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+//
+// Copyright 2021 Sayan Chaudhuri <sayanchaudhuri758@gmail.com>
+//
+// Use, modification and distribution are subject to the Boost Software License,
+// Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+//
+
+#ifndef BOOST_GIL_IMAGE_PROCESSING_FAST_FEATURE_DETECTOR_HPP
+#define BOOST_GIL_IMAGE_PROCESSING_FAST_FEATURE_DETECTOR_HPP
+
+#include <boost/gil/image.hpp>
+#include <boost/gil/image_view.hpp>
+#include <boost/gil/locator.hpp>
+#include <boost/gil/point.hpp>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cmath>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace boost { namespace gil {
+namespace detail {
+
+/// \brief Implements the FAST corner detection algorithm by Edward Rosten.
+///       Algorithm :-
+///       1.Consider a circle of 16 pixels around a given pixel(Bresenham circle)
+///       2.Decide a threshold t
+///       3.Let I_p be the intensity of the central pixel.
+///       4.Find if there are n consecutive pixels in those 16 pixels where the intensities of all
+///         pixels are <I_p-t or >I_p+t.Here n is taken as 9.
+///       5.For step 4, to detect that a pixel is not a corner,check first whether the intensities
+///         at pixels from 0 to 6 (with a step of 2)or the 8th pixel from each of them satisfies
+///         condition of step 4. If not,check the same condition on odd numbered pixels or their
+///         corresponding 8th pixel.
+///       6.If the checks in step 5 is not affirmative, the given pixel cannot
+///         be a corner.
+///       7.Otherwise, proceed to find whether there are n consecutive pixels to satisfy the
+///         criterion. If yes, p is a corner,else no.
+
+///       @param buffer -type of source image.Must be grayscale
+///       @param r      -row index of the candidate pixel
+///       @param c      -column index of candidate pixel
+///       @param points -pixel locations for bresenham circle around the given
+///                       pixel
+///       @param t      -threshold
+template <typename SrcView>
+bool fast_feature_detector(
+    SrcView const& buffer,
+    std::size_t r,
+    std::size_t c,
+    std::vector<point_t>& points,
+    int t)
+{
+    auto src_loc = buffer.xy_at(c, r);
+    std::vector<int> threshold_indicator;
+    std::vector<int> intensity_array(16);
+    std::vector<decltype(src_loc.cache_location(0, -1))> pointers(16);
+    // storing intensities of pixels on circumference beforehand to decrease runtime
+    for (std::ptrdiff_t i = 0; i < 16; i++)
+    {
+        pointers[i]        = src_loc.cache_location(points[i][0], points[i][1]);
+        intensity_array[i] = src_loc[pointers[i]];
+    }
+    // calculating the flags to be used during segment test
+    auto const I_p = buffer(point_t(c, r));
+
+    std::transform(
+        intensity_array.begin(),
+        intensity_array.end(),
+        back_inserter(threshold_indicator),
+        [low = I_p - t, hi = I_p + t](auto const& intensity) {
+            if (intensity < low)
+                return -1;
+            else if (intensity > hi)
+                return 1;
+            else
+                return 0;
+        });
+
+    std::transform(
+        intensity_array.begin(),
+        intensity_array.end(),
+        back_inserter(threshold_indicator),
+        [low = I_p - t, hi = I_p + t](auto const& intensity) {
+            if (intensity < low)
+                return -1;
+            else if (intensity > hi)
+                return 1;
+            else
+                return 0;
+        });
+
+    // high speed test for eliminating non-corners
+    for (std::ptrdiff_t i = 0; i <= 6; i += 2)
+    {
+        if (threshold_indicator[i] == 0 && threshold_indicator[i + 8] == 0)
+            return false;
+    }
+    for (std::ptrdiff_t i = 1; i <= 7; i += 2)
+    {
+        if (threshold_indicator[i] == 0 && threshold_indicator[i + 8] == 0)
+            return false;
+    }
+
+    // final segment test
+    bool is_feature_point =
+        threshold_indicator.end() !=
+            std::search_n(threshold_indicator.begin(), threshold_indicator.end(), 9, -1) ||
+        threshold_indicator.end() !=
+            std::search_n(threshold_indicator.begin(), threshold_indicator.end(), 9, 1);
+    return is_feature_point;
+}
+
+///\brief assigns a score to each detected corner to measure their degree of
+/// cornerness.
+///           Algorithm
+///           Perform a binary search on threshold t to find out the maximum
+///           threshold for which a corner remains a corner
+///
+///           @param src         -type of input image
+///           @param i           -row index of the detected corner
+///           @param j           -column index of the detected corner
+///           @param points      -pixel locations for bresenham circle around
+///                               the given pixel
+///           @param threshold   -initial threshold given as input
+template <typename SrcView>
+std::size_t calculate_score(
+    SrcView const& src,
+    std::size_t i,
+    std::size_t j,
+    std::vector<point_t>& points,
+    std::size_t threshold)
+{
+    std::size_t low  = threshold;
+    std::size_t high = 255;
+    // score measure used= highest threshold for which a corner remains a corner.
+    // The cornerness of a corner decreases with increasing threshold
+    while (high - low > 1)
+    {
+        std::size_t mid = (low + high) / 2;
+        if (fast_feature_detector(src, i, j, points, mid))
+        {
+            low = mid;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            high = mid - 1;
+        }
+    }
+    return low - 1;
+}
+}  // namespace detail
+
+/// \brief public function for using fast feature detector
+///        @param src         -type of input image
+///        @param keypoints   -vector for storing the locations of
+///                            keypoints(corners)
+///        @param scores      -vector for scores of each detected keypoint
+///        @param nonmax      -indicates whether to perform nonmaximum
+///                            suppression or not
+///        @param threshold   -initial threshold given as input
+template <typename SrcView>
+void fast(
+    SrcView const& src,
+    std::vector<point_t>& keypoints,
+    std::vector<std::size_t>& scores,
+    bool nonmax           = true,
+    std::size_t threshold = 10)
+{
+    // coordinates of a bresenham circle of radius 3
+    std::vector<point_t> final_points_clockwise{
+        point_t(3, 0),
+        point_t(3, 1),
+        point_t(2, 2),
+        point_t(1, 3),
+        point_t(0, 3),
+        point_t(-1, 3),
+        point_t(-2, 2),
+        point_t(-3, 1),
+        point_t(-3, 0),
+        point_t(-3, -1),
+        point_t(-2, -2),
+        point_t(-1, -3),
+        point_t(0, -3),
+        point_t(1, -3),
+        point_t(2, -2),
+        point_t(3, -1)};
+    // FAST features only calculated on grayscale images
+    auto input_image_view = color_converted_view<gray8_pixel_t>(src);
+    gray8_image_t fast_image(src.dimensions());
+    // scores to be used during nonmaximum suppression
+    gray8_view_t fast_score_matrix = view(fast_image);
+    fill_pixels(fast_score_matrix, gray8_pixel_t(0));
+    std::vector<point_t> kp;
+
+    for (std::size_t i = 3; i < src.height() - 3; i++)
+    {
+        for (std::size_t j = 3; j < src.width() - 3; j++)
+        {
+            if (detail::fast_feature_detector(
+                    input_image_view, i, j, final_points_clockwise, threshold))
+            {
+                kp.push_back(point_t(j, i));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (auto u : kp)
+    {
+        int score = 0;
+        score     = detail::calculate_score(
+            input_image_view, u[1], u[0], final_points_clockwise, threshold);
+        fast_score_matrix(u[0], u[1])[0] = gray8_pixel_t(score);
+    }
+
+    for (auto u : kp)
+    {
+        std::size_t i     = u[1];
+        std::size_t j     = u[0];
+        std::size_t score = 0;
+        score             = int(fast_score_matrix(j, i)[0]);
+        // performing nonmaximum suppression
+        if (!nonmax || score > fast_score_matrix(j - 1, i)[0] &&
+                           score > fast_score_matrix(j + 1, i)[0] &&
+                           score > fast_score_matrix(j - 1, i - 1)[0] &&
+                           score > fast_score_matrix(j, i - 1)[0] &&
+                           score > fast_score_matrix(j + 1, i - 1)[0] &&
+                           score > fast_score_matrix(j - 1, i + 1)[0] &&
+                           score > fast_score_matrix(j, i + 1)[0] &&
+                           score > fast_score_matrix(j + 1, i + 1)[0])
+        {
+            keypoints.push_back(u);
+            scores.push_back(score);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+}}  // namespace boost::gil
+#endif
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diff --git a/test/core/image_processing/fast_feature_detector.cpp b/test/core/image_processing/fast_feature_detector.cpp
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+//
+// Copyright 2021 Sayan Chaudhuri <sayanchaudhuri758@gmail.com>
+//
+// Use, modification and distribution are subject to the Boost Software License,
+// Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+//
+
+#include <boost/gil/extension/io/jpeg.hpp>
+#include <boost/gil/extension/io/png.hpp>
+#include <boost/gil/image_processing/fast_feature_detector.hpp>
+#include <boost/assert.hpp>
+#include <boost/core/lightweight_test.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+
+std::uint8_t null_matrix[] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                              0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
+
+//testing an image without a feature point
+void test1()
+{
+    boost::gil::gray8_view_t image1 = boost::gil::interleaved_view(
+        5, 8, reinterpret_cast<boost::gil::gray8_pixel_t*>(null_matrix), 5);
+    std::vector<boost::gil::point_t> keypoints;
+    std::vector<std::size_t> scores;
+    boost::gil::fast(image1, keypoints, scores, 20);
+    std::vector<boost::gil::point_t> expected_keypoints;
+    BOOST_ASSERT_MSG(
+        expected_keypoints.size() == keypoints.size(), "dimensions do not match for keypoints");
+}
+
+//testing color image
+void test2()
+{
+    boost::gil::rgb8_image_t input_color_image;
+    boost::gil::read_image("box.jpg", input_color_image, boost::gil::jpeg_tag{});
+    std::vector<boost::gil::point_t> keypoints;
+    std::vector<std::size_t> scores;
+    boost::gil::fast(boost::gil::view(input_color_image), keypoints, scores, 20);
+    std::vector<boost::gil::point_t> expected_keypoints{
+        boost::gil::point_t(218, 19),  boost::gil::point_t(44, 56),   boost::gil::point_t(280, 62),
+        boost::gil::point_t(302, 77),  boost::gil::point_t(321, 93),  boost::gil::point_t(323, 93),
+        boost::gil::point_t(329, 96),  boost::gil::point_t(45, 105),  boost::gil::point_t(101, 110),
+        boost::gil::point_t(55, 118),  boost::gil::point_t(140, 141), boost::gil::point_t(326, 141),
+        boost::gil::point_t(138, 143), boost::gil::point_t(314, 151), boost::gil::point_t(120, 179),
+        boost::gil::point_t(130, 186), boost::gil::point_t(128, 187), boost::gil::point_t(132, 191),
+        boost::gil::point_t(137, 195), boost::gil::point_t(139, 195), boost::gil::point_t(143, 197),
+        boost::gil::point_t(59, 219),  boost::gil::point_t(63, 223),  boost::gil::point_t(70, 231),
+        boost::gil::point_t(75, 237),  boost::gil::point_t(81, 244),  boost::gil::point_t(303, 261),
+        boost::gil::point_t(107, 273), boost::gil::point_t(266, 273), boost::gil::point_t(260, 275),
+        boost::gil::point_t(245, 280), boost::gil::point_t(115, 283), boost::gil::point_t(234, 284),
+        boost::gil::point_t(231, 285), boost::gil::point_t(216, 289), boost::gil::point_t(125, 293),
+        boost::gil::point_t(205, 294), boost::gil::point_t(132, 297), boost::gil::point_t(187, 299),
+        boost::gil::point_t(171, 304), boost::gil::point_t(142, 313)};
+
+    BOOST_ASSERT_MSG(
+        expected_keypoints.size() == keypoints.size(), "dimensions do not match for keypoints");
+    BOOST_ASSERT_MSG(expected_keypoints == keypoints, "keypoints do not match");
+}
+
+//testing grayscale image
+void test3()
+{
+    boost::gil::rgb8_image_t input_color_image;
+    boost::gil::read_image("box.jpg", input_color_image, boost::gil::jpeg_tag{});
+    std::vector<boost::gil::point_t> keypoints;
+    std::vector<std::size_t> scores;
+    std::vector<boost::gil::point_t> expected_keypoints{
+        boost::gil::point_t(218, 19),  boost::gil::point_t(44, 56),   boost::gil::point_t(280, 62),
+        boost::gil::point_t(302, 77),  boost::gil::point_t(321, 93),  boost::gil::point_t(323, 93),
+        boost::gil::point_t(329, 96),  boost::gil::point_t(45, 105),  boost::gil::point_t(101, 110),
+        boost::gil::point_t(55, 118),  boost::gil::point_t(140, 141), boost::gil::point_t(326, 141),
+        boost::gil::point_t(138, 143), boost::gil::point_t(314, 151), boost::gil::point_t(120, 179),
+        boost::gil::point_t(130, 186), boost::gil::point_t(128, 187), boost::gil::point_t(132, 191),
+        boost::gil::point_t(137, 195), boost::gil::point_t(139, 195), boost::gil::point_t(143, 197),
+        boost::gil::point_t(59, 219),  boost::gil::point_t(63, 223),  boost::gil::point_t(70, 231),
+        boost::gil::point_t(75, 237),  boost::gil::point_t(81, 244),  boost::gil::point_t(303, 261),
+        boost::gil::point_t(107, 273), boost::gil::point_t(266, 273), boost::gil::point_t(260, 275),
+        boost::gil::point_t(245, 280), boost::gil::point_t(115, 283), boost::gil::point_t(234, 284),
+        boost::gil::point_t(231, 285), boost::gil::point_t(216, 289), boost::gil::point_t(125, 293),
+        boost::gil::point_t(205, 294), boost::gil::point_t(132, 297), boost::gil::point_t(187, 299),
+        boost::gil::point_t(171, 304), boost::gil::point_t(142, 313)};
+
+    boost::gil::fast(boost::gil::view(input_color_image), keypoints, scores, 10);
+
+    BOOST_ASSERT_MSG(
+        expected_keypoints.size() == keypoints.size(), "dimensions do not match for keypoints");
+    BOOST_ASSERT_MSG(expected_keypoints == keypoints, "keypoints do not match");
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    test1();
+    test2();
+    test3();
+    return boost::report_errors();
+}