Problem in implementing rotation invariant BRIEF

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Hi,

As part of my research on binary descriptor, I'm implementing a rotation invariant version of BRIEF. Basically, I rotate the sampling points by the angle of the patch (given from the detector).

First question: Is this something that I can contribute to OpenCV? will the moderators be interested?

Now, I'm having linking problems with the function:

AlgorithmInfo* info() const;

I'm getting "unresolved external symbol" with the function's name.

Here is my code: in fetures2d.hpp":

    class CV_EXPORTS InvariantBriefDescriptorExtractor : public DescriptorExtractor
    {
    public:
        static const int PATCH_SIZE = 48;
        static const int KERNEL_SIZE = 9;

        // bytes is a length of descriptor in bytes. It can be equal 16, 32 or 64 bytes.
        InvariantBriefDescriptorExtractor(int bytes = 32);

        virtual void read(const FileNode&);
        virtual void write(FileStorage&) const;

        virtual int descriptorSize() const;
        virtual int descriptorType() const;


        AlgorithmInfo* info() const;

    protected:
        virtual void computeImpl(const Mat& image, vector<KeyPoint>& keypoints, Mat& descriptors) const;

        typedef void(*PixelTestFn)(const Mat&, const vector<KeyPoint>&,  const int *, Mat&);

        int bytes_;
        PixelTestFn test_fn_;
        static int bit_pattern_64_[512 * 4];
    };

And the file BriefRI.cpp (which contains the implementation):

#include "precomp.hpp"
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace cv;

static void calculateSums(const Mat &sum, const int &count, const int *pattern, float &cos_theta, float &sin_theta, KeyPoint pt);

inline int smoothedSum(const Mat& sum, const KeyPoint& pt, int y, int x)
{
    static const int HALF_KERNEL = BriefDescriptorExtractor::KERNEL_SIZE / 2;

    int img_y = (int)(pt.pt.y + 0.5) + y;
    int img_x = (int)(pt.pt.x + 0.5) + x;
    return   sum.at<int>(img_y + HALF_KERNEL + 1, img_x + HALF_KERNEL + 1)
        - sum.at<int>(img_y + HALF_KERNEL + 1, img_x - HALF_KERNEL)
        - sum.at<int>(img_y - HALF_KERNEL, img_x + HALF_KERNEL + 1)
        + sum.at<int>(img_y - HALF_KERNEL, img_x - HALF_KERNEL);
}

static void pixelTests16(const Mat& sum, const std::vector<KeyPoint>& keypoints, const int *pattern, Mat& descriptors)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < (int)keypoints.size(); ++i)
    {
        uchar* desc = descriptors.ptr(i);
        const KeyPoint& pt = keypoints[i];

        float angle = pt.angle;
        angle *= (float)(CV_PI / 180.f);
        float cos_theta = cos(angle);
        float sin_theta = sin(angle);
        int count = 0;

        for (int ix = 0; ix < 16; ix++){
            for (int jx = 7; jx >= 0; jx--){

                int suma, sumb;
                calculateSums(sum, count, pattern,cos_theta, sin_theta, pt);
                desc[ix] += (uchar)((suma< sumb) << jx);
                count += 4;
            }
        }
    }
}

static void pixelTests32(const Mat& sum, const std::vector<KeyPoint>& keypoints, const int *pattern, Mat& descriptors)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < (int)keypoints.size(); ++i)
    {
        uchar* desc = descriptors.ptr(i);
        const KeyPoint& pt = keypoints[i];

        float angle = pt.angle;
        angle *= (float)(CV_PI / 180.f);
        float cos_theta = cos(angle);
        float sin_theta = sin(angle);
        int count = 0;

        for (int ix = 0; ix < 32; ix++){
            for (int jx = 7; jx >= 0; jx--){

                int suma, sumb;
                calculateSums(sum, count, pattern,cos_theta, sin_theta, pt);
                desc[ix] += (uchar)((suma< sumb) << jx);
                count += 4;
            }
        }


    }
}

static void pixelTests64(const Mat& sum, const std::vector<KeyPoint>& keypoints, const int *pattern, Mat& descriptors)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < (int)keypoints.size(); ++i)
    {
        uchar* desc = descriptors.ptr(i);
        const KeyPoint& pt = keypoints[i];

        float angle = pt.angle;
        angle *= (float)(CV_PI / 180 ...