1 | initial version |
i think an addition to @LorenaGdL 's answer may be good. It is squares.cpp. you can try finding many squares objects.
Altough no need to any modification to find squares objects on your image, I made a small modification as below. hope it helps.
#include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"
#include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
#include <iostream>
using namespace cv;
using namespace std;
int thresh = 50, N = 1;
const char* wndname = "Object Detection Demo";
// helper function:
// finds a cosine of angle between vectors
// from pt0->pt1 and from pt0->pt2
static double angle( Point pt1, Point pt2, Point pt0 )
{
double dx1 = pt1.x - pt0.x;
double dy1 = pt1.y - pt0.y;
double dx2 = pt2.x - pt0.x;
double dy2 = pt2.y - pt0.y;
return (dx1*dx2 + dy1*dy2)/sqrt((dx1*dx1 + dy1*dy1)*(dx2*dx2 + dy2*dy2) + 1e-10);
}
// returns sequence of squares detected on the image.
// the sequence is stored in the specified memory storage
static void findSquares( const Mat& image, vector<vector<Point> >& squares )
{
squares.clear();
Mat pyr, timg, gray0(image.size(), CV_8U), gray;
// down-scale and upscale the image to filter out the noise
pyrDown(image, pyr, Size(image.cols/2, image.rows/2));
pyrUp(pyr, timg, image.size());
vector<vector<Point> > contours;
// find squares in every color plane of the image
for( int c = 0; c < 3; c++ )
{
int ch[] = {c, 0};
mixChannels(&timg, 1, &gray0, 1, ch, 1);
// try several threshold levels
for( int l = 0; l < N; l++ )
{
// hack: use Canny instead of zero threshold level.
// Canny helps to catch squares with gradient shading
if( l == 0 )
{
// apply Canny. Take the upper threshold from slider
// and set the lower to 0 (which forces edges merging)
Canny(gray0, gray, 0, thresh, 5);
// dilate canny output to remove potential
// holes between edge segments
dilate(gray, gray, Mat(), Point(-1,-1));
}
else
{
// apply threshold if l!=0:
// tgray(x,y) = gray(x,y) < (l+1)*255/N ? 255 : 0
gray = gray0 >= (l+1)*255/N;
}
// find contours and store them all as a list
findContours(gray, contours, RETR_LIST, CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE);
vector<Point> approx;
// test each contour
for( size_t i = 0; i < contours.size(); i++ )
{
// approximate contour with accuracy proportional
// to the contour perimeter
approxPolyDP(Mat(contours[i]), approx, arcLength(Mat(contours[i]), true)*0.02, true);
// square contours should have 4 vertices after approximation
// relatively large area (to filter out noisy contours)
// and be convex.
// Note: absolute value of an area is used because
// area may be positive or negative - in accordance with the
// contour orientation
if( approx.size() == 4 &&
fabs(contourArea(Mat(approx))) > 1000 &&
isContourConvex(Mat(approx)) )
{
double maxCosine = 0;
for( int j = 2; j < 5; j++ )
{
// find the maximum cosine of the angle between joint edges
double cosine = fabs(angle(approx[j%4], approx[j-2], approx[j-1]));
maxCosine = MAX(maxCosine, cosine);
}
// if cosines of all angles are small
// (all angles are ~90 degree) then write quandrange
// vertices to resultant sequence
if( maxCosine < 0.3 )
squares.push_back(approx);
}
}
}
}
}
// the function draws all the squares in the image
static void drawSquares( Mat& image, const vector<vector<Point> >& squares )
{
Mat result_image = Mat::zeros(image.size(),CV_8UC3);
for( size_t i = 0; i < squares.size(); i++ )
{
const Point* p = &squares[i][0];
int n = (int)squares[i].size();
polylines(result_image, &p, &n, 1, true, Scalar(rand()&255,rand()&255,rand()&255), 1, LINE_AA);
}
imshow(wndname, result_image);
}
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
vector<vector<Point> > squares;
Mat image = imread(argv[1], 1);
if( image.empty() )
{
cout << "Couldn't load " << argv[1] << endl;
}
findSquares(image, squares);
drawSquares(image, squares);
waitKey();
return 0;
}
Result Image :
2 | No.2 Revision |
i think an addition to @LorenaGdL 's answer may be good. It is squares.cpp. you can try finding many squares objects.
Altough no need to any modification to find squares objects on your image, I made a small modification as below. below to get this Image :
hope it helps.
#include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"
#include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
#include <iostream>
using namespace cv;
using namespace std;
int thresh = 50, N = 1;
const char* wndname = "Object Detection Demo";
// helper function:
// finds a cosine of angle between vectors
// from pt0->pt1 and from pt0->pt2
static double angle( Point pt1, Point pt2, Point pt0 )
{
double dx1 = pt1.x - pt0.x;
double dy1 = pt1.y - pt0.y;
double dx2 = pt2.x - pt0.x;
double dy2 = pt2.y - pt0.y;
return (dx1*dx2 + dy1*dy2)/sqrt((dx1*dx1 + dy1*dy1)*(dx2*dx2 + dy2*dy2) + 1e-10);
}
// returns sequence of squares detected on the image.
// the sequence is stored in the specified memory storage
static void findSquares( const Mat& image, vector<vector<Point> >& squares )
{
squares.clear();
Mat pyr, timg, gray0(image.size(), CV_8U), gray;
// down-scale and upscale the image to filter out the noise
pyrDown(image, pyr, Size(image.cols/2, image.rows/2));
pyrUp(pyr, timg, image.size());
vector<vector<Point> > contours;
// find squares in every color plane of the image
for( int c = 0; c < 3; c++ )
{
int ch[] = {c, 0};
mixChannels(&timg, 1, &gray0, 1, ch, 1);
// try several threshold levels
for( int l = 0; l < N; l++ )
{
// hack: use Canny instead of zero threshold level.
// Canny helps to catch squares with gradient shading
if( l == 0 )
{
// apply Canny. Take the upper threshold from slider
// and set the lower to 0 (which forces edges merging)
Canny(gray0, gray, 0, thresh, 5);
// dilate canny output to remove potential
// holes between edge segments
dilate(gray, gray, Mat(), Point(-1,-1));
}
else
{
// apply threshold if l!=0:
// tgray(x,y) = gray(x,y) < (l+1)*255/N ? 255 : 0
gray = gray0 >= (l+1)*255/N;
}
// find contours and store them all as a list
findContours(gray, contours, RETR_LIST, CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE);
vector<Point> approx;
// test each contour
for( size_t i = 0; i < contours.size(); i++ )
{
// approximate contour with accuracy proportional
// to the contour perimeter
approxPolyDP(Mat(contours[i]), approx, arcLength(Mat(contours[i]), true)*0.02, true);
// square contours should have 4 vertices after approximation
// relatively large area (to filter out noisy contours)
// and be convex.
// Note: absolute value of an area is used because
// area may be positive or negative - in accordance with the
// contour orientation
if( approx.size() == 4 &&
fabs(contourArea(Mat(approx))) > 1000 &&
isContourConvex(Mat(approx)) )
{
double maxCosine = 0;
for( int j = 2; j < 5; j++ )
{
// find the maximum cosine of the angle between joint edges
double cosine = fabs(angle(approx[j%4], approx[j-2], approx[j-1]));
maxCosine = MAX(maxCosine, cosine);
}
// if cosines of all angles are small
// (all angles are ~90 degree) then write quandrange
// vertices to resultant sequence
if( maxCosine < 0.3 )
squares.push_back(approx);
}
}
}
}
}
// the function draws all the squares in the image
static void drawSquares( Mat& image, const vector<vector<Point> >& squares )
{
Mat result_image = Mat::zeros(image.size(),CV_8UC3);
for( size_t i = 0; i < squares.size(); i++ )
{
const Point* p = &squares[i][0];
int n = (int)squares[i].size();
polylines(result_image, &p, &n, 1, true, Scalar(rand()&255,rand()&255,rand()&255), 1, LINE_AA);
}
imshow(wndname, result_image);
}
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
vector<vector<Point> > squares;
Mat image = imread(argv[1], 1);
if( image.empty() )
{
cout << "Couldn't load " << argv[1] << endl;
}
findSquares(image, squares);
drawSquares(image, squares);
waitKey();
return 0;
}
Result Image :