vl_nnspnorm.m

function y = vl_nnspnorm(x, param, dzdy)
%VL_NNSPNORM CNN spatial normalization.
%   Y = VL_NNSPNORM(X, PARAM) computes the spatial normalization of
%   the data X with parameters PARAM = [PH PW ALPHA BETA]. Here PH and
%   PW define the size of the spatial neighbourhood used for
%   nomalization.
%
%   For each feature channel, the function computes the sum of squares
%   of X inside each rectangle, N2(i,j). It then divides each element
%   of X as follows:
%
%      Y(i,j) = X(i,j) / (1 + ALPHA * N2(i,j))^BETA.
%
%   DZDX = VL_NNSPNORM(X, PARAM, DZDY) computes the derivative of the
%   block projected onto DZDY. DZDX and DZDY have the same dimensions
%   as X and Y respectively.

% Copyright (C) 2015 Karel Lenc and Andrea Vedaldi.
% All rights reserved.
%
% This file is part of the VLFeat library and is made available under
% the terms of the BSD license (see the COPYING file).

pad = floor((param(1:2)-1)/2) ;
pad = [pad ; param(1:2)-1-pad] ;

n2 = vl_nnpool(x.*x, param(1:2), 'method', 'avg', 'pad', pad) ;
f = 1 + param(3) * n2 ;

if nargin <= 2 || isempty(dzdy)
  y = f.^(-param(4)) .* x ;
else
  t = vl_nnpool(x.*x, param(1:2), f.^(-param(4)-1) .* dzdy .* x, 'method', 'avg', 'pad', pad) ;
  y = f.^(-param(4)) .* dzdy - 2 * param(3)*param(4) * x .* t ;
end