras(); // Observations is 2*num_observations long array observations = // [u_1, u_2, ... , u_n], where each u_i is two dimensional, the x // and y positions of the observation. const double* observations = bal_problem->observations(); for (int i = 0; i < bal_problem->num_observations(); ++i) { CostFunction* cost_function; // Each Residual block takes a point and a camera as input and // outputs a 2 dimensional residual. cost_function = (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_use_quaternions)) ? SnavelyReprojectionErrorWithQuaternions::Create( observations[2 * i + 0], observations[2 * i + 1]) : SnavelyReprojectionError::Create( observations[2 * i + 0], observations[2 * i + 1]); // If enabled use Huber's loss function. LossFunction* loss_function = absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_robustify) ? new HuberLoss(1.0) : nullptr; // Each observation corresponds to a pair of a camera and a point // which are identified by camera_index()[i] and point_index()[i] // respectively. double* camera = cameras + camera_block_size * bal_problem->camera_index()[i]; double* point = points + point_block_size * bal_problem->point_index()[i]; problem->AddResidualBlock(cost_function, loss_function, camera, point); } if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_use_quaternions) && absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_use_manifolds)) { Manifold* camera_manifold = new ProductManifold>{}; for (int i = 0; i < bal_problem->num_cameras(); ++i) { problem->SetManifold(cameras + camera_block_size * i, camera_manifold); } } LOG(INFO) << "Time to build problem: " << absl::Now() - start_time; } void SolveProblem(const char* filename) { BALProblem bal_problem(filename, absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_use_quaternions)); if (!absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_initial_ply).empty()) { bal_problem.WriteToPLYFile(absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_initial_ply)); } Problem problem; srand(absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_random_seed)); bal_problem.Normalize(); bal_problem.Perturb(absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_rotation_sigma), absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_translation_sigma), absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_point_sigma)); BuildProblem(&bal_problem, &problem); Solver::Options options; SetSolverOptionsFromFlags(&bal_problem, &options); options.gradient_tolerance = 1e-16; options.function_tolerance = 1e-16; options.parameter_tolerance = 1e-16; Solver::Summary summary; Solve(options, &problem, &summary); std::cout << summary.FullReport() << "\n"; if (!absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_final_ply).empty()) { bal_problem.WriteToPLYFile(absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_final_ply)); } } } // namespace } // namespace ceres::examples int main(int argc, char** argv) { absl::InitializeLog(); absl::ParseCommandLine(argc, argv); if (absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_input).empty()) { LOG(ERROR) << "Usage: bundle_adjuster --input=bal_problem"; return 1; } CHECK(absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_use_quaternions) || !absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_use_manifolds)) << "--use_manifolds can only be used with --use_quaternions."; ceres::examples::SolveProblem(absl::GetFlag(FLAGS_input).c_str()); return 0; }