cv::imread - Camera orientation problem

asked 2016-01-08 17:33:26 -0600

Sid23
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updated 2016-01-09 10:05:40 -0600

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I'm following this guide here to try out CLAHE in Python, so I have the following code:

import numpy as np
import cv2

img = cv2.imread('t1.JPG',0)
clahe = cv2.createCLAHE(clipLimit=2.0, tileGridSize=(8,8))
cl1 = clahe.apply(img)

cv2.imwrite('t1-clahe.JPG',cl1)

Before (t1.JPG):
t1.JPG

After (t1-clahe.JPG):
image description

So, if you see the links provided, the image has been reshaped. There doesn't seem to be any indication in the guide that this should happen. Am I missing something here? I don't want to reshape the image.

Funny thing is that if I output the shape of the image then there seems to be no change. I get the following:

Before: (2448, 3264)
After: (2448, 3264)

But if you look at the after image, it has clearly been reshaped. I noticed another thing. This problem is only happening with images taken from my iPhone 5S. I tried other images and they did not have the same issue. I tried to find differences between the images that are being reshaped and ones that aren't. So, I noticed the following difference:

reshaped    : JPEG image data, EXIF standard 2.21
not reshaped: JPEG image data, JFIF standard 1.01

Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated.

OpenCV version being used: 2.4.8

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i do not see any reshape here ?

berak ( 2016-01-09 03:51:40 -0600 )edit

also, please, for the future, spare us such ridiculous large images

berak ( 2016-01-09 03:52:51 -0600 )edit

I guess 'reshape' wasn't the correct terminology for this problem. What I meant was that the 'orientation' has changed. As for the images, I didn't think that they would be imbedded into the notification emails since I provided external links

Sid23 ( 2016-01-09 09:50:04 -0600 )edit

maybe we should rephrase the whole question (as CLAHE has absolutely nothing to do with it) to "problems with image orientation due to EXIF headers" or the like ?

berak ( 2016-01-09 10:03:30 -0600 )edit

@berak i was editing the question when you were commenting. @Sid23 i edited label of the question but it will be better if you rephrase the whole question.

sturkmen ( 2016-01-09 10:08:15 -0600 )edit

imho, it's perfect, already ;)

berak ( 2016-01-09 10:20:05 -0600 )edit

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#include "opencv2/highgui.hpp" using namespace cv; int main( int argc, char** argv ) { Mat src1 = imread( "t1.JPG" ); Mat src2 = imread( "t1-clahe2.JPG" ); imwrite("imwrite-t1.jpg",src1); imwrite("imwrite-t1-clahe2.jpg",src2); imshow("t1.JPG",src1); imshow("t1-clahe2.JPG",src2); waitKey(0); return 0; }

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yes, you are right. It is due to the camera orientation issue. My version of OpenCV doesn't handle orientation properly. I've found a workaround though, which is good enough for my purposes. Thank you for your help.

Sid23 ( 2016-01-09 09:46:53 -0600 )edit

Windows7 also doesn't handle orientation properly. what about Windows8,Windows10 and Linux?

sturkmen ( 2016-01-09 10:23:44 -0600 )edit

Linux reads the exif data correctly and expects users to handle that, which is actually how it should be.

StevenPuttemans ( 2016-01-11 06:58:07 -0600 )edit

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