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 *
 * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
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 */
 
#ifndef META_OCEAN_CV_NEON_H
#define META_OCEAN_CV_NEON_H
 
#include "ocean/cv/CV.h"
 
#include "ocean/base/Utilities.h"
 
#include "ocean/math/Math.h"
 
#if defined(OCEAN_HARDWARE_NEON_VERSION) && OCEAN_HARDWARE_NEON_VERSION >= 10
 
#if defined(__ARM_NEON__) || defined(__ARM_NEON)
    #include <arm_neon.h>
#endif // __ARM_NEON__
 
namespace Ocean
{
 
namespace CV
{
 
/**
 * This class implements computer vision functions using NEON extensions.
 * @ingroup cv
 */
class NEON
{
    public:
 
        /**
         * Creates a uint8x8_t vector from 8 individual uint8_t values.
         * This function provides a portable way to initialize uint8x8_t vectors across compilers.
         * @param v0 Element at index 0
         * @param v1 Element at index 1
         * @param v2 Element at index 2
         * @param v3 Element at index 3
         * @param v4 Element at index 4
         * @param v5 Element at index 5
         * @param v6 Element at index 6
         * @param v7 Element at index 7
         * @return A uint8x8_t vector containing the specified values
         */
        static constexpr uint8x8_t create_uint8x8(const uint8_t v0, const uint8_t v1, const uint8_t v2, const uint8_t v3, const uint8_t v4, const uint8_t v5, const uint8_t v6, const uint8_t v7);
 
        /**
         * Creates a uint8x16_t vector from 16 individual uint8_t values.
         * This function provides a portable way to initialize uint8x16_t vectors across compilers.
         * @param v0 Element at index 0
         * @param v1 Element at index 1
         * @param v2 Element at index 2
         * @param v3 Element at index 3
         * @param v4 Element at index 4
         * @param v5 Element at index 5
         * @param v6 Element at index 6
         * @param v7 Element at index 7
         * @param v8 Element at index 8
         * @param v9 Element at index 9
         * @param v10 Element at index 10
         * @param v11 Element at index 11
         * @param v12 Element at index 12
         * @param v13 Element at index 13
         * @param v14 Element at index 14
         * @param v15 Element at index 15
         * @return A uint8x16_t vector containing the specified values
         */
        static constexpr uint8x16_t create_uint8x16(const uint8_t v0, const uint8_t v1, const uint8_t v2, const uint8_t v3, const uint8_t v4, const uint8_t v5, const uint8_t v6, const uint8_t v7, const uint8_t v8, const uint8_t v9, const uint8_t v10, const uint8_t v11, const uint8_t v12, const uint8_t v13, const uint8_t v14, const uint8_t v15);
 
        /**
         * Creates an int8x16_t vector from 16 individual int8_t values.
         * This function provides a portable way to initialize int8x16_t vectors across compilers.
         * @param v0 Element at index 0
         * @param v1 Element at index 1
         * @param v2 Element at index 2
         * @param v3 Element at index 3
         * @param v4 Element at index 4
         * @param v5 Element at index 5
         * @param v6 Element at index 6
         * @param v7 Element at index 7
         * @param v8 Element at index 8
         * @param v9 Element at index 9
         * @param v10 Element at index 10
         * @param v11 Element at index 11
         * @param v12 Element at index 12
         * @param v13 Element at index 13
         * @param v14 Element at index 14
         * @param v15 Element at index 15
         * @return An int8x16_t vector containing the specified values
         */
        static constexpr int8x16_t create_int8x16(const int8_t v0, const int8_t v1, const int8_t v2, const int8_t v3, const int8_t v4, const int8_t v5, const int8_t v6, const int8_t v7, const int8_t v8, const int8_t v9, const int8_t v10, const int8_t v11, const int8_t v12, const int8_t v13, const int8_t v14, const int8_t v15);
 
        /**
         * Creates an int16x8_t vector from 8 individual int16_t values.
         * This function provides a portable way to initialize int16x8_t vectors across compilers.
         * @param v0 Element at index 0
         * @param v1 Element at index 1
         * @param v2 Element at index 2
         * @param v3 Element at index 3
         * @param v4 Element at index 4
         * @param v5 Element at index 5
         * @param v6 Element at index 6
         * @param v7 Element at index 7
         * @return An int16x8_t vector containing the specified values
         */
        static constexpr int16x8_t create_int16x8(const int16_t v0, const int16_t v1, const int16_t v2, const int16_t v3, const int16_t v4, const int16_t v5, const int16_t v6, const int16_t v7);
 
        /**
         * Creates a uint32x4_t vector from 4 individual uint32_t values.
         * This function provides a portable way to initialize uint32x4_t vectors across compilers.
         * @param v0 Element at index 0
         * @param v1 Element at index 1
         * @param v2 Element at index 2
         * @param v3 Element at index 3
         * @return A uint32x4_t vector containing the specified values
         */
        static constexpr uint32x4_t create_uint32x4(const uint32_t v0, const uint32_t v1, const uint32_t v2, const uint32_t v3);
 
        /**
         * Creates a uint16x8_t vector from 8 individual uint16_t values.
         * This function provides a portable way to initialize uint16x8_t vectors across compilers.
         * @param v0 Element at index 0
         * @param v1 Element at index 1
         * @param v2 Element at index 2
         * @param v3 Element at index 3
         * @param v4 Element at index 4
         * @param v5 Element at index 5
         * @param v6 Element at index 6
         * @param v7 Element at index 7
         * @return A uint16x8_t vector containing the specified values
         */
        static constexpr uint16x8_t create_uint16x8(const uint16_t v0, const uint16_t v1, const uint16_t v2, const uint16_t v3, const uint16_t v4, const uint16_t v5, const uint16_t v6, const uint16_t v7);
 
        /**
         * Sum square differences determination for the last 9 elements of an 16 elements buffer with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 9 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 9 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifferences8BitBack9Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum square differences determination for the last 10 elements of an 16 elements buffer with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 10 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 10 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifferences8BitBack10Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum square differences determination for the last 11 elements of an 16 elements buffer with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 11 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 11 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifferences8BitBack11Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum square differences determination for the last 12 elements of an 16 elements buffer with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 12 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 12 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifferences8BitBack12Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum square differences determination for the last 13 elements of an 16 elements buffer with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 13 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 13 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifferences8BitBack13Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum square differences determination for the last 14 elements of an 16 elements buffer with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 14 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 14 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifferences8BitBack14Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum square differences determination for the last 15 elements of an 16 elements buffer with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 15 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 15 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifferences8BitBack15Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum square difference determination for the first 9 elements of an 16 elements buffer with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 9 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 9 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifference8BitFront9Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum square difference determination for the first 10 elements of an 16 elements buffer with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 10 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 10 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifference8BitFront10Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum square difference determination for the first 11 elements of an 16 elements buffer with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 11 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 11 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifference8BitFront11Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum square difference determination for the first 12 elements of an 16 elements buffer with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 12 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 12 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifference8BitFront12Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum square difference determination for the first 13 elements of an 16 elements buffer with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 13 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 13 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifference8BitFront13Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum square difference determination for the first 14 elements of an 16 elements buffer with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 14 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 14 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifference8BitFront14Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum square difference determination for the first 15 elements of an 16 elements buffer with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 15 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 15 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifference8BitFront15Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum square difference determination for 16 elements with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 16 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 16 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum square difference determination for 16 elements with 8 bit precision.
         * @param row0 First 16 elements to determine the ssd for
         * @param row1 Second 16 elements to determine the ssd for
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(const uint8x16_t& row0, const uint8x16_t& row1);
 
        /**
         * Averages 16 elements of 2x2 blocks for 1 channel 8 bit frames.
         * The function takes two rows of 16 elements and returns 8 average elements (8 averaged pixels, each with 1 channels).
         * @param row0 First row of 16 elements (16 pixels), must be valid
         * @param row1 Second row of 16 elements (16 pixels), must be valid
         * @param result Resulting 8 average elements (8 pixels), must be valid
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE void average16Elements1Channel8Bit2x2(const uint8_t* const row0, const uint8_t* const row1, uint8_t* const result);
 
        /**
         * Averages 32 elements of 2x2 blocks for 1 channel 8 bit frames.
         * The function takes two rows of 32 elements and returns 16 average elements (16 averaged pixels, each with 1 channels).
         * @param row0 First row of 32 elements (32 pixels), must be valid
         * @param row1 Second row of 32 elements (32 pixels), must be valid
         * @param result Resulting 16 average elements (16 pixels), must be valid
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE void average32Elements1Channel8Bit2x2(const uint8_t* const row0, const uint8_t* const row1, uint8_t* const result);
 
        /**
         * Averages 16 elements of 2x2 blocks for 1 binary (x00 or 0xFF) frames.
         * The function takes two rows of 16 elements and returns 8 average elements (8 averaged pixels, each with 1 channels).
         * @param image0 First row of 16 elements
         * @param image1 Second row of 16 elements
         * @param threshold Minimal threshold to result in a pixel with value 255
         * @param result Resulting 8 average elements
         */
        static inline void average16ElementsBinary1Channel8Bit2x2(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1, uint8_t* const result, const uint8_t threshold = 192u);
 
        /**
         * Averages 32 elements of 2x2 blocks for 2 channel 16 bit frames.
         * The function takes two rows of 32 elements and returns 16 average elements (8 averaged pixels, each with 2 channels).
         * @param row0 First row of 32 elements (16 pixels), must be valid
         * @param row1 Second row of 32 elements (16 pixels), must be valid
         * @param result Resulting 16 average elements (8 pixels), must be valid
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE void average32Elements2Channel16Bit2x2(const uint8_t* const row0, const uint8_t* const row1, uint8_t* const result);
 
        /**
         * Averages 64 elements of 2x2 blocks for 2 channel 16 bit frames.
         * The function takes two rows of 64 elements and returns 32 average elements (16 averaged pixels, each with 2 channels).
         * @param row0 First row of 64 elements (32 pixels), must be valid
         * @param row1 Second row of 64 elements (32 pixels), must be valid
         * @param result Resulting 32 average elements (16 pixels), must be valid
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE void average64Elements2Channel16Bit2x2(const uint8_t* const row0, const uint8_t* const row1, uint8_t* const result);
 
        /**
         * Averages 48 elements of 2x2 blocks for 3 channel 24 bit frames.
         * The function takes two rows of 48 elements and returns 24 average elements (8 averaged pixels, each with 3 channels).
         * @param row0 First row of 48 elements (16 pixels), must be valid
         * @param row1 Second row of 48 elements (16 pixels), must be valid
         * @param result Resulting 24 average elements (8 pixels), must be valid
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE void average48Elements3Channel24Bit2x2(const uint8_t* const row0, const uint8_t* const row1, uint8_t* const result);
 
        /**
         * Averages 64 elements of 2x2 blocks for 4 channel 32 bit frames.
         * The function takes two rows of 64 elements and returns 32 average elements (16 averaged pixels, each with 4 channels).
         * @param row0 First row of 64 elements (16 pixels), must be valid
         * @param row1 Second row of 64 elements (16 pixels), must be valid
         * @param result Resulting 32 average elements (8 pixels), must be valid
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE void average64Elements4Channel32Bit2x2(const uint8_t* const row0, const uint8_t* const row1, uint8_t* const result);
 
        /**
         * Averages 24 elements of 3x3 blocks for 1 channel 8 bit frames.
         * The function takes two rows of 24 elements and returns 8 average elements (8 averaged pixels, each with 1 channels).
         * @param image0 First row of 24 elements
         * @param image1 Second row of 24 elements
         * @param image2 Third row of 24 elements
         * @param result Resulting 8 average elements
         */
        static inline void average24Elements1Channel8Bit3x3(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1, const uint8_t* const image2, uint8_t* const result);
 
        /**
         * Averages 48 elements of 3x3 blocks for 1 channel 8 bit frames.
         * The function takes two rows of 48 elements and returns 16 average elements (16 averaged pixels, each with 1 channels).<br>
         * Beware: This function calculates an approximation only.
         * @param image0 First row of 48 elements
         * @param image1 Second row of 48 elements
         * @param image2 Third row of 48 elements
         * @param result Resulting 16 average elements
         */
        static inline void average48Elements1Channel8Bit3x3Approximation(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1, const uint8_t* const image2, uint8_t* const result);
 
        /**
         * Determines the horizontal and the vertical gradients for 8 following pixels for a given 1 channel 8 bit frame.
         * The resulting gradients are interleaved and each response is inside the range [-127, 127] as the standard response is divided by two.
         * @param source The source position of the first pixel to determine the gradient for, this pixel must not be a border pixel in the original frame
         * @param response Resulting gradient responses, first the horizontal response then the vertical response (zipped) for 8 pixels
         * @param width The width of the original frame in pixel, with range [10, infinity)
         */
        static inline void gradientHorizontalVertical8Elements1Channel8Bit(const uint8_t* source, int8_t* response, const unsigned int width);
 
        /**
         * Determines the squared horizontal and vertical gradients and the product of both gradients for 8 following pixels for a given 1 channel 8 bit frame.
         * The resulting gradients are interleaved and each response is inside the range [-(127 * 127), 127 * 127] as the standard response is divided by two.
         * @param source The source position of the first pixel to determine the gradient for, this pixel must not be a border pixel in the original frame
         * @param response Resulting gradient responses, first the horizontal response then the vertical response and afterwards the product of horizontal and vertical response (zipped) for 8 pixels
         * @param width The width of the original frame in pixel, with range [10, infinity)
         */
        static inline void gradientHorizontalVertical8Elements3Products1Channel8Bit(const uint8_t* source, int16_t* response, const unsigned int width);
 
        /**
         * Sum square difference determination for 8 elements with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 16 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 16 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifference8Bit8Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum square difference determination for 8 elements with 8 bit precision.
         * @param row0 First 16 elements to determine the ssd for
         * @param row1 Second 16 elements to determine the ssd for
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumSquareDifference8Bit8Elements(const uint8x8_t& row0, const uint8x8_t& row1);
 
        /**
         * Sum absolute difference determination for 16 elements with 8 bit precision.
         * @param image0 First 16 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @param image1 Second 16 elements to determine the ssd for, may be non aligned
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumAbsoluteDifference8Bit16Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1);
 
        /**
         * Sum absolute difference determination for 16 elements with 8 bit precision.
         * @param row0 First 16 elements to determine the ssd for
         * @param row1 Second 16 elements to determine the ssd for
         * @return SSD result distributed over four terms of the sum
         */
        static inline uint32x4_t sumAbsoluteDifference8Bit16Elements(const uint8x16_t& row0, const uint8x16_t& row1);
 
        /**
         * Horizontally sums the four 32 bit values and returns the result.
         * @param value The value holding the four 32 bit values
         * @return The resulting sum
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint32_t sumHorizontal_u_32x4(const uint32x4_t& value);
 
        /**
         * Removes (sets to zero) the high 16 bits of four 32 bit elements.
         * Given:  PONM-LKJI-HGFE-DCBA<br>
         * Result: 00NM-00JI-00FE-00BA
         * @param value The value to remove the high bits for
         * @return Result
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint32x4_t removeHighBits32_16(const uint32x4_t& value);
 
        /**
         * Removes (sets to zero) the high 8 bits of four 16 bit elements.
         * Given:  HGFE-DCBA<br>
         * Result: 0G0E-0C0A
         * @param value The value to remove the high bits for
         * @return Result
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint16x4_t removeHighBits16_8(const uint16x4_t& value);
 
        /**
         * Removes (sets to zero) the high 8 bits of eight 16 bit elements.
         * Given:  PONM-LKJI-HGFE-DCBA<br>
         * Result: 0O0M-0K0I-0G0E-0C0A
         * @param value The value to remove the high bits for
         * @return Result
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint16x8_t removeHighBits16_8(const uint16x8_t& value);
 
        /**
         * Moves the high 16 bits of four 32 bit elements to the low 16 bits and fill the high bits with 0.
         * Given:  PONM-LKJI-HGFE-DCBA<br>
         * Result: 00PO-00LK-00HG-00DC
         * @param value The value to remove the high bits for
         * @return Result
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint32x4_t moveHighBits32_16(const uint32x4_t& value);
 
        /**
         * Moves the high 8 bits of four 16 bit elements to the low 8 bits and fill the high bits with 0.
         * Given:  HGFE-DCBA<br>
         * Result: 0H0F-0D0B
         * @param value The value to remove the high bits for
         * @return Result
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint16x4_t moveHighBits16_8(const uint16x4_t& value);
 
        /**
         * Moves the high 8 bits of eight 16 bit elements to the low 8 bits and fill the high bits with 0.
         * Given:  PONM-LKJI-HGFE-DCBA<br>
         * Result: 0P0N-0L0J-0H0F-0D0B
         * @param value The value to remove the high bits for
         * @return Result
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint16x8_t moveHighBits16_8(const uint16x8_t& value);
 
        /**
         * Combines eight 32 bit values (holding 16 bit information) two eight 16 bit values.
         * Further, the combination is done with saturation (the 32 bit values will be clamped to 16 bit values before the combination is done).
         * Given:  00DD-00CC-00BB-00AA (low)<br>
         * Given:  00HH-00GG-00FF-00EE (high)<br>
         * Result: HH-GG-FF-EE-DD-CC-BB-AA
         * @param low The 128 bit register with the (resulting) lower 16 bit values
         * @param high The 128 bit register with the (resulting) higher 16 bit values
         * @return The resulting 128 bit register with 16 bit values
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint16x8_t combineLowBits32x4to16x8(const uint32x4_t& low, const uint32x4_t& high);
 
        /**
         * Combines sixteen 16 bit values (holding 8 bit information) two sixteen 8 bit values.
         * Further, the combination is done with saturation (the 16 bit values will be clamped to 8 bit values before the combination is done).
         * Given:  0H0G-0F0E-0D0C-0B0A (low)<br>
         * Given:  0P0O-0N0M-0L0K-0J0I (high)<br>
         * Result: P-O-N-M-L-K-J-I-H-G-F-E-D-C-B-A
         * @param low The 128 bit register with the (resulting) lower 8 bit values
         * @param high The 128 bit register with the (resulting) higher 8 bit values
         * @return The resulting 128 bit register with 16 bit values
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint8x16_t combineLowBits16x8to8x16(const uint16x8_t& low, const uint16x8_t& high);
 
        /**
         * Determines the four sums of four successive (overlapping) 3x3 blocks of signed 16 bit integer values.
         * @param rowTop The top row containing 6 short values, must be valid
         * @param rowCenter The center row containing 6 short values, must be valid
         * @param rowBottom The bottom row containing 6 short values, must be valid
         * @return The resulting four sums of the four 3x3 blocks
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE int32x4_t sum16Bit4Blocks3x3(const short* const rowTop, const short* const rowCenter, const short* const rowBottom);
 
        /**
         * Multiplies an two uint64_t value with two uint32_t value and stores the results in two uint64_t values.
         * This function does not check whether the multiplication results in an overflow.
         * @param value_u_64x2 The uint64x2_t value to multiply
         * @param value_u_32x2 The uint32x2_t value to multiply
         * @return The resulting multiplication result
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint64x2_t multiply(const uint64x2_t& value_u_64x2, const uint32x2_t& value_u_32x2);
 
        /**
         * Copies the sign of a given value to another one.
         * @param signReceiver First value receiving the sign from the second value
         * @param signProvider Second value providing the sign for the first one
         * @return First value with the sign of the second one
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE int32x4_t copySign(const uint32x4_t& signReceiver, const int32x4_t& signProvider);
 
        /**
         * Casts 16 float elements to 16 uint8_t elements.
         * @param sourceA_f_32x4 The first 4 float elements
         * @param sourceB_f_32x4 The second 4 float elements
         * @param sourceC_f_32x4 The third 4 float elements
         * @param sourceD_f_32x4 The fourth 4 float elements
         * @return The resulting 16 uint8_t elements
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint8x16_t cast16ElementsNEON(const float32x4_t& sourceA_f_32x4, const float32x4_t& sourceB_f_32x4, const float32x4_t& sourceC_f_32x4, const float32x4_t& sourceD_f_32x4);
 
        /**
         * Casts 16 float elements to 16 uint8_t elements.
         * @param source The 16 float elements, must be valid
         * @return The resulting 16 uint8_t elements
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint8x16_t cast16ElementsNEON(const float* const source);
 
        /**
         * Casts 16 uint8_t elements to 16 float elements.
         * @param source_u_8x16 The 16 uint8_t elements, must be valid
         * @return The resulting 16 float elements
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE float32x4x4_t cast16ElementsNEON(const uint8x16_t& source_u_8x16);
 
        /**
         * Casts 16 uint8_t elements to 16 float elements.
         * @param source The 16 uint8_t elements, must be valid
         * @return The resulting 16 float elements
         */
        static OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE float32x4x4_t cast16ElementsNEON(const uint8_t* const source);
 
    private:
 
        /**
         * Returns the interpolated pixel values for one 2 channel 16 bit pixel.
         * @param pixel Upper left pixel in the frame
         * @param size Size of one frame row in bytes
         * @param fx_y_ Product of the inverse fx and the inverse fy interpolation factor
         * @param fxy_ Product of the fx and the inverse fy interpolation factor
         * @param fx_y Product of the inverse fx and the fy interpolation factor
         * @param fxy Product of the fx and the fy interpolation factor
         * @return Interpolated pixel values
         */
        static inline unsigned int interpolation2Channel16Bit1x1(const uint8_t* const pixel, const unsigned int size, const unsigned int fx_y_, const unsigned int fxy_, const unsigned int fx_y, const unsigned int fxy);
 
        /**
         * Returns the interpolated sum of square difference for one 2 channel 16 bit pixel.
         * @param pixel0 Upper left pixel in the first frame
         * @param pixel1 Upper left pixel in the second frame
         * @param size0 Size of one frame row in bytes
         * @param size1 Size of one frame row in bytes
         * @param f1x_y_ Product of the inverse fx and the inverse fy interpolation factor for the second image
         * @param f1xy_ Product of the fx and the inverse fy interpolation factor for the second image
         * @param f1x_y Product of the inverse fx and the fy interpolation factor for the second image
         * @param f1xy Product of the fx and the fy interpolation factor for the second image
         * @return Interpolated sum of square difference
         */
        static inline unsigned int ssd2Channel16Bit1x1(const uint8_t* const pixel0, const uint8_t* const pixel1, const unsigned int size0, const unsigned int size1, const unsigned int f1x_y_, const unsigned int f1xy_, const unsigned int f1x_y, const unsigned int f1xy);
 
        /**
         * Returns the interpolated sum of square difference for one 2 channel 16 bit pixel.
         * @param pixel0 Upper left pixel in the first frame
         * @param pixel1 Upper left pixel in the second frame
         * @param size0 Size of one frame row in bytes
         * @param size1 Size of one frame row in bytes
         * @param f0x_y_ Product of the inverse fx and the inverse fy interpolation factor for the first image
         * @param f0xy_ Product of the fx and the inverse fy interpolation factor for the first image
         * @param f0x_y Product of the inverse fx and the fy interpolation factor for the first image
         * @param f0xy Product of the fx and the fy interpolation factor for the first image
         * @param f1x_y_ Product of the inverse fx and the inverse fy interpolation factor for the second image
         * @param f1xy_ Product of the fx and the inverse fy interpolation factor for the second image
         * @param f1x_y Product of the inverse fx and the fy interpolation factor for the second image
         * @param f1xy Product of the fx and the fy interpolation factor for the second image
         * @return Interpolated sum of square difference
         */
        static inline unsigned int ssd2Channel16Bit1x1(const uint8_t* const pixel0, const uint8_t* const pixel1, const unsigned int size0, const unsigned int size1, const unsigned int f0x_y_, const unsigned int f0xy_, const unsigned int f0x_y, const unsigned int f0xy, const unsigned int f1x_y_, const unsigned int f1xy_, const unsigned int f1x_y, const unsigned int f1xy);
};
 
constexpr uint8x8_t NEON::create_uint8x8(const uint8_t v0, const uint8_t v1, const uint8_t v2, const uint8_t v3, const uint8_t v4, const uint8_t v5, const uint8_t v6, const uint8_t v7)
{
#ifdef OCEAN_COMPILER_MSC
    return uint8x8_t{{uint64_t(v0) | (uint64_t(v1) << 8) | (uint64_t(v2) << 16) | (uint64_t(v3) << 24) | (uint64_t(v4) << 32) | (uint64_t(v5) << 40) | (uint64_t(v6) << 48) | (uint64_t(v7) << 56)}};
#else
    return uint8x8_t{v0, v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7};
#endif
}
 
constexpr uint8x16_t NEON::create_uint8x16(const uint8_t v0, const uint8_t v1, const uint8_t v2, const uint8_t v3, const uint8_t v4, const uint8_t v5, const uint8_t v6, const uint8_t v7, const uint8_t v8, const uint8_t v9, const uint8_t v10, const uint8_t v11, const uint8_t v12, const uint8_t v13, const uint8_t v14, const uint8_t v15)
{
#ifdef OCEAN_COMPILER_MSC
    return uint8x16_t{{uint64_t(v0) | (uint64_t(v1) << 8) | (uint64_t(v2) << 16) | (uint64_t(v3) << 24) | (uint64_t(v4) << 32) | (uint64_t(v5) << 40) | (uint64_t(v6) << 48) | (uint64_t(v7) << 56), uint64_t(v8) | (uint64_t(v9) << 8) | (uint64_t(v10) << 16) | (uint64_t(v11) << 24) | (uint64_t(v12) << 32) | (uint64_t(v13) << 40) | (uint64_t(v14) << 48) | (uint64_t(v15) << 56)}};
#else
    return uint8x16_t{v0, v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7, v8, v9, v10, v11, v12, v13, v14, v15};
#endif
}
 
constexpr int8x16_t NEON::create_int8x16(const int8_t v0, const int8_t v1, const int8_t v2, const int8_t v3, const int8_t v4, const int8_t v5, const int8_t v6, const int8_t v7, const int8_t v8, const int8_t v9, const int8_t v10, const int8_t v11, const int8_t v12, const int8_t v13, const int8_t v14, const int8_t v15)
{
#ifdef OCEAN_COMPILER_MSC
    return int8x16_t{create_uint8x16(uint8_t(v0), uint8_t(v1), uint8_t(v2), uint8_t(v3), uint8_t(v4), uint8_t(v5), uint8_t(v6), uint8_t(v7), uint8_t(v8), uint8_t(v9), uint8_t(v10), uint8_t(v11), uint8_t(v12), uint8_t(v13), uint8_t(v14), uint8_t(v15))};
#else
    return int8x16_t{v0, v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7, v8, v9, v10, v11, v12, v13, v14, v15};
#endif
}
 
constexpr int16x8_t NEON::create_int16x8(const int16_t v0, const int16_t v1, const int16_t v2, const int16_t v3, const int16_t v4, const int16_t v5, const int16_t v6, const int16_t v7)
{
#ifdef OCEAN_COMPILER_MSC
    return int16x8_t{{uint64_t(uint16_t(v0)) | (uint64_t(uint16_t(v1)) << 16) | (uint64_t(uint16_t(v2)) << 32) | (uint64_t(uint16_t(v3)) << 48), uint64_t(uint16_t(v4)) | (uint64_t(uint16_t(v5)) << 16) | (uint64_t(uint16_t(v6)) << 32) | (uint64_t(uint16_t(v7)) << 48)}};
#else
    return int16x8_t{v0, v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7};
#endif
}
 
constexpr uint32x4_t NEON::create_uint32x4(const uint32_t v0, const uint32_t v1, const uint32_t v2, const uint32_t v3)
{
#ifdef OCEAN_COMPILER_MSC
    return uint32x4_t{{uint64_t(v0) | (uint64_t(v1) << 32), uint64_t(v2) | (uint64_t(v3) << 32)}};
#else
    return uint32x4_t{v0, v1, v2, v3};
#endif
}
 
constexpr uint16x8_t NEON::create_uint16x8(const uint16_t v0, const uint16_t v1, const uint16_t v2, const uint16_t v3, const uint16_t v4, const uint16_t v5, const uint16_t v6, const uint16_t v7)
{
#ifdef OCEAN_COMPILER_MSC
    return uint16x8_t{{uint64_t(v0) | (uint64_t(v1) << 16) | (uint64_t(v2) << 32) | (uint64_t(v3) << 48), uint64_t(v4) | (uint64_t(v5) << 16) | (uint64_t(v6) << 32) | (uint64_t(v7) << 48)}};
#else
    return uint16x8_t{v0, v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7};
#endif
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifferences8BitBack9Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    const uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t mask = vcombine_u8(vcreate_u8(0xFF00000000000000ull), vdup_n_u8(0xFFu));
    return sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(vandq_u8(row0, mask), vandq_u8(row1, mask));
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifferences8BitBack10Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    const uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t mask = vcombine_u8(vcreate_u8(0xFFFF000000000000ull), vdup_n_u8(0xFFu));
    return sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(vandq_u8(row0, mask), vandq_u8(row1, mask));
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifferences8BitBack11Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    const uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t mask = vcombine_u8(vcreate_u8(0xFFFFFF0000000000ull), vdup_n_u8(0xFFu));
    return sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(vandq_u8(row0, mask), vandq_u8(row1, mask));
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifferences8BitBack12Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    const uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t mask = vcombine_u8(vcreate_u8(0xFFFFFFFF00000000ull), vdup_n_u8(0xFFu));
    return sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(vandq_u8(row0, mask), vandq_u8(row1, mask));
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifferences8BitBack13Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    const uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t mask = vcombine_u8(vcreate_u8(0xFFFFFFFFFF000000ull), vdup_n_u8(0xFFu));
    return sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(vandq_u8(row0, mask), vandq_u8(row1, mask));
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifferences8BitBack14Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    const uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t mask = vcombine_u8(vcreate_u8(0xFFFFFFFFFFFF0000ull), vdup_n_u8(0xFFu));
    return sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(vandq_u8(row0, mask), vandq_u8(row1, mask));
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifferences8BitBack15Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    const uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t mask = vcombine_u8(vcreate_u8(0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFF00ull), vdup_n_u8(0xFFu));
    return sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(vandq_u8(row0, mask), vandq_u8(row1, mask));
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifference8BitFront9Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    const uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t mask = vcombine_u8(vdup_n_u8(0xFFu), vcreate_u8(0x00000000000000FFull));
    return sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(vandq_u8(row0, mask), vandq_u8(row1, mask));
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifference8BitFront10Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    const uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t mask = vcombine_u8(vdup_n_u8(0xFFu), vcreate_u8(0x000000000000FFFFull));
    return sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(vandq_u8(row0, mask), vandq_u8(row1, mask));
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifference8BitFront11Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    const uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t mask = vcombine_u8(vdup_n_u8(0xFFu), vcreate_u8(0x0000000000FFFFFFull));
    return sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(vandq_u8(row0, mask), vandq_u8(row1, mask));
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifference8BitFront12Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    const uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t mask = vcombine_u8(vdup_n_u8(0xFFu), vcreate_u8(0x00000000FFFFFFFFull));
    return sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(vandq_u8(row0, mask), vandq_u8(row1, mask));
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifference8BitFront13Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    const uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t mask = vcombine_u8(vdup_n_u8(0xFFu), vcreate_u8(0x000000FFFFFFFFFFull));
    return sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(vandq_u8(row0, mask), vandq_u8(row1, mask));
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifference8BitFront14Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    const uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t mask = vcombine_u8(vdup_n_u8(0xFFu), vcreate_u8(0x0000FFFFFFFFFFFFull));
    return sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(vandq_u8(row0, mask), vandq_u8(row1, mask));
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifference8BitFront15Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    const uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    const uint8x16_t mask = vcombine_u8(vdup_n_u8(0xFFu), vcreate_u8(0x00FFFFFFFFFFFFFFull));
    return sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(vandq_u8(row0, mask), vandq_u8(row1, mask));
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    return sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(row0, row1);
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifference8Bit16Elements(const uint8x16_t& row0, const uint8x16_t& row1)
{
    // Absolute difference between the arguments
    uint8x16_t subtract = vabdq_u8(row0, row1);
 
    uint8x8_t subtractLow = vget_low_u8(subtract);
    uint8x8_t subtractHigh = vget_high_u8(subtract);
 
    uint16x8_t squareLow = vmull_u8(subtractLow, subtractLow);
    uint16x8_t squareHigh = vmull_u8(subtractHigh, subtractHigh);
 
    return vaddq_u32(vaddl_u16(vget_low_u16(squareLow), vget_low_u16(squareHigh)), vaddl_u16(vget_high_u16(squareLow), vget_high_u16(squareHigh)));
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifference8Bit8Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    const uint8x8_t row0 = vld1_u8(image0);
    const uint8x8_t row1 = vld1_u8(image1);
 
    return sumSquareDifference8Bit8Elements(row0, row1);
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumSquareDifference8Bit8Elements(const uint8x8_t& row0, const uint8x8_t& row1)
{
    // subtract the 8 elements (usage of saturation and bitwise or operator)
    const uint8x8_t subtract = vorr_u8(vqsub_u8(row0, row1), vqsub_u8(row1, row0));
 
    // distribute the 16 elements of 8 bit values into 16 elements of 16 bit values (necessary for multiplication)
    const uint16x4_t subtractLow = removeHighBits16_8(vreinterpret_u16_u8(subtract));
    const uint16x4_t subtractHigh = moveHighBits16_8(vreinterpret_u16_u8(subtract));
 
    const uint16x8_t subtractCombined = vcombine_u16(subtractLow, subtractHigh);
 
    // square the 16 elements
    const uint16x8_t square = vmulq_u16(subtractCombined, subtractCombined);
 
    // summing the 8 elements of 16 bit values
    return vaddq_u32(removeHighBits32_16(vreinterpretq_u32_u16(square)), moveHighBits32_16(vreinterpretq_u32_u16(square)));
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumAbsoluteDifference8Bit16Elements(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1);
 
    uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    return sumAbsoluteDifference8Bit16Elements(row0, row1);
}
 
inline uint32x4_t NEON::sumAbsoluteDifference8Bit16Elements(const uint8x16_t& row0, const uint8x16_t& row1)
{
    // subtract the 16 elements (usage of saturation and bitwise or operator)
    uint8x16_t subtract = vabdq_u8(row0, row1);
 
    uint16x8_t add16 = vaddl_u8(vget_low_u8(subtract), vget_high_u8(subtract));
 
    return vaddl_u16(vget_low_u16(add16), vget_high_u16(add16));
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE void NEON::average16Elements1Channel8Bit2x2(const uint8_t* const row0, const uint8_t* const row1, uint8_t* const result)
{
    ocean_assert(row0 != nullptr && row1 != nullptr && result != nullptr);
 
    // we load 16 successive pixels (= 1 * 16 = 16 values)
 
    const uint8x16_t m128_row0 = vld1q_u8(row0);
    const uint8x16_t m128_row1 = vld1q_u8(row1);
 
    // now we simply average the corresponding values of two rows by using NEON's rounding halving add function:
    // vrhaddq_u8: Vr[i] := (Va[i] + Vb[i] + 1) >> 1
 
    // the next step will be to add successive pairs within the merged row by using NEON's long pairwise add function:
    // vpaddlq_u8 adds two neighboring 8 bit integers and creates 16 bit integer sums
 
    // finally we use NEON's rounding narrowing shift function (converting 16 bit integers to 8 bit integers)
    // vrshrn_n_u16: Vr_8[i] := (Va_16[i] + 1) >> 1
 
    const uint8x8_t average = vrshrn_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vrhaddq_u8(m128_row0, m128_row1)), 1);
 
    // we write back the results
 
    vst1_u8(result, average);
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE void NEON::average32Elements1Channel8Bit2x2(const uint8_t* const row0, const uint8_t* const row1, uint8_t* const result)
{
    // @see average16Elements1Channel8Bit2x2() for a detailed documentation
 
    ocean_assert(row0 != nullptr && row1 != nullptr && result != nullptr);
 
    const uint8x16_t row0A_u_8x16 = vld1q_u8(row0 + 0);
    const uint8x16_t row0B_u_8x16 = vld1q_u8(row0 + 16);
 
    const uint8x16_t row1A_u_8x16 = vld1q_u8(row1 + 0);
    const uint8x16_t row1B_u_8x16 = vld1q_u8(row1 + 16);
 
    const uint8x8_t averageA_u_8x8 = vrshrn_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vrhaddq_u8(row0A_u_8x16, row1A_u_8x16)), 1);
    const uint8x8_t averageB_u_8x8 = vrshrn_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vrhaddq_u8(row0B_u_8x16, row1B_u_8x16)), 1);
 
    const uint8x16_t average_u_8x16 = vcombine_u8(averageA_u_8x8, averageB_u_8x8);
 
    vst1q_u8(result, average_u_8x16);
}
 
inline void NEON::average16ElementsBinary1Channel8Bit2x2(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1, uint8_t* const result, const uint8_t threshold)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1 && result);
 
    const uint8x16_t row0 = vld1q_u8(image0);
    const uint8x16_t row1 = vld1q_u8(image1);
 
    // calculate normal average
    const uint8x8_t average = vmovn_u16(vshrq_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vhaddq_u8(row0, row1)), 1));
 
    // thresholding
    const uint8x8_t thresholded = vcge_u8(average, vmov_n_u8(threshold));
 
    vst1_u8(result, thresholded);
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE void NEON::average32Elements2Channel16Bit2x2(const uint8_t* const row0, const uint8_t* const row1, uint8_t* const result)
{
    ocean_assert(row0 != nullptr && row1 != nullptr && result != nullptr);
 
    // we load 16 successive pixels (= 2 * 16 = 32 values) and directly deinterleave the 2 channels
    // from YA YA YA YA ... so that we receive the following patterns:
    // m2_128_row0.val[0]: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
    // m2_128_row0.val[1]: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
 
    const uint8x16x2_t m2_128_row0 = vld2q_u8(row0);
    const uint8x16x2_t m2_128_row1 = vld2q_u8(row1);
 
    // now we simply average the corresponding values of two rows by using NEON's rounding halving add function:
    // vrhaddq_u8: Vr[i] := (Va[i] + Vb[i] + 1) >> 1
 
    // the next step will be to add successive pairs within the merged row by using NEON's long pairwise add function:
    // vpaddlq_u8 adds two neighboring 8 bit integers and creates 16 bit integer sums
 
    // finally we use NEON's rounding narrowing shift function (converting 16 bit integers to 8 bit integers)
    // vrshrn_n_u16: Vr_8[i] := (Va_16[i] + 1) >> 1
 
    uint8x8x2_t average;
 
    average.val[0] = vrshrn_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vrhaddq_u8(m2_128_row0.val[0], m2_128_row1.val[0])), 1);
    average.val[1] = vrshrn_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vrhaddq_u8(m2_128_row0.val[1], m2_128_row1.val[1])), 1);
 
    // we write back the results, this time we interleave the results again
 
    vst2_u8(result, average);
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE void NEON::average64Elements2Channel16Bit2x2(const uint8_t* const row0, const uint8_t* const row1, uint8_t* const result)
{
    // @see average32Elements2Channel16Bit2x2() for a detailed documentation
 
    ocean_assert(row0 != nullptr && row1 != nullptr && result != nullptr);
 
    const uint8x16x2_t row0A_u_8x16x2 = vld2q_u8(row0 + 0);
    const uint8x16x2_t row0B_u_8x16x2 = vld2q_u8(row0 + 32);
 
    const uint8x16x2_t row1A_u_8x16x2 = vld2q_u8(row1 + 0);
    const uint8x16x2_t row1B_u_8x16x2 = vld2q_u8(row1 + 32);
 
    const uint8x8_t averageChannel0A_u_8x8 = vrshrn_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vrhaddq_u8(row0A_u_8x16x2.val[0], row1A_u_8x16x2.val[0])), 1);
    const uint8x8_t averageChannel1A_u_8x8 = vrshrn_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vrhaddq_u8(row0A_u_8x16x2.val[1], row1A_u_8x16x2.val[1])), 1);
    const uint8x8_t averageChannel0B_u_8x8 = vrshrn_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vrhaddq_u8(row0B_u_8x16x2.val[0], row1B_u_8x16x2.val[0])), 1);
    const uint8x8_t averageChannel1B_u_8x8 = vrshrn_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vrhaddq_u8(row0B_u_8x16x2.val[1], row1B_u_8x16x2.val[1])), 1);
 
    uint8x16x2_t average_u_8x16x2;
 
    average_u_8x16x2.val[0] = vcombine_u8(averageChannel0A_u_8x8, averageChannel0B_u_8x8);
    average_u_8x16x2.val[1] = vcombine_u8(averageChannel1A_u_8x8, averageChannel1B_u_8x8);
 
    vst2q_u8(result, average_u_8x16x2);
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE void NEON::average48Elements3Channel24Bit2x2(const uint8_t* const row0, const uint8_t* const row1, uint8_t* const result)
{
    ocean_assert(row0 != nullptr && row1 != nullptr && result != nullptr);
 
    // we load 16 successive pixels (= 3 * 16 = 48 values) and directly deinterleave the 3 channels
    // from RGB RGB RGB RGB ... so that we receive the following patterns:
    // m3_128_row0.val[0]: R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
    // m3_128_row0.val[1]: G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G
    // m3_128_row0.val[2]: B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
 
    const uint8x16x3_t m3_128_row0 = vld3q_u8(row0);
    const uint8x16x3_t m3_128_row1 = vld3q_u8(row1);
 
    // now we simply average the corresponding values of two rows by using NEON's rounding halving add function:
    // vrhaddq_u8: Vr[i] := (Va[i] + Vb[i] + 1) >> 1
 
    // the next step will be to add successive pairs within the merged row by using NEON's long pairwise add function:
    // vpaddlq_u8 adds two neighboring 8 bit integers and creates 16 bit integer sums
 
    // finally we use NEON's rounding narrowing shift function (converting 16 bit integers to 8 bit integers)
    // vrshrn_n_u16: Vr_8[i] := (Va_16[i] + 1) >> 1
 
    uint8x8x3_t average;
 
    average.val[0] = vrshrn_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vrhaddq_u8(m3_128_row0.val[0], m3_128_row1.val[0])), 1);
    average.val[1] = vrshrn_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vrhaddq_u8(m3_128_row0.val[1], m3_128_row1.val[1])), 1);
    average.val[2] = vrshrn_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vrhaddq_u8(m3_128_row0.val[2], m3_128_row1.val[2])), 1);
 
    // we write back the results, this time we interleave the results again
 
    vst3_u8(result, average);
 
    /* the following code would provide a more precise rounding
    uint16x8_t zero4 = vmovq_n_u16(0x0002u);
 
    uint16x8_t redTmp = vpadalq_u8(zero4, row0.val[0]);
    average.val[0] = vmovn_u16(vshrq_n_u16(vpadalq_u8(redTmp, row1.val[0]), 2));
 
    uint16x8_t greenTmp = vpadalq_u8(zero4, row0.val[1]);
    average.val[1] = vmovn_u16(vshrq_n_u16(vpadalq_u8(greenTmp, row1.val[1]), 2));
 
    uint16x8_t blueTmp = vpadalq_u8(zero4, row0.val[2]);
    average.val[2] = vmovn_u16(vshrq_n_u16(vpadalq_u8(blueTmp, row1.val[2]), 2));*/
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE void NEON::average64Elements4Channel32Bit2x2(const uint8_t* const row0, const uint8_t* const row1, uint8_t* const result)
{
    ocean_assert(row0 != nullptr && row1 != nullptr && result != nullptr);
 
    // we load 16 successive pixels (= 4 * 16 = 64 values) and directly deinterleave the 4 channels
    // from RGBA RGBA RGBA RGBA ... so that we receive the following patterns:
    // m4_128_row0.val[0]: R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
    // m4_128_row0.val[1]: G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G
    // m4_128_row0.val[2]: B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
    // m4_128_row0.val[3]: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
 
    const uint8x16x4_t m4_128_row0 = vld4q_u8(row0);
    const uint8x16x4_t m4_128_row1 = vld4q_u8(row1);
 
    // now we simply average the corresponding values of two rows by using NEON's rounding halving add function:
    // vrhaddq_u8: Vr[i] := (Va[i] + Vb[i] + 1) >> 1
 
    // the next step will be to add successive pairs within the merged row by using NEON's long pairwise add function:
    // vpaddlq_u8 adds two neighboring 8 bit integers and creates 16 bit integer sums
 
    // finally we use NEON's rounding narrowing shift function (converting 16 bit integers to 8 bit integers)
    // vrshrn_n_u16: Vr_8[i] := (Va_16[i] + 1) >> 1
 
    uint8x8x4_t average;
 
    average.val[0] = vrshrn_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vrhaddq_u8(m4_128_row0.val[0], m4_128_row1.val[0])), 1);
    average.val[1] = vrshrn_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vrhaddq_u8(m4_128_row0.val[1], m4_128_row1.val[1])), 1);
    average.val[2] = vrshrn_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vrhaddq_u8(m4_128_row0.val[2], m4_128_row1.val[2])), 1);
    average.val[3] = vrshrn_n_u16(vpaddlq_u8(vrhaddq_u8(m4_128_row0.val[3], m4_128_row1.val[3])), 1);
 
    // we write back the results, this time we interleave the results again
 
    vst4_u8(result, average);
}
 
inline void NEON::average24Elements1Channel8Bit3x3(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1, const uint8_t* const image2, uint8_t* const result)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1 && image2 && result);
 
    /**
     *      | 1 2 1 |
     * 1/16 | 2 4 2 |
     *      | 1 2 1 |
     */
 
    // load 3 * 8 uchars
    uint8x8x3_t row0 = vld3_u8(image0);
    uint8x8x3_t row1 = vld3_u8(image1);
    uint8x8x3_t row2 = vld3_u8(image2);
 
    uint16x8x3_t sumPerRow;
 
    // create sum across rows, middle row is summed twice
    sumPerRow.val[0] = vaddq_u16(vaddq_u16(vmovl_u8(row0.val[0]), vmovl_u8(row2.val[0])), vshlq_n_u16(vmovl_u8(row1.val[0]), 1));
    sumPerRow.val[1] = vaddq_u16(vaddq_u16(vmovl_u8(row0.val[1]), vmovl_u8(row2.val[1])), vshlq_n_u16(vmovl_u8(row1.val[1]), 1));
    sumPerRow.val[2] = vaddq_u16(vaddq_u16(vmovl_u8(row0.val[2]), vmovl_u8(row2.val[2])), vshlq_n_u16(vmovl_u8(row1.val[2]), 1));
 
    // create sum across neighbouring pixels, second element within trio is summed twice
    const uint16x8_t sum = vaddq_u16(vaddq_u16(sumPerRow.val[0], sumPerRow.val[2]), vshlq_n_u16(sumPerRow.val[1], 1));
 
    // calculate the average:  (sum + 8u) >> 4
    const uint8x8_t average = vmovn_u16(vshrq_n_u16(vaddq_u16(sum, vmovq_n_u16(8u)), 4));
 
    vst1_u8(result, average);
}
 
inline void NEON::average48Elements1Channel8Bit3x3Approximation(const uint8_t* const image0, const uint8_t* const image1, const uint8_t* const image2, uint8_t* const result)
{
    ocean_assert(image0 && image1 && image2 && result);
 
    /**
     *      | 1 2 1 |
     * 1/16 | 2 4 2 |
     *      | 1 2 1 |
     */
 
    // load 3 * 16 uchars and de-interleave triples:
    //
    // row0: A0 A1 A2   A3 A4 A5   A6 A7 A8   A9 ... A44   A45 A46 A47
    // row1: B0 B1 B2   B3 B4 B5   B6 B7 B8   B9 ... B44   B45 B46 B47
    // row2: C0 C1 C2   C3 C4 C5   C6 C7 C8   C9 ... C44   C45 C46 C47
 
    uint8x16x3_t row0 = vld3q_u8(image0);
    uint8x16x3_t row1 = vld3q_u8(image1);
    uint8x16x3_t row2 = vld3q_u8(image2);
 
    // now de-interleaved:
    //
    //       val[0]                  val[1]                   valu[2]
    // row0: A0 A3 A6 A9 ... A45     A1 A4 A7 A10 ... A46     A2 A5 A8 A11 ... A47
    // row1: B0 B3 B6 B9 ... B45     B1 B4 B7 B10 ... B46     B2 B5 B8 B11 ... B47
    // row2: C0 C3 C6 C9 ... C45     C1 C4 C7 C10 ... C46     C2 C5 C8 C11 ... C47
 
    // now we need to 'multiply' row1 by 2 and val[1] by 2, we solve this by creating the average of the first and second row followed by the average with the middle row
 
    uint8x16x3_t averagePerRow;
    averagePerRow.val[0] = vhaddq_u8(vhaddq_u8(row0.val[0], row2.val[0]), row1.val[0]);
    averagePerRow.val[1] = vhaddq_u8(vhaddq_u8(row0.val[1], row2.val[1]), row1.val[1]);
    averagePerRow.val[2] = vhaddq_u8(vhaddq_u8(row0.val[2], row2.val[2]), row1.val[2]);
 
    // we apply the same idea as bevore in vertical direction
    const uint8x16_t average = vhaddq_u8(vhaddq_u8(averagePerRow.val[0], averagePerRow.val[2]), averagePerRow.val[1]);
 
    vst1q_u8(result, average);
}
 
inline void NEON::gradientHorizontalVertical8Elements1Channel8Bit(const uint8_t* source, int8_t* response, const unsigned int width)
{
    ocean_assert(source && response && width >= 10u);
 
    // we load the left 8 unsigned 8bit elements and store them has signed 16bit values
    int16x8_t horizontalMinus = vreinterpretq_s16_u16(vmovl_u8(vld1_u8(source - 1)));
    // we load the right 8 unsigned 8bit elements and store them has signed 16bit values
    int16x8_t horizontalPlus = vreinterpretq_s16_u16(vmovl_u8(vld1_u8(source + 1)));
 
    // we load the top 8 unsigned 8bit elements and store them has signed 16bit values
    int16x8_t verticalMinus = vreinterpretq_s16_u16(vmovl_u8(vld1_u8(source - width)));
    // we load the bottom 8 unsigned 8bit elements and store them has signed 16bit values
    int16x8_t verticalPlus = vreinterpretq_s16_u16(vmovl_u8(vld1_u8(source + width)));
 
    int8x8x2_t result;
 
    // we subtract the horizontal values (right - left), and divide the result by 2, and narrow the results to 8 bit values
    result.val[0] = vmovn_s16(vhsubq_s16(horizontalPlus, horizontalMinus));
    // we subtract the vertical values (right - left), and divide the result by 2, and narrow the results to 8 bit values
    result.val[1] = vmovn_s16(vhsubq_s16(verticalPlus, verticalMinus));
 
    // we store the determined results interleaved
    vst2_s8((int8_t*)response, result);
}
 
inline void NEON::gradientHorizontalVertical8Elements3Products1Channel8Bit(const uint8_t* source, int16_t* response, const unsigned int width)
{
    ocean_assert(source && response && width >= 10u);
 
    // we load the left 8 unsigned 8bit elements and store them has signed 16bit values
    int16x8_t horizontalMinus = vreinterpretq_s16_u16(vmovl_u8(vld1_u8(source - 1)));
    // we load the right 8 unsigned 8bit elements and store them has signed 16bit values
    int16x8_t horizontalPlus = vreinterpretq_s16_u16(vmovl_u8(vld1_u8(source + 1)));
 
    // we load the top 8 unsigned 8bit elements and store them has signed 16bit values
    int16x8_t verticalMinus = vreinterpretq_s16_u16(vmovl_u8(vld1_u8(source - width)));
    // we load the bottom 8 unsigned 8bit elements and store them has signed 16bit values
    int16x8_t verticalPlus = vreinterpretq_s16_u16(vmovl_u8(vld1_u8(source + width)));
 
    // we subtract the horizontal values (right - left) and divide the result by 2
    int16x8_t horizontal = vhsubq_s16(horizontalPlus, horizontalMinus);
    // we subtract the vertical values (bottom - top) and divide the result by 2
    int16x8_t vertical = vhsubq_s16(verticalPlus, verticalMinus);
 
    int16x8x3_t result;
 
    // we multiply horizontal with horizontal
    result.val[0] = vmulq_s16(horizontal, horizontal);
    // we multiply vertical with vertical
    result.val[1] = vmulq_s16(vertical, vertical);
    // we multiply horizontal with vertical
    result.val[2] = vmulq_s16(horizontal, vertical);
 
    // we store the determined results interleaved (h*h, v*v, h*v, h*h, v*v, h*v, ...)
    vst3q_s16(response, result);
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint32_t NEON::sumHorizontal_u_32x4(const uint32x4_t& value_u_32x4)
{
#if defined(__aarch64__)
 
    return vaddvq_u32(value_u_32x4);
 
#else
 
    const uint32x2_t sum_u_32x2 = vpadd_u32(vget_low_u32(value_u_32x4), vget_high_u32(value_u_32x4));
    return vget_lane_u32(vpadd_u32(sum_u_32x2, sum_u_32x2), 0);
 
#endif // __aarch64__
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint32x4_t NEON::removeHighBits32_16(const uint32x4_t& value)
{
    return vandq_u32(value, vmovq_n_u32(0x0000FFFFu));
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint16x4_t NEON::removeHighBits16_8(const uint16x4_t& value)
{
    return vand_u16(value, vreinterpret_u16_u32(vmov_n_u32(0x00FF00FFu)));
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint16x8_t NEON::removeHighBits16_8(const uint16x8_t& value)
{
    return vandq_u16(value, vreinterpretq_u16_u32(vmovq_n_u32(0x00FF00FFu)));
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint32x4_t NEON::moveHighBits32_16(const uint32x4_t& value)
{
    return vshrq_n_u32(value, 16);
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint16x4_t NEON::moveHighBits16_8(const uint16x4_t& value)
{
    return vshr_n_u16(value, 8);
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint16x8_t NEON::moveHighBits16_8(const uint16x8_t& value)
{
    return vshrq_n_u16(value, 8);
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint16x8_t NEON::combineLowBits32x4to16x8(const uint32x4_t& low, const uint32x4_t& high)
{
    return vcombine_u16(vqmovn_u32(low), vqmovn_u32(high));
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint8x16_t NEON::combineLowBits16x8to8x16(const uint16x8_t& low, const uint16x8_t& high)
{
    return vcombine_u8(vqmovn_u16(low), vqmovn_u16(high));
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE int32x4_t NEON::sum16Bit4Blocks3x3(const short* const rowTop, const short* const rowCenter, const short* const rowBottom)
{
    ocean_assert(rowTop != nullptr);
    ocean_assert(rowCenter != nullptr);
    ocean_assert(rowBottom != nullptr);
 
    // 1 1 1
    // 1 1 1
    // 1 1 1
 
    //  1 1 1
    //  1 1 1
    //  1 1 1
 
    //   1 1 1
    //   1 1 1
    //   1 1 1
 
    // ...
 
    // load the top row
    const int16x4_t top_0_s_16x4 = vld1_s16(rowTop + 0);
    const int16x4_t top_1_s_16x4 = vld1_s16(rowTop + 1);
    const int16x4_t top_2_s_16x4 = vld1_s16(rowTop + 2);
 
    // load the center row
    const int16x4_t center_0_s_16x4 = vld1_s16(rowCenter + 0);
    const int16x4_t center_1_s_16x4 = vld1_s16(rowCenter + 1);
    const int16x4_t center_2_s_16x4 = vld1_s16(rowCenter + 2);
 
    // load the bottom row
    const int16x4_t bottom_0_s_16x4 = vld1_s16(rowBottom + 0);
    const int16x4_t bottom_1_s_16x4 = vld1_s16(rowBottom + 1);
    const int16x4_t bottom_2_s_16x4 = vld1_s16(rowBottom + 2);
 
    // summing up the individual elements (16 bit + 16 bit -> 32 bit)
    const int32x4_t result_A_s_32x4 = vaddl_s16(top_0_s_16x4, top_2_s_16x4);
    const int32x4_t result_B_s_32x4 = vaddl_s16(center_0_s_16x4, center_2_s_16x4);
    const int32x4_t result_C_s_32x4 = vaddl_s16(bottom_0_s_16x4, bottom_2_s_16x4);
    const int32x4_t result_D_s_32x4 = vaddl_s16(top_1_s_16x4, center_1_s_16x4);
 
    // summing up the intermediate results
    const int32x4_t result_E_s_32x4 = vaddq_s32(result_A_s_32x4, result_B_s_32x4);
    const int32x4_t result_F_s_32x4 = vaddq_s32(result_C_s_32x4, result_D_s_32x4);
 
    const int32x4_t result_G_s_32x4 = vaddq_s32(result_E_s_32x4, result_F_s_32x4);
 
    // adding the last missing row
    return vaddw_s16(result_G_s_32x4, bottom_1_s_16x4);
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint64x2_t NEON::multiply(const uint64x2_t& value_u_64x2, const uint32x2_t& value_u_32x2)
{
    // uint64_t * uint32_t
    // = (high(uint64_t) + low(uint64_t)) * uint32_t
    // = (((high(uint64_t) >> 32) * uint32_t) << 32) + low(uint64_t) * uint32_t
 
    // [ valueA_u_64, valueB_u64 ] -> [ high(valueA_u_64), high(valueB_u64) ], [ low(valueA_u_64), low(valueB_u64) ]
    const uint32x2x2_t value64_lowHigh_32x2x2 = vtrn_u32(vget_low_u32(vreinterpretq_u32_u64(value_u_64x2)), vget_high_u32(vreinterpretq_u32_u64(value_u_64x2)));
 
    const uint64x2_t multiplication_low_64x2 = vmull_u32(value64_lowHigh_32x2x2.val[0], value_u_32x2);
    const uint64x2_t multiplication_high_64x2 = vmull_u32(value64_lowHigh_32x2x2.val[1], value_u_32x2);
 
    const uint64x2_t shiftedMultiplication_high_64x2 = vshlq_n_u64(multiplication_high_64x2, 32);
 
    return vaddq_u64(shiftedMultiplication_high_64x2, multiplication_low_64x2);
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE int32x4_t NEON::copySign(const uint32x4_t& signReceiver_u_32x4, const int32x4_t& signProvider_s_32x4)
{
    const int32x4_t negativeSignReceiver_u_32x4 = vnegq_s32(vreinterpretq_s32_u32(signReceiver_u_32x4));
 
    const uint32x4_t isNegativeMask_u_32x4 = vcltq_s32(signProvider_s_32x4, vdupq_n_s32(0)); // sign < 0 ? 0xFF : 0x00;
    const uint32x4_t isPositiveMask_u_32x4 = vcgeq_s32(signProvider_s_32x4, vdupq_n_s32(0)); // sign >= 0 ? 0xFF : 0x00;
 
    return vreinterpretq_s32_u32(vorrq_u32(vandq_u32(vreinterpretq_u32_s32(negativeSignReceiver_u_32x4), isNegativeMask_u_32x4), vandq_u32(signReceiver_u_32x4, isPositiveMask_u_32x4)));
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint8x16_t NEON::cast16ElementsNEON(const float32x4_t& sourceA_f_32x4, const float32x4_t& sourceB_f_32x4, const float32x4_t& sourceC_f_32x4, const float32x4_t& sourceD_f_32x4)
{
    const uint32x4_t targetA_u_32x4 = vcvtq_u32_f32(sourceA_f_32x4);
    const uint32x4_t targetB_u_32x4 = vcvtq_u32_f32(sourceB_f_32x4);
    const uint32x4_t targetC_u_32x4 = vcvtq_u32_f32(sourceC_f_32x4);
    const uint32x4_t targetD_u_32x4 = vcvtq_u32_f32(sourceD_f_32x4);
 
    const uint16x8_t targetA_u_16x8 = vcombine_u16(vmovn_u32(targetA_u_32x4), vmovn_u32(targetB_u_32x4));
    const uint16x8_t targetB_u_16x8 = vcombine_u16(vmovn_u32(targetC_u_32x4), vmovn_u32(targetD_u_32x4));
 
    return vcombine_u8(vmovn_u16(targetA_u_16x8), vmovn_u16(targetB_u_16x8));
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE uint8x16_t NEON::cast16ElementsNEON(const float* const source)
{
    ocean_assert(source != nullptr);
 
#ifdef OCEAN_DEBUG
    for (unsigned int n = 0u; n < 16u; ++n)
    {
        ocean_assert(source[n] >= 0.0f && source[n] < 256.0f);
    }
#endif
 
    return cast16ElementsNEON(vld1q_f32(source + 0), vld1q_f32(source + 4), vld1q_f32(source + 8), vld1q_f32(source + 12));
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE float32x4x4_t NEON::cast16ElementsNEON(const uint8x16_t& source_u_8x16)
{
    const uint16x8_t sourceA_u_16x8 = vmovl_u8(vget_low_u8(source_u_8x16));
    const uint16x8_t sourceB_u_16x8 = vmovl_u8(vget_high_u8(source_u_8x16));
 
    const uint32x4_t sourceA_u_32x4 = vmovl_u16(vget_low_u16(sourceA_u_16x8));
    const uint32x4_t sourceB_u_32x4 = vmovl_u16(vget_high_u16(sourceA_u_16x8));
    const uint32x4_t sourceC_u_32x4 = vmovl_u16(vget_low_u16(sourceB_u_16x8));
    const uint32x4_t sourceD_u_32x4 = vmovl_u16(vget_high_u16(sourceB_u_16x8));
 
    float32x4x4_t result_u_32x4x4;
    result_u_32x4x4.val[0] = vcvtq_f32_u32(sourceA_u_32x4);
    result_u_32x4x4.val[1] = vcvtq_f32_u32(sourceB_u_32x4);
    result_u_32x4x4.val[2] = vcvtq_f32_u32(sourceC_u_32x4);
    result_u_32x4x4.val[3] = vcvtq_f32_u32(sourceD_u_32x4);
 
    return result_u_32x4x4;
}
 
OCEAN_FORCE_INLINE float32x4x4_t NEON::cast16ElementsNEON(const uint8_t* const source)
{
    ocean_assert(source != nullptr);
 
    return cast16ElementsNEON(vld1q_u8(source));
}
 
inline unsigned int NEON::interpolation2Channel16Bit1x1(const uint8_t* const pixel, const unsigned int size, const unsigned int fx_y_, const unsigned int fxy_, const unsigned int fx_y, const unsigned int fxy)
{
    ocean_assert(pixel);
    ocean_assert(fx_y_ + fxy_ + fx_y + fxy == 128u * 128u);
 
    return (pixel[0] * fx_y_ + pixel[2] * fxy_ + pixel[size] * fx_y + pixel[size + 2u] * fxy + 8192u) / 16384u;
}
 
inline unsigned int NEON::ssd2Channel16Bit1x1(const uint8_t* const pixel0, const uint8_t* const pixel1, const unsigned int /*size0*/, const unsigned int size1, const unsigned int f1x_y_, const unsigned int f1xy_, const unsigned int f1x_y, const unsigned int f1xy)
{
    ocean_assert(pixel0 && pixel1);
 
    ocean_assert(f1x_y_ + f1xy_ + f1x_y + f1xy == 128u * 128u);
 
    return sqrDistance((unsigned int)*pixel0, interpolation2Channel16Bit1x1(pixel1, size1, f1x_y_, f1xy_, f1x_y, f1xy));
}
 
inline unsigned int NEON::ssd2Channel16Bit1x1(const uint8_t* const pixel0, const uint8_t* const pixel1, const unsigned int size0, const unsigned int size1, const unsigned int f0x_y_, const unsigned int f0xy_, const unsigned int f0x_y, const unsigned int f0xy, const unsigned int f1x_y_, const unsigned int f1xy_, const unsigned int f1x_y, const unsigned int f1xy)
{
    ocean_assert(pixel0 && pixel1);
 
    ocean_assert(f0x_y_ + f0xy_ + f0x_y + f0xy == 128u * 128u);
    ocean_assert(f1x_y_ + f1xy_ + f1x_y + f1xy == 128u * 128u);
 
    return sqrDistance(interpolation2Channel16Bit1x1(pixel0, size0, f0x_y_, f0xy_, f0x_y, f0xy), interpolation2Channel16Bit1x1(pixel1, size1, f1x_y_, f1xy_, f1x_y, f1xy));
}
 
}
 
}
 
#endif // OCEAN_HARDWARE_NEON_VERSION >= 10
 
#endif // META_OCEAN_CV_NEON_H