furthest_point_sample.py

import torch
from torch.autograd import Function

from . import furthest_point_sample_ext


class FurthestPointSampling(Function):
    """Furthest Point Sampling.

    Uses iterative furthest point sampling to select a set of
    features whose corresponding points have the furthest distance.
    """

    @staticmethod
    def forward(ctx, points_xyz: torch.Tensor,
                num_points: int) -> torch.Tensor:
        """forward.

        Args:
            points_xyz (Tensor): (B, N, 3) where N > num_points.
            num_points (int): Number of points in the sampled set.

        Returns:
             Tensor: (B, num_points) indices of the sampled points.
        """
        assert points_xyz.is_contiguous()

        B, N, _ = points_xyz.size()
        output = torch.cuda.IntTensor(B, num_points)
        temp = torch.cuda.FloatTensor(B, N).fill_(1e10)

        furthest_point_sample_ext.furthest_point_sampling_wrapper(
            B, N, num_points, points_xyz, temp, output)
        ctx.mark_non_differentiable(output)
        return output

    @staticmethod
    def backward(xyz, a=None):
        return None, None


furthest_point_sample = FurthestPointSampling.apply