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+// This file is part of OpenCV project.
+// It is subject to the license terms in the LICENSE file found in the top-level directory
+// of this distribution and at http://opencv.org/license.html.
+
+// Copyright (C) 2014, Itseez, Inc., all rights reserved.
+// Third party copyrights are property of their respective owners.
+
+#include "perf_precomp.hpp"
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace cv;
+using namespace perf;
+using namespace testing;
+using std::tr1::make_tuple;
+using std::tr1::get;
+
+typedef std::tr1::tuple<Size, MatDepth, bool> MomentsParams_t;
+typedef perf::TestBaseWithParam<MomentsParams_t> MomentsFixture_val;
+
+PERF_TEST_P(MomentsFixture_val, Moments1,
+    ::testing::Combine(
+    testing::Values(TYPICAL_MAT_SIZES),
+    testing::Values(CV_16U, CV_16S, CV_32F, CV_64F),
+    testing::Bool()))
+{
+    const MomentsParams_t params = GetParam();
+    const Size srcSize = get<0>(params);
+    const MatDepth srcDepth = get<1>(params);
+    const bool binaryImage = get<2>(params);
+
+    cv::Moments m;
+    Mat src(srcSize, srcDepth);
+    declare.in(src, WARMUP_RNG);
+
+    TEST_CYCLE() m = cv::moments(src, binaryImage);
+
+    SANITY_CHECK_MOMENTS(m, 1e-4, ERROR_RELATIVE);
+}