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struct returned by cv::moments More...

#include <opencv2/core/types.hpp>

Public Member Functions

 Moments ()
 the default constructor More...
 
 Moments (double m00, double m10, double m01, double m20, double m11, double m02, double m30, double m21, double m12, double m03)
 the full constructor More...
 

Public Attributes

spatial moments
double m00
 
double m10
 
double m01
 
double m20
 
double m11
 
double m02
 
double m30
 
double m21
 
double m12
 
double m03
 
central moments
double mu20
 
double mu11
 
double mu02
 
double mu30
 
double mu21
 
double mu12
 
double mu03
 
central normalized moments
double nu20
 
double nu11
 
double nu02
 
double nu30
 
double nu21
 
double nu12
 
double nu03
 

Detailed Description

struct returned by cv::moments

The spatial moments \(\texttt{Moments::m}_{ji}\) are computed as:

\[\texttt{m} _{ji}= \sum _{x,y} \left ( \texttt{array} (x,y) \cdot x^j \cdot y^i \right )\]

The central moments \(\texttt{Moments::mu}_{ji}\) are computed as:

\[\texttt{mu} _{ji}= \sum _{x,y} \left ( \texttt{array} (x,y) \cdot (x - \bar{x} )^j \cdot (y - \bar{y} )^i \right )\]

where \((\bar{x}, \bar{y})\) is the mass center:

\[\bar{x} = \frac{\texttt{m}_{10}}{\texttt{m}_{00}} , \; \bar{y} = \frac{\texttt{m}_{01}}{\texttt{m}_{00}}\]

The normalized central moments \(\texttt{Moments::nu}_{ij}\) are computed as:

\[\texttt{nu} _{ji}= \frac{\texttt{mu}_{ji}}{\texttt{m}_{00}^{(i+j)/2+1}} .\]

Note
\(\texttt{mu}_{00}=\texttt{m}_{00}\), \(\texttt{nu}_{00}=1\) \(\texttt{nu}_{10}=\texttt{mu}_{10}=\texttt{mu}_{01}=\texttt{mu}_{10}=0\) , hence the values are not stored.

The moments of a contour are defined in the same way but computed using the Green's formula (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_theorem). So, due to a limited raster resolution, the moments computed for a contour are slightly different from the moments computed for the same rasterized contour.

Note
Since the contour moments are computed using Green formula, you may get seemingly odd results for contours with self-intersections, e.g. a zero area (m00) for butterfly-shaped contours.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ Moments() [1/2]

cv::Moments::Moments ( )

the default constructor

◆ Moments() [2/2]

cv::Moments::Moments ( double  m00,
double  m10,
double  m01,
double  m20,
double  m11,
double  m02,
double  m30,
double  m21,
double  m12,
double  m03 
)

the full constructor

Member Data Documentation

◆ m00

double cv::Moments::m00

◆ m01

double cv::Moments::m01

◆ m02

double cv::Moments::m02

◆ m03

double cv::Moments::m03

◆ m10

double cv::Moments::m10

◆ m11

double cv::Moments::m11

◆ m12

double cv::Moments::m12

◆ m20

double cv::Moments::m20

◆ m21

double cv::Moments::m21

◆ m30

double cv::Moments::m30

◆ mu02

double cv::Moments::mu02

◆ mu03

double cv::Moments::mu03

◆ mu11

double cv::Moments::mu11

◆ mu12

double cv::Moments::mu12

◆ mu20

double cv::Moments::mu20

◆ mu21

double cv::Moments::mu21

◆ mu30

double cv::Moments::mu30

◆ nu02

double cv::Moments::nu02

◆ nu03

double cv::Moments::nu03

◆ nu11

double cv::Moments::nu11

◆ nu12

double cv::Moments::nu12

◆ nu20

double cv::Moments::nu20

◆ nu21

double cv::Moments::nu21

◆ nu30

double cv::Moments::nu30

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file: