OpenCV  3.1.0
Open Source Computer Vision
Shi-Tomasi corner detector

Goal

In this tutorial you will learn how to:

Theory

Code

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#include <iostream>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
using namespace cv;
using namespace std;
Mat src, src_gray;
int maxCorners = 23;
int maxTrackbar = 100;
RNG rng(12345);
char* source_window = "Image";
void goodFeaturesToTrack_Demo( int, void* );
/*
* @function main
*/
int main( int argc, char** argv )
{
src = imread( argv[1], 1 );
cvtColor( src, src_gray, COLOR_BGR2GRAY );
namedWindow( source_window, WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );
createTrackbar( "Max corners:", source_window, &maxCorners, maxTrackbar, goodFeaturesToTrack_Demo );
imshow( source_window, src );
goodFeaturesToTrack_Demo( 0, 0 );
waitKey(0);
return(0);
}
/*
* @function goodFeaturesToTrack_Demo.cpp
* @brief Apply Shi-Tomasi corner detector
*/
void goodFeaturesToTrack_Demo( int, void* )
{
if( maxCorners < 1 ) { maxCorners = 1; }
vector<Point2f> corners;
double qualityLevel = 0.01;
double minDistance = 10;
int blockSize = 3;
bool useHarrisDetector = false;
double k = 0.04;
Mat copy;
copy = src.clone();
corners,
maxCorners,
qualityLevel,
minDistance,
Mat(),
blockSize,
useHarrisDetector,
k );
cout<<"** Number of corners detected: "<<corners.size()<<endl;
int r = 4;
for( size_t i = 0; i < corners.size(); i++ )
{ circle( copy, corners[i], r, Scalar(rng.uniform(0,255), rng.uniform(0,255),
rng.uniform(0,255)), -1, 8, 0 ); }
namedWindow( source_window, WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );
imshow( source_window, copy );
}

Explanation

Result

Feature_Detection_Result_a.jpg