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findContours() expects light shapes on dark background, so you have to invert the binary image.

then, you want the approx checks to happen for each of the contours, not only for the last.

import numpy as np import cv2

im = cv2.imread('c:/img.png') cv2.imshow('original image',im) cv2.waitKey()

imgray = cv2.cvtColor(im,cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) cv2.imshow('gray image',imgray) cv2.waitKey()

ret,thresh = cv2.threshold(imgray,80,255,1) cv2.imshow('thresh image',thresh) cv2.waitKey()

image, contours, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(thresh,cv2.RETR_TREE,cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE) cv2.imshow('cont image',image) cv2.waitKey() ctt=0 for cnt in contours: approx = cv2.approxPolyDP(cnt,0.01*cv2.arcLength(cnt,True),True) print len(approx) if len(approx)==5: print "pentagon" cv2.drawContours(im,[cnt],0,255,-1) ctt+=1 elif len(approx)==3: print "triangle" cv2.drawContours(im,[cnt],0,(0,255,0),-1) ctt+=1 elif len(approx)==4: print "square" cv2.drawContours(im,[cnt],0,(0,0,255),-1) ctt+=1 elif len(approx) == 9: print "half-circle" cv2.drawContours(im,[cnt],0,(255,255,0),-1) ctt+=1 elif len(approx) > 15: print "circle" cv2.drawContours(im,[cnt],0,(0,255,255),-1) ctt+=1 else: print "unknown"

cv2.imshow('img',im) cv2.waitKey(0) cv2.destroyAllWindows() print "Total no.= ",ctt

findContours() expects light shapes on dark background, so you have to invert the binary image.image, it should look like this:

then, you want the approx checks to happen for each each of the contours, not only for the last.

import numpy as np
import cv2
 
cv2
im = cv2.imread('c:/img.png')
cv2.imshow('original image',im)
cv2.waitKey()
 
cv2.waitKey()
imgray = cv2.cvtColor(im,cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
cv2.imshow('gray image',imgray)
cv2.waitKey()
 
cv2.waitKey()
ret,thresh = cv2.threshold(imgray,80,255,1)
cv2.threshold(imgray,80,255,1) ### !! inverse binary !! ###
cv2.imshow('thresh image',thresh)
cv2.waitKey()
 
cv2.waitKey()
image, contours, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(thresh,cv2.RETR_TREE,cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
cv2.imshow('cont image',image)
cv2.waitKey()
ctt=0
for cnt in contours:
approx = cv2.approxPolyDP(cnt,0.01*cv2.arcLength(cnt,True),True)
print len(approx)
len(approx) ### !! fix indentation !! ###
 if len(approx)==5:
print "pentagon"
cv2.drawContours(im,[cnt],0,255,-1)
ctt+=1
elif len(approx)==3:
print "triangle"
cv2.drawContours(im,[cnt],0,(0,255,0),-1)
ctt+=1
elif len(approx)==4:
print "square"
cv2.drawContours(im,[cnt],0,(0,0,255),-1)
ctt+=1
elif len(approx) == 9:
print "half-circle"
cv2.drawContours(im,[cnt],0,(255,255,0),-1)
ctt+=1
elif len(approx) > 15:
print "circle"
cv2.drawContours(im,[cnt],0,(0,255,255),-1)
ctt+=1
else:
print "unknown"
 
"unknown"
cv2.imshow('img',im)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
print "Total no.= ",ctt
 ",ctt