Will OpenCV be the right way to scan P&IDs? [closed]

asked 2016-03-14 05:26:00 -0600

Shinchoku_CV gravatar image

Hi,

I'm completely new to CV and wondering if OpenCV can help me with this problem:

I'd like to scan P&IDs (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams), mostly as PDF, to get the coordinates and length of the pipelines. Is it possible to get some kind of code I can use in Visual Studio? I'm willing to learn everything I need for that.

Thank you for your assistance!

edit retag flag offensive reopen merge delete

Closed for the following reason the question is answered, right answer was accepted by sturkmen
close date 2020-10-04 02:20:54.934260

Comments

1

It's certainly possible, though it might be quite a bit of work. If you want to learn, take a look at the tutorials HERE, especially the ones in the first three links.

I suggest starting by playing with the tutorials and accompanying sample programs, then trying to to extract contours from a scanned diagram to see how well everything works. By then you should have an idea of what works and what doesn't, and where to go from there.

OpenCV has limited text recognition, but you have nice printed diagrams, so it might work well enough for your purposes.

Tetragramm gravatar imageTetragramm ( 2016-03-14 18:09:16 -0600 )edit
add a comment