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Convex Hull

Goal

In this tutorial you will learn how to:

Theory

Code

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1 
7 #include "opencv2/imgcodecs.hpp"
10 #include <iostream>
11 #include <stdio.h>
12 #include <stdlib.h>
13 
14 using namespace cv;
15 using namespace std;
16 
17 Mat src; Mat src_gray;
18 int thresh = 100;
19 int max_thresh = 255;
20 RNG rng(12345);
21 
23 void thresh_callback(int, void* );
24 
28 int main( int, char** argv )
29 {
31  src = imread( argv[1], 1 );
32 
34  cvtColor( src, src_gray, COLOR_BGR2GRAY );
35  blur( src_gray, src_gray, Size(3,3) );
36 
38  const char* source_window = "Source";
39  namedWindow( source_window, WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );
40  imshow( source_window, src );
41 
42  createTrackbar( " Threshold:", "Source", &thresh, max_thresh, thresh_callback );
43  thresh_callback( 0, 0 );
44 
45  waitKey(0);
46  return(0);
47 }
48 
52 void thresh_callback(int, void* )
53 {
54  Mat src_copy = src.clone();
55  Mat threshold_output;
56  vector<vector<Point> > contours;
57  vector<Vec4i> hierarchy;
58 
60  threshold( src_gray, threshold_output, thresh, 255, THRESH_BINARY );
61 
63  findContours( threshold_output, contours, hierarchy, RETR_TREE, CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE, Point(0, 0) );
64 
66  vector<vector<Point> >hull( contours.size() );
67  for( size_t i = 0; i < contours.size(); i++ )
68  { convexHull( Mat(contours[i]), hull[i], false ); }
69 
71  Mat drawing = Mat::zeros( threshold_output.size(), CV_8UC3 );
72  for( size_t i = 0; i< contours.size(); i++ )
73  {
74  Scalar color = Scalar( rng.uniform(0, 255), rng.uniform(0,255), rng.uniform(0,255) );
75  drawContours( drawing, contours, (int)i, color, 1, 8, vector<Vec4i>(), 0, Point() );
76  drawContours( drawing, hull, (int)i, color, 1, 8, vector<Vec4i>(), 0, Point() );
77  }
78 
80  namedWindow( "Hull demo", WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );
81  imshow( "Hull demo", drawing );
82 }
Scalar_< double > Scalar
Definition: types.hpp:597
void blur(InputArray src, OutputArray dst, Size ksize, Point anchor=Point(-1,-1), int borderType=BORDER_DEFAULT)
Blurs an image using the normalized box filter.
void cvtColor(InputArray src, OutputArray dst, int code, int dstCn=0)
Converts an image from one color space to another.
Mat imread(const String &filename, int flags=IMREAD_COLOR)
Loads an image from a file.
static MatExpr zeros(int rows, int cols, int type)
Returns a zero array of the specified size and type.
void imshow(const String &winname, InputArray mat)
Displays an image in the specified window.
void drawContours(InputOutputArray image, InputArrayOfArrays contours, int contourIdx, const Scalar &color, int thickness=1, int lineType=LINE_8, InputArray hierarchy=noArray(), int maxLevel=INT_MAX, Point offset=Point())
Draws contours outlines or filled contours.
int createTrackbar(const String &trackbarname, const String &winname, int *value, int count, TrackbarCallback onChange=0, void *userdata=0)
Creates a trackbar and attaches it to the specified window.
Definition: imgproc.hpp:409
void convexHull(InputArray points, OutputArray hull, bool clockwise=false, bool returnPoints=true)
Finds the convex hull of a point set.
Mat clone() const
Creates a full copy of the array and the underlying data.
MatSize size
Definition: mat.hpp:1882
void namedWindow(const String &winname, int flags=WINDOW_AUTOSIZE)
Creates a window.
Definition: imgproc.hpp:309
Size2i Size
Definition: types.hpp:308
Random Number Generator.
Definition: core.hpp:2600
#define CV_8UC3
Definition: cvdef.h:118
Definition: imgproc.hpp:421
double threshold(InputArray src, OutputArray dst, double thresh, double maxval, int type)
Applies a fixed-level threshold to each array element.
Definition: highgui.hpp:138
void findContours(InputOutputArray image, OutputArrayOfArrays contours, OutputArray hierarchy, int mode, int method, Point offset=Point())
Finds contours in a binary image.
int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
Definition: facerec_demo.cpp:67
n-dimensional dense array class
Definition: mat.hpp:726
Point2i Point
Definition: types.hpp:181
convert between RGB/BGR and grayscale, color conversions
Definition: imgproc.hpp:511
int waitKey(int delay=0)
Waits for a pressed key.

Explanation

Result

Here it is:

Hull_Original_Image.jpg
Original
Hull_Result.jpg
Result