diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp
index 4043212d381460e3abaf8cb28b05cebb3144f878..4a9a0f158122488ef0272f86b87eec0696e174d8 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ public:
   The class is specialized for each fundamental numerical data type supported by OpenCV.
   It provides DataDepth<T>::value constant.
 */  
-template<typename _Tp> class CV_EXPORTS DataDepth { public: enum { value = -1, fmt=(int)'\0' }; };
+template<typename _Tp> class CV_EXPORTS DataDepth {};
 
 template<> class DataDepth<bool> { public: enum { value = CV_8U, fmt=(int)'u' }; };
 template<> class DataDepth<uchar> { public: enum { value = CV_8U, fmt=(int)'u' }; };
@@ -393,6 +393,8 @@ template<> class DataDepth<char> { public: enum { value = CV_8S, fmt=(int)'c' };
 template<> class DataDepth<ushort> { public: enum { value = CV_16U, fmt=(int)'w' }; };
 template<> class DataDepth<short> { public: enum { value = CV_16S, fmt=(int)'s' }; };
 template<> class DataDepth<int> { public: enum { value = CV_32S, fmt=(int)'i' }; };
+// this is temporary solution to support 32-bit unsigned integers
+template<> class DataDepth<unsigned> { public: enum { value = CV_32S, fmt=(int)'i' }; };
 template<> class DataDepth<float> { public: enum { value = CV_32F, fmt=(int)'f' }; };
 template<> class DataDepth<double> { public: enum { value = CV_64F, fmt=(int)'d' }; };
 template<typename _Tp> class DataDepth<_Tp*> { public: enum { value = CV_USRTYPE1, fmt=(int)'r' }; };
@@ -969,6 +971,10 @@ public:
     typedef value_type work_type;
     typedef value_type channel_type;
     typedef value_type vec_type;
+    
+    enum { depth = DataDepth<channel_type>::value, channels = 1,
+        fmt=DataDepth<channel_type>::fmt,
+        type = CV_MAKETYPE(depth, channels) };
 };
 
 template<> class DataType<bool>
@@ -2445,10 +2451,10 @@ public:
     Mat_(const Mat_& m, const Range* ranges);
     //! makes a matrix out of Vec, std::vector, Point_ or Point3_. The matrix will have a single column
     explicit Mat_(const vector<_Tp>& vec, bool copyData=false);
-    template<int n> explicit Mat_(const Vec<_Tp, n>& vec, bool copyData=true);
-    template<int m, int n> explicit Mat_(const Matx<_Tp, m, n>& mtx, bool copyData=true);
-    explicit Mat_(const Point_<_Tp>& pt, bool copyData=true);
-    explicit Mat_(const Point3_<_Tp>& pt, bool copyData=true);
+    template<int n> explicit Mat_(const Vec<typename DataType<_Tp>::channel_type, n>& vec, bool copyData=true);
+    template<int m, int n> explicit Mat_(const Matx<typename DataType<_Tp>::channel_type, m, n>& mtx, bool copyData=true);
+    explicit Mat_(const Point_<typename DataType<_Tp>::channel_type>& pt, bool copyData=true);
+    explicit Mat_(const Point3_<typename DataType<_Tp>::channel_type>& pt, bool copyData=true);
     explicit Mat_(const MatCommaInitializer_<_Tp>& commaInitializer);
 
     Mat_& operator = (const Mat& m);
@@ -2540,9 +2546,9 @@ public:
     //! conversion to vector.
     operator vector<_Tp>() const;
     //! conversion to Vec
-    template<int n> operator Vec<_Tp, n>() const;
+    template<int n> operator Vec<typename DataType<_Tp>::channel_type, n>() const;
     //! conversion to Matx
-    template<int m, int n> operator Matx<_Tp, m, n>() const;
+    template<int m, int n> operator Matx<typename DataType<_Tp>::channel_type, m, n>() const;
 };
 
 typedef Mat_<uchar> Mat1b;
diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.hpp
index a6bcbb5164cd579f0e85e2d1e95b2105dec11921..617f14892faed9c7c02869a1b63c23b3573f2ec3 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.hpp
@@ -793,18 +793,38 @@ template<typename _Tp> inline Mat_<_Tp>::Mat_(const Mat_& m, const Rect& roi)
     : Mat(m, roi) {}
 
 template<typename _Tp> template<int n> inline
-    Mat_<_Tp>::Mat_(const Vec<_Tp, n>& vec, bool copyData)
-    : Mat(vec, copyData) {}
+    Mat_<_Tp>::Mat_(const Vec<typename DataType<_Tp>::channel_type, n>& vec, bool copyData)
+    : Mat(n/DataType<_Tp>::channels, 1, DataType<_Tp>::type, &vec)
+{
+    CV_Assert(n%DataType<_Tp>::channels == 0);
+    if( copyData )
+        *this = clone();
+}
 
 template<typename _Tp> template<int m, int n> inline
-    Mat_<_Tp>::Mat_(const Matx<_Tp,m,n>& M, bool copyData)
-    : Mat(M, copyData) {}    
+    Mat_<_Tp>::Mat_(const Matx<typename DataType<_Tp>::channel_type,m,n>& M, bool copyData)
+    : Mat(m, n/DataType<_Tp>::channels, DataType<_Tp>::type, &M)
+{
+    CV_Assert(n % DataType<_Tp>::channels == 0);
+    if( copyData )
+        *this = clone();
+}
     
-template<typename _Tp> inline Mat_<_Tp>::Mat_(const Point_<_Tp>& pt, bool copyData)
-    : Mat(pt, copyData) {}
+template<typename _Tp> inline Mat_<_Tp>::Mat_(const Point_<typename DataType<_Tp>::channel_type>& pt, bool copyData)
+    : Mat(2/DataType<_Tp>::channels, 1, DataType<_Tp>::type, &pt)
+{
+    CV_Assert(2 % DataType<_Tp>::channels == 0);
+    if( copyData )
+        *this = clone();
+}
 
-template<typename _Tp> inline Mat_<_Tp>::Mat_(const Point3_<_Tp>& pt, bool copyData)
-    : Mat(pt, copyData) {}
+template<typename _Tp> inline Mat_<_Tp>::Mat_(const Point3_<typename DataType<_Tp>::channel_type>& pt, bool copyData)
+    : Mat(3/DataType<_Tp>::channels, 1, DataType<_Tp>::type, &pt)
+{
+    CV_Assert(3 % DataType<_Tp>::channels == 0);
+    if( copyData )
+        *this = clone();
+}
 
 template<typename _Tp> inline Mat_<_Tp>::Mat_(const MatCommaInitializer_<_Tp>& commaInitializer)
     : Mat(commaInitializer) {}
@@ -994,14 +1014,16 @@ template<typename _Tp> inline Mat_<_Tp>::operator vector<_Tp>() const
     return this->Mat::operator vector<_Tp>();
 }
 
-template<typename _Tp> template<int n> inline Mat_<_Tp>::operator Vec<_Tp, n>() const
+template<typename _Tp> template<int n> inline Mat_<_Tp>::operator Vec<typename DataType<_Tp>::channel_type, n>() const
 {
-    return this->Mat::operator Vec<_Tp, n>();
+    CV_Assert(n % DataType<_Tp>::channels == 0);
+    return this->Mat::operator Vec<typename DataType<_Tp>::channel_type, n>();
 }
 
-template<typename _Tp> template<int m, int n> inline Mat_<_Tp>::operator Matx<_Tp, m, n>() const
+template<typename _Tp> template<int m, int n> inline Mat_<_Tp>::operator Matx<typename DataType<_Tp>::channel_type, m, n>() const
 {
-    return this->Mat::operator Matx<_Tp, m, n>();
+    CV_Assert(n % DataType<_Tp>::channels == 0);
+    return this->Mat::operator Matx<typename DataType<_Tp>::channel_type, m, n>();
 }    
     
 template<typename T1, typename T2, typename Op> inline void
diff --git a/modules/core/src/copy.cpp b/modules/core/src/copy.cpp
index 8a54e9230e700941d37b9b7bd46dfc8f56b85ede..45eec758d72da29062761f4fc0bbe121f9661913 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/copy.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/copy.cpp
@@ -130,15 +130,15 @@ CopyMaskFunc g_copyMaskFuncTab[] =
     0,
     copyMask_<Vec<ushort,3> >, // 6
     0,
-    copyMask_<int64>, // 8
+    copyMask_<Vec<int,2> >, // 8
     0, 0, 0,
     copyMask_<Vec<int,3> >, // 12
     0, 0, 0,
-    copyMask_<Vec<int64,2> >, // 16
+    copyMask_<Vec<int,4> >, // 16
     0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-    copyMask_<Vec<int64,3> >, // 24
+    copyMask_<Vec<int,6> >, // 24
     0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-    copyMask_<Vec<int64,4> > // 32
+    copyMask_<Vec<int,8> > // 32
 };
 
 static SetMaskFunc setMaskFuncTab[] =
@@ -151,15 +151,15 @@ static SetMaskFunc setMaskFuncTab[] =
     0,
     setMask_<Vec<ushort,3> >, // 6
     0,
-    setMask_<int64>, // 8
+    setMask_<Vec<int,2> >, // 8
     0, 0, 0,
     setMask_<Vec<int,3> >, // 12
     0, 0, 0,
-    setMask_<Vec<int64,2> >, // 16
+    setMask_<Vec<int,4> >, // 16
     0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-    setMask_<Vec<int64,3> >, // 24
+    setMask_<Vec<int,6> >, // 24
     0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-    setMask_<Vec<int64,4> > // 32
+    setMask_<Vec<int,8> > // 32
 };
 
 
@@ -424,15 +424,15 @@ void flip( const Mat& src, Mat& dst, int flip_mode )
         0,
         flipHoriz_<Vec<ushort,3> >, // 6
         0,
-        flipHoriz_<int64>, // 8
+        flipHoriz_<Vec<int,2> >, // 8
         0, 0, 0,
         flipHoriz_<Vec<int,3> >, // 12
         0, 0, 0,
-        flipHoriz_<Vec<int64,2> >, // 16
+        flipHoriz_<Vec<int,4> >, // 16
         0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-        flipHoriz_<Vec<int64,3> >, // 24
+        flipHoriz_<Vec<int,6> >, // 24
         0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-        flipHoriz_<Vec<int64,4> > // 32
+        flipHoriz_<Vec<int,8> > // 32
     };
     
     CV_Assert( src.dims <= 2 );
diff --git a/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp b/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp
index 63048ba2b7584ffa5a11a3b9dd96273bc4ec5c55..1dcb5a54f55141fd8a226149b311cad31bc1b7bf 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp
@@ -859,15 +859,15 @@ void transpose( const Mat& src, Mat& dst )
         0,
         transposeI_<Vec<ushort,3> >, // 6
         0,
-        transposeI_<int64>, // 8
+        transposeI_<Vec<int,2> >, // 8
         0, 0, 0,
         transposeI_<Vec<int,3> >, // 12
         0, 0, 0,
-        transposeI_<Vec<int64,2> >, // 16
+        transposeI_<Vec<int,4> >, // 16
         0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-        transposeI_<Vec<int64,3> >, // 24
+        transposeI_<Vec<int,6> >, // 24
         0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-        transposeI_<Vec<int64,4> > // 32
+        transposeI_<Vec<int,8> > // 32
     };
 
     TransposeFunc tab[] =
@@ -880,15 +880,15 @@ void transpose( const Mat& src, Mat& dst )
         0,
         transpose_<Vec<ushort,3> >, // 6
         0,
-        transpose_<int64>, // 8
+        transpose_<Vec<int,2> >, // 8
         0, 0, 0,
         transpose_<Vec<int,3> >, // 12
         0, 0, 0,
-        transpose_<Vec<int64,2> >, // 16
+        transpose_<Vec<int,4> >, // 16
         0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-        transpose_<Vec<int64,3> >, // 24
+        transpose_<Vec<int,6> >, // 24
         0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-        transpose_<Vec<int64,4> > // 32
+        transpose_<Vec<int,8> > // 32
     };
 
     size_t esz = src.elemSize();
diff --git a/modules/core/src/rand.cpp b/modules/core/src/rand.cpp
index 3088097489502698a84a1718921520778f7f87dc..7feaf114756589f34a11aafb6e953e531145ae1e 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/rand.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/rand.cpp
@@ -699,15 +699,15 @@ void randShuffle( Mat& dst, double iterFactor, RNG* _rng )
         0,
         randShuffle_<Vec<ushort,3> >, // 6
         0,
-        randShuffle_<int64>, // 8
+        randShuffle_<Vec<int,2> >, // 8
         0, 0, 0,
         randShuffle_<Vec<int,3> >, // 12
         0, 0, 0,
-        randShuffle_<Vec<int64,2> >, // 16
+        randShuffle_<Vec<int,4> >, // 16
         0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-        randShuffle_<Vec<int64,3> >, // 24
+        randShuffle_<Vec<int,6> >, // 24
         0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-        randShuffle_<Vec<int64,4> > // 32
+        randShuffle_<Vec<int,8> > // 32
     };
 
     RNG& rng = _rng ? *_rng : theRNG();
diff --git a/modules/core/src/stat.cpp b/modules/core/src/stat.cpp
index e4ce8348dbdff2f1761d8039ade5dad09356fdfa..20abd384f071966ff812a7a45cb528fa87bc8af7 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/stat.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/stat.cpp
@@ -135,25 +135,25 @@ Scalar sum( const Mat& m )
         sum_<float, double>,
         sum_<double, double>, 0,
 
-        sumBlock_<Vec<uchar, 2>, Vec<unsigned, 2>, Vec<double, 2>, 1<<24>,
+        sumBlock_<Vec<uchar, 2>, Vec<int, 2>, Vec<double, 2>, 1<<23>,
         sumBlock_<Vec<schar, 2>, Vec<int, 2>, Vec<double, 2>, 1<<24>,
-        sumBlock_<Vec<ushort, 2>, Vec<unsigned, 2>, Vec<double, 2>, 1<<16>,
+        sumBlock_<Vec<ushort, 2>, Vec<int, 2>, Vec<double, 2>, 1<<15>,
         sumBlock_<Vec<short, 2>, Vec<int, 2>, Vec<double, 2>, 1<<16>,
         sum_<Vec<int, 2>, Vec<double, 2> >,
         sum_<Vec<float, 2>, Vec<double, 2> >,
         sum_<Vec<double, 2>, Vec<double, 2> >, 0,
 
-        sumBlock_<Vec<uchar, 3>, Vec<unsigned, 3>, Vec<double, 3>, 1<<24>,
+        sumBlock_<Vec<uchar, 3>, Vec<int, 3>, Vec<double, 3>, 1<<23>,
         sumBlock_<Vec<schar, 3>, Vec<int, 3>, Vec<double, 3>, 1<<24>,
-        sumBlock_<Vec<ushort, 3>, Vec<unsigned, 3>, Vec<double, 3>, 1<<16>,
+        sumBlock_<Vec<ushort, 3>, Vec<int, 3>, Vec<double, 3>, 1<<15>,
         sumBlock_<Vec<short, 3>, Vec<int, 3>, Vec<double, 3>, 1<<16>,
         sum_<Vec<int, 3>, Vec<double, 3> >,
         sum_<Vec<float, 3>, Vec<double, 3> >,
         sum_<Vec<double, 3>, Vec<double, 3> >, 0,
 
-        sumBlock_<Vec<uchar, 4>, Vec<unsigned, 4>, Vec<double, 4>, 1<<24>,
+        sumBlock_<Vec<uchar, 4>, Vec<int, 4>, Vec<double, 4>, 1<<23>,
         sumBlock_<Vec<schar, 4>, Vec<int, 4>, Vec<double, 4>, 1<<24>,
-        sumBlock_<Vec<ushort, 4>, Vec<unsigned, 4>, Vec<double, 4>, 1<<16>,
+        sumBlock_<Vec<ushort, 4>, Vec<int, 4>, Vec<double, 4>, 1<<15>,
         sumBlock_<Vec<short, 4>, Vec<int, 4>, Vec<double, 4>, 1<<16>,
         sum_<Vec<int, 4>, Vec<double, 4> >,
         sum_<Vec<float, 4>, Vec<double, 4> >,
@@ -304,29 +304,29 @@ Scalar mean( const Mat& m, const Mat& mask )
 {
     static MeanMaskFunc tab[]=
     {
-        meanBlock_<uchar, unsigned, double, 1<<24>, 0,
-        meanBlock_<ushort, unsigned, double, 1<<16>,
+        meanBlock_<uchar, int, double, 1<<23>, 0,
+        meanBlock_<ushort, int, double, 1<<15>,
         meanBlock_<short, int, double, 1<<16>,
         mean_<int, double>,
         mean_<float, double>,
         mean_<double, double>, 0,
 
-        meanBlock_<Vec<uchar, 2>, Vec<unsigned, 2>, Vec<double, 2>, 1<<24>, 0,
-        meanBlock_<Vec<ushort, 2>, Vec<unsigned, 2>, Vec<double, 2>, 1<<16>,
+        meanBlock_<Vec<uchar, 2>, Vec<int, 2>, Vec<double, 2>, 1<<23>, 0,
+        meanBlock_<Vec<ushort, 2>, Vec<int, 2>, Vec<double, 2>, 1<<15>,
         meanBlock_<Vec<short, 2>, Vec<int, 2>, Vec<double, 2>, 1<<16>,
         mean_<Vec<int, 2>, Vec<double, 2> >,
         mean_<Vec<float, 2>, Vec<double, 2> >,
         mean_<Vec<double, 2>, Vec<double, 2> >, 0,
 
-        meanBlock_<Vec<uchar, 3>, Vec<unsigned, 3>, Vec<double, 3>, 1<<24>, 0,
-        meanBlock_<Vec<ushort, 3>, Vec<unsigned, 3>, Vec<double, 3>, 1<<16>,
+        meanBlock_<Vec<uchar, 3>, Vec<int, 3>, Vec<double, 3>, 1<<23>, 0,
+        meanBlock_<Vec<ushort, 3>, Vec<int, 3>, Vec<double, 3>, 1<<15>,
         meanBlock_<Vec<short, 3>, Vec<int, 3>, Vec<double, 3>, 1<<16>,
         mean_<Vec<int, 3>, Vec<double, 3> >,
         mean_<Vec<float, 3>, Vec<double, 3> >,
         mean_<Vec<double, 3>, Vec<double, 3> >, 0,
 
-        meanBlock_<Vec<uchar, 4>, Vec<unsigned, 4>, Vec<double, 4>, 1<<24>, 0,
-        meanBlock_<Vec<ushort, 4>, Vec<unsigned, 4>, Vec<double, 4>, 1<<16>,
+        meanBlock_<Vec<uchar, 4>, Vec<int, 4>, Vec<double, 4>, 1<<23>, 0,
+        meanBlock_<Vec<ushort, 4>, Vec<int, 4>, Vec<double, 4>, 1<<15>,
         meanBlock_<Vec<short, 4>, Vec<int, 4>, Vec<double, 4>, 1<<16>,
         mean_<Vec<int, 4>, Vec<double, 4> >,
         mean_<Vec<float, 4>, Vec<double, 4> >,