cv::Ptr<cv::FeatureDetector> _detector = cv::FastFeatureDetector::create(_configuration.threshold,
                                            _configuration.nonmaxSuppression);

cv::Ptr<cv::DescriptorExtractor> _descriptor_extractor = cv::xfeatures2d::BriefDescriptorExtractor::create();

typedef std::map<float,cv::KeyPoint,std::greater<float> > ResponseKeypointMap;

// keypoint buffer
std::vector<cv::KeyPoint> keypoints;
cv::Mat descriptors;

// detect keypoints
_detector->detect(rgb_image_, keypoints);

const int keypoints_size = keypoints.size();
if(!keypoints_size){
    std::cerr << "warning: [PointDetector] found 0 keypoints!n";
    return;
}

ResponseKeypointMap keypoints_map;
for(int i=0; i < keypoints_size; ++i){
  keypoints_map.insert(std::make_pair(keypoints[i].response,keypoints[i]));
}

int iterations = std::min(_configuration.max_keypoints_size,keypoints_size);
std::vector<cv::KeyPoint> filtered_keypoints;
filtered_keypoints.resize(iterations);
int k=0;

for(ResponseKeypointMap::iterator it = keypoints_map.begin();
    it != keypoints_map.end();
    ++it){
  filtered_keypoints[k] = it->second;
  k++;

  if(k>=iterations)
    break;
}

std::cerr << "filtered keypoints size: " << filtered_keypoints.size() << std::endl;

_descriptor_extractor->compute(rgb_image_, filtered_keypoints, descriptors);
std::cerr << "Computed " << descriptors.rows << "x" << descriptors.cols << " descriptors" << std::endl;