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Harris corner detector

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Original author Ana Huamán
Compatibility OpenCV >= 3.0

Goal

In this tutorial you will learn:

Theory

What is a feature?

Types of Image Features

To mention a few:

In this tutorial we will study the corner features, specifically.

Why is a corner so special?

How does it work?

Code

This tutorial code's is shown lines below. You can also download it from here

#include <iostream>
using namespace cv;
using namespace std;
Mat src, src_gray;
int thresh = 200;
int max_thresh = 255;
const char* source_window = "Source image";
const char* corners_window = "Corners detected";
void cornerHarris_demo( int, void* );
int main( int argc, char** argv )
{
CommandLineParser parser( argc, argv, "{@input | building.jpg | input image}" );
src = imread( samples::findFile( parser.get<String>( "@input" ) ) );
if ( src.empty() )
{
cout << "Could not open or find the image!\n" << endl;
cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " <Input image>" << endl;
return -1;
}
cvtColor( src, src_gray, COLOR_BGR2GRAY );
namedWindow( source_window );
createTrackbar( "Threshold: ", source_window, &thresh, max_thresh, cornerHarris_demo );
imshow( source_window, src );
cornerHarris_demo( 0, 0 );
return 0;
}
void cornerHarris_demo( int, void* )
{
int blockSize = 2;
int apertureSize = 3;
double k = 0.04;
Mat dst = Mat::zeros( src.size(), CV_32FC1 );
cornerHarris( src_gray, dst, blockSize, apertureSize, k );
Mat dst_norm, dst_norm_scaled;
normalize( dst, dst_norm, 0, 255, NORM_MINMAX, CV_32FC1, Mat() );
convertScaleAbs( dst_norm, dst_norm_scaled );
for( int i = 0; i < dst_norm.rows ; i++ )
{
for( int j = 0; j < dst_norm.cols; j++ )
{
if( (int) dst_norm.at<float>(i,j) > thresh )
{
circle( dst_norm_scaled, Point(j,i), 5, Scalar(0), 2, 8, 0 );
}
}
}
namedWindow( corners_window );
imshow( corners_window, dst_norm_scaled );
}

Explanation

Result

The original image:

Harris_Detector_Original_Image.jpg

The detected corners are surrounded by a small black circle

Harris_Detector_Result.jpg