# How to identify and measure square ceiling tiles

I am trying to get line lengths ( in pixels ) from any single ceiling tile from a ceiling full of them. From the line lengths I find, I can then perform additional calculations to find the distance the camera is from that specific tile.

Example of what it looks like:

https://www.ceilingtilesuk.co.uk/wp-c...

Example of the lines I want to pick up ( the metal strip that runs between each tile )

https://www.industrialsuppliesco.co.u...

I am using OpenCV to do this. I use Hough lines on live camera footage to highlight the individual lines that run between each tile and I can also find the intersect points of these lines using these two methods:

def segmented_intersections(lines):
# Finds the intersections between groups of lines
intersections = []
for i, group in enumerate(lines[:-1]):
for next_group in lines[i + 1:]:
for line1 in group:
for line2 in next_group:
foundIntersections = intersection(line1, line2)
if foundIntersections is None:
pass
else:
# if intersections are outside camera frame , ignore them
if foundIntersections[0][0] >= 0 and foundIntersections[0][1] >= 0:
if foundIntersections[0][0] <= width and
foundIntersections[0][1] <= height:
intersections.append(foundIntersections)

return intersections

def mark_intersections(img, intersections, color=None, markerType=cv2.MARKER_TRIANGLE_UP, markerSize=5):
color = color or (0, 255, 255) if len(img.shape) == 3 else 255
for point in intersections:
if point[0][0] <= intersectionLengthLimit:
for x, y in point:
if np.nan in [x, y]:
print('Not a number')
continue
cv2.drawMarker(img, (x, y), color, markerType, markerSize)
return img


I then filter out some of the intersection points, such as any near the very edge of the frame and any that are within a few pixels of each other. From this I then create a rectangle from those points. Using this code I can get the pixel lengths of the sides:

for (i, j) in zip(range(4), [1, 2, 3, 0]):
length = np.sqrt(np.sum((centers[i] - centers[j]) ** 2.0))


The issue I have is that it's very difficult to routinely find 4 correct points of a ceiling tile. I often find the points that get connected are from multiple tiles rather than just 1 singular. This then makes the pixel lengths useless to me. For example:

https://imgur.com/xSpWSwr

If I reduce the filtering I perform I end up with way too many points.

This is what I am trying to achieve:

https://imgur.com/JB0vKA9

What techniques can I use to help me achieve this ? I don't know if this just isn't possible or if I am not using the correct search terms.

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