Point Polygon Test

Goal

In this tutorial you will learn how to:

• Use the OpenCV function cv::pointPolygonTest

Theory

Code

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#include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
#include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"
#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

using namespace cv;
using namespace std;

int main( void )
{
 const int r = 100;
 Mat src = Mat::zeros( Size( 4*r, 4*r ), CV_8UC1 );

 vector<Point2f> vert(6);

 vert[0] = Point( 3*r/2, static_cast<int>(1.34*r) );
 vert[1] = Point( 1*r, 2*r );
 vert[2] = Point( 3*r/2, static_cast<int>(2.866*r) );
 vert[3] = Point( 5*r/2, static_cast<int>(2.866*r) );
 vert[4] = Point( 3*r, 2*r );
 vert[5] = Point( 5*r/2, static_cast<int>(1.34*r) );

 for( int j = 0; j < 6; j++ )
 { line( src, vert[j], vert[(j+1)%6], Scalar( 255 ), 3, 8 ); }

 vector<vector<Point> > contours; vector<Vec4i> hierarchy;
 Mat src_copy = src.clone();

 findContours( src_copy, contours, hierarchy, RETR_TREE, CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE);

 Mat raw_dist( src.size(), CV_32FC1 );

 for( int j = 0; j < src.rows; j++ )
 { for( int i = 0; i < src.cols; i++ )
 { raw_dist.at<float>(j,i) = (float)pointPolygonTest( contours[0], Point2f((float)i,(float)j), true ); }
 }

 double minVal; double maxVal;
 minMaxLoc( raw_dist, &minVal, &maxVal, 0, 0, Mat() );
 minVal = abs(minVal); maxVal = abs(maxVal);

 Mat drawing = Mat::zeros( src.size(), CV_8UC3 );

 for( int j = 0; j < src.rows; j++ )
 { for( int i = 0; i < src.cols; i++ )
 {
 if( raw_dist.at<float>(j,i) < 0 )
 { drawing.at<Vec3b>(j,i)[0] = (uchar)(255 - abs(raw_dist.at<float>(j,i))*255/minVal); }
 else if( raw_dist.at<float>(j,i) > 0 )
 { drawing.at<Vec3b>(j,i)[2] = (uchar)(255 - raw_dist.at<float>(j,i)*255/maxVal); }
 else
 { drawing.at<Vec3b>(j,i)[0] = 255; drawing.at<Vec3b>(j,i)[1] = 255; drawing.at<Vec3b>(j,i)[2] = 255; }
 }
 }

 const char* source_window = "Source";
 namedWindow( source_window, WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );
 imshow( source_window, src );
 namedWindow( "Distance", WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );
 imshow( "Distance", drawing );

 waitKey(0);
 return(0);
}

Explanation

Result

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