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Hi Im using OpenCV and C++. I have already done the code where can fine the center of the object. Also I have the prior information about the distance between the camera and object(s) in the image. So know all this just need to find the distance (real physical one in m or cm, also also the one in pixels ) between two objects in the image (or between two centers of the mass of those objects) . Here is the code to find the center moment of rectangle object. Similar approach would be to find the center of other shape (object).

int main(int argc,char** argv)
{

           Mat image = imread("000167.png");
           Mat gray,bw,dil,erd, dst_final;
       Mat new_src=image.clone();

     for(int y = 0; y < image.rows; y++ )
    {
       for(int x = 0; x < image.cols; x++ )
       {
              for(int c = 0; c < 3; c++ )
              {
                     new_src.at<Vec3b>(y,x)[c]= saturate_cast<uchar>( 1.5*(image.at<Vec3b>(y,x)[c] ));

              }
       }
     }


      cv::GaussianBlur(new_src, src_gray, cv::Size(3,3),1,1,BORDER_DEFAULT); //original
      medianBlur(new_src, src_gray, 11);
      blur( new_src, src_gray, Size(3,3) );
      cvtColor(src_gray,gray,CV_BGR2GRAY);
      Canny(gray,bw,600,1200,5,true);
                    Mat grad,bw1;
                    Mat morphKernel = getStructuringElement(MORPH_ELLIPSE, Size(20,10));
                    morphologyEx(bw, grad, MORPH_GRADIENT, morphKernel);        
                    threshold(grad, bw1, 255.0, 255.0, THRESH_BINARY | THRESH_OTSU);                

          vector<vector<Point> > contours;
      vector<vector<Point> > rough;
      vector<vector<Point> >rough_color;
      vector<vector<Point> >precise;
          vector<Vec4i> hierarchy;
      Mat dst = image.clone();
          findContours(bw1.clone(), contours, CV_RETR_CCOMP, CV_CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE);

      vector<Point> approx;

      for( int i = 0; i< contours.size(); i++ )
      {

           approxPolyDP(Mat(contours[i]), approx, arcLength(Mat(contours[i]), true) * 0.01, true);
           if (fabs(contourArea(approx)) <2000 || fabs(contourArea(approx))>50000)                                     
               continue;

                  Rect r = boundingRect(contours[i]);
                  if( (float) (r.height/r.width) > 1.5 && (float) (r.height/r.width) <3)
                  {
                   rough.push_back(approx);
                   }
      }

      for(int i = 0; i < rough.size(); i++)
      {
          Rect bound=boundingRect(rough[i]);
          Rect x, y, w, h = boundingRect(rough[i]);
          rectangle(dst,Point(bound.br().x,bound.br().y), Point(bound.tl().x,bound.tl().y),Scalar(255, 0, 0),2);
          RotatedRect rectPoint = minAreaRect(rough[i]);

              Point2f fourPoint2f_rough[4];
              rectPoint.points(fourPoint2f_rough);
          vector<Point> fourPoint_rough;
          for(int i = 0; i <4; i++)
         {
             fourPoint_rough.push_back(fourPoint2f_rough[i]);
         }


        {
            line(dst, fourPoint2f_rough[i], fourPoint2f_rough[i + 1], Scalar(255,0,0), 3);
        }
        line(dst, fourPoint2f_rough[0], fourPoint2f_rough[3], Scalar(255,0,0), 3); */
      }

      if(rough.size() !=0 )
      {
      for( int i = 0; i< rough.size(); i++ )
      {
          vector<Moments> mu(1);
          vector<Point2f> mc(1);
          int gray_level;
          // compute the central momment
             mu[0] = moments( rough[i], false );
             mc[0] = Point2f( mu[0].m10/mu[0].m00 , mu[0].m01/mu[0].m00 );
          circle( dst, mc[0], 4, Scalar(0,0,255), -1, 8, 0 );
          gray_level=gray.at<uchar>(mc[0]);
          if(gray_level<200 && gray_level>20)
          {rough_color.push_back(rough[i]);}
      }


      for(int i = 0; i < rough_color.size(); i++)
      {
          Rect bound=boundingRect(rough_color[i]);
          Rect x, y, w, h = boundingRect(rough_color[i]);
          RotatedRect rectPoint = minAreaRect(rough_color[i]);
              Point2f fourPoint2f_color[4];
              rectPoint.points(fourPoint2f_color);
         vector<Point> fourPoint_color;
         for(int i = 0; i <4; i++)
         {
             fourPoint_color.push_back(fourPoint2f_color[i]);
         }


         for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
        {
            line(dst, fourPoint2f_color[i], fourPoint2f_color[i + 1], Scalar(0,255,0), 3);
        }
        line(dst, fourPoint2f_color[0], fourPoint2f_color[3], Scalar(0,255,0), 3);
      }

      }
...

So just need a code to get the distance( real in cm or m and the one in pixels) between those two center moments(two centers of the objects in the image). I include the outcome image of the center on the rectangle window(red dot in the window). So in this case would like to know the distance between the window (in red with the red dot in the center) and the "OPEN" box sign. Any help?