what contains cv::Mat data

asked 2020-05-26 08:44:11 -0600

NL37
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updated 2020-05-26 21:04:44 -0600

supra56

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Hi,

Actually, I handle CV_8UC1 and CV_32FC1. For example, I have :

cv::Mat img32bit = cv::imread(path, 2) ;

The type of img32bit is CV_32FC1. The type of img32bit.data is uchar*, and not float*. What is img32bit.data exaclty ? I ask because I transfer 32 bit images through socket. The client runs on windows, and we can only send/receive uchar* with windows.

It works well, I can transfer 32-bit images without lose informations, but I need to understand how img32bit.data is encoded.

Thank you for your help !

answered 2020-05-27 03:59:33 -0600

kbarni

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updated 2020-05-27 04:06:29 -0600

The img32bit.data is a generic pointer to the image data. Its content depends on the image type. Just cast it to the desired type to use it. For example if it's float (CV_32FC1):

int imW = img32bit.cols;
float *ptrF = (float*)img32bit.data;
float pix1015 = *(ptrF+10*imW+15); //get the value of pixel (10,15)
pix1015 = img32bit.at<float>(10,15); //same thing with at() function

For 8 bit RGB images:

Vec3b *ptrRGB = (Vec3b*)imgRGB.data;
*(ptrRGB+15*imW+20) = Vec3b(0,255,255); //set pixel (15,20) to yellow

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Hello,

Thank you for your answer. It is more clear. Just one question more. When we send image through TCP socket, we send img32bit.data, which is uchar*. To rebuild the image, we just have to do Mat img(height, width, CV_32FC1, sockData);.

Can you explain what the data contain exactly ? I understand that is a generic pointer, but how it works to rebuild the image only with sockData, which is uchar through socket ?

NL37 ( 2020-06-02 00:53:51 -0600 )edit

Yes, you can rebuild an image like that. Mat.data contains the image data, only in C++ you must give a type (uchar*) as there is no whatever the image type is* declaration in C++.

But you can cast a pointer type to another type: float *p1; uchar *p2; p1=(float*)p2;

kbarni ( 2020-06-02 02:13:27 -0600 )edit

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