I would like to put an image on video and i'm wondering if it's possible in opencv without multithreading.
I would like to avoid it because in my project i am operating on RPI 0W(that's whyi don't want multithreading) .
i can't find anything about it on internet. I got some basic code in c++ . I'm new to open cv.
int main(){
VideoCapture cap(0);
if (!cap.isOpened())
{
cout << "error"<<endl;
return -1;
}
Mat edges;
namedWindow("edges", 1);
Mat img = imread("logo.png");
for (;;)
{
Mat frame;
cap >> frame; // get a new frame from camera
imshow("edges", WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );
imshow("edges", img);
imshow("edges", frame);
if (waitKey(30) >= 0) break;
}
}
In OpenCV showing two things in the same window overwrites the previous one which I think is happening in your case.
You can use OpenCV addWeighted() function or bitwise operations.
OpenCV has good documentation on this. You can find it here
Related
I need to access the pixel data from a video camera attached to my Windows PC in real time. Once accessed, I will modify it and output it as part of the video stream. In other words, I need to find the easiest way to modify a video stream in real time. I know about OpenCV and Matlab functionality, but I am wondering if anyone has found a simpler way to do this.
If you want to do this with C++, OpenCV, as long as it works with your camera, is one of the simplest ways there is. The code below is from the OpenCV documentation VideoCapture. The only trick is instantiating the VideoCapture instance. How much simpler can it be?
#include "opencv2/opencv.hpp"
using namespace cv;
int main(int, char**)
{
VideoCapture cap(0); // open the default camera
if(!cap.isOpened()) // check if we succeeded
return -1;
Mat edges;
namedWindow("edges",1);
for(;;)
{
Mat frame;
cap >> frame; // get a new frame from camera
cvtColor(frame, edges, COLOR_BGR2GRAY);
GaussianBlur(edges, edges, Size(7,7), 1.5, 1.5);
Canny(edges, edges, 0, 30, 3);
imshow("edges", edges);
if(waitKey(30) >= 0) break;
}
// the camera will be deinitialized automatically in VideoCapture destructor
return 0;
}
There is even a python version at Capture Video from Camera that looks very similar to the C++ version above.
Good Day,
I am trying to figure out how to close the camera on a beaglebone in openCV. I have tried numerous commands such as release(&camera) but none exist and the camera continues to stay on when I don't want it to.
VideoCapture capture(0);
capture.set(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH,320);
capture.set(CV_CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT,240);
if(!capture.isOpened()){
cout << "Failed to connect to the camera." << endl;
}
Mat frame, edges, cont;
while(1){
cout<<sending<<endl;
if(sending){
for(int i=0; i<frames; i++){
capture >> frame;
if(frame.empty()){
cout << "Failed to capture an image" << endl;
return 0;
}
cvtColor(frame, edges, CV_BGR2GRAY);
Code is something like this, at the end of the for loop, I want to close the camera, but of course it still stays open
The camera will be deinitialized automatically in VideoCapture destructor.
Check this example from opencv docu:
int main(int, char**)
{
VideoCapture cap(0); // open the default camera
if(!cap.isOpened()) // check if we succeeded
return -1;
Mat edges;
namedWindow("edges",1);
for(;;)
{
Mat frame;
cap >> frame; // get a new frame from camera
cvtColor(frame, edges, CV_BGR2GRAY);
GaussianBlur(edges, edges, Size(7,7), 1.5, 1.5);
Canny(edges, edges, 0, 30, 3);
imshow("edges", edges);
if(waitKey(30) >= 0) break;
}
// the camera will be deinitialized automatically in VideoCapture destructor
return 0;
}
Also
cvQueryFrame
Grabs and returns a frame from camera or file
IplImage* cvQueryFrame( CvCapture* capture );
capture video capturing structure.
The function cvQueryFrame grabs a frame from camera or video file, decompresses and > returns it. This function is just a combination of cvGrabFrame and cvRetrieveFrame in one > call. The returned image should not be released or modified by user.
Also check: http://derekmolloy.ie/beaglebone/beaglebone-video-capture-and-image-processing-on-embedded-linux-using-opencv/
I hope this works for you. Best of luck.
This is my code which I copy/paste from here:
#include "opencv2/opencv.hpp"
using namespace cv;
int main(int, char**)
{
VideoCapture cap(0); // open the default camera
if(!cap.isOpened()) // check if we succeeded
return -1;
Mat edges;
namedWindow("edges",1);
for(;;)
{
Mat frame;
cap >> frame; // get a new frame from camera
cvtColor(frame, edges, CV_BGR2GRAY);
GaussianBlur(edges, edges, Size(7,7), 1.5, 1.5);
Canny(edges, edges, 0, 30, 3);
imshow("edges", edges);
if(waitKey(30) >= 0) break;
}
// the camera will be deinitialized automatically in VideoCapture destructor
return 0;
}
But I get this error:
OpenCV error: Assertion failed (scn==3 || scn==4)
in unknown function, file ..\..\..\..\opencv\modules\imgproc\src\color.cpp, line 3737
I am using Windows 7 x64, Visual Studio 2008, OpenCV 2.4.7
What can be the problem?
EDIT:
It is sometimes it works, sometimes it does not.
EDIT 2:
I edited VideoCapture cap(0); to cv::VideoCapture cap(0); then, I rebuild my solution and run it. It worked for the first time, I tried to run for the second time, it gave me the same error.
EDIT 3:
I have even edited for(;;):
for(;;)
{
Mat frame;
cap >> frame; // get a new frame from camera
imshow("edges", frame);
if(waitKey(30) >= 0) break;
}
This time I receive another error:
OpenCV error: Assertion failed (size.width>0 && size.height>0)
in unknown function, file ..\..\..\..\opencv\modules\highgui\src\window.cpp, line 261
I guess the problem is with imshow.
I get similar problem. I solve it by putting everything after cap >> frame into an if-statement:
for(;;)
{
Mat frame;
cap >> frame; // get a new frame from camera
if (!frame.empty()) {
cvtColor(frame, edges, CV_BGR2GRAY);
GaussianBlur(edges, edges, Size(7,7), 1.5, 1.5);
Canny(edges, edges, 0, 30, 3);
imshow("edges", edges);
}
if(waitKey(30) >= 0) break;
}
I tested your code in my environment (Win XP 32 bit OS, VS2008, OpenCV2.4.7). It works normally every time. And you can also do it like this:
IplImage* frame,*edges;
CvCapture* pcapture = cvCreateCameraCapture(0);
cvNamedWindow("edges",CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE);
while (1)
{
frame = cvQueryFrame(pcapture);
if (!frame) break;
edges = cvCreateImage(cvGetSize(frame),8,1);
cvCvtColor(frame, edges, CV_BGR2GRAY);
cvSmooth(edges,edges,CV_GAUSSIAN,7,7,1.5,1.5);
cvCanny(edges,edges,0,30,3);
cvShowImage("edges",edges);
cvReleaseImage(&edges);
if (cvWaitKey(30)>=0) break;
}
cvReleaseCapture(&pcapture);
cvDestroyWindow("edges");
You can have a try whether its also have some problems in your environment or not.
Hope a little help to you!
I am using a Mac OS X 10.6 machine. I have OpenCV 2.1 x64 compiled from source using Xcode and its GCC compiler.
I am having trouble using the C++ video reading features of OpenCV. Here is the simple test code I am using (came straight from OpenCV documentation):
#include "cv.h"
#include "highgui.h"
using namespace cv;
int main(int, char**)
{
VideoCapture cap(0); // open the default camera
if(!cap.isOpened()) // check if we succeeded
return -1;
Mat edges;
namedWindow("edges",1);
for(;;)
{
Mat frame;
cap >> frame; // get a new frame from camera
cvtColor(frame, edges, CV_BGR2GRAY);
GaussianBlur(edges, edges, Size(7,7), 1.5, 1.5);
Canny(edges, edges, 0, 30, 3);
imshow("edges", edges);
if(waitKey(200) >= 0) break;
}
// the camera will be deinitialized automatically in VideoCapture destructor
return 0;
}
The program compiles fine, but when I try to run it, I see the green light on my webcam come on for a few seconds, then the program exits with the error message:
OpenCV Error: Bad flag (parameter or structure field) (Unrecognized or unsupported array type) in cvGetMat, file /Users/mark/Downloads/OpenCV-2.1.0/src/cxcore/cxarray.cpp, line 2476
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'cv::Exception'
what(): /Users/mark/Downloads/OpenCV-2.1.0/src/cxcore/cxarray.cpp:2476: error: (-206) Unrecognized or unsupported array type in function cvGetMat
Under debug mode, the matrix still seems to be empty after the cap >> frame line.
I get similar behavior when I try to capture from a video file or an image, so it's not the camera. What is wrong, do you think? Anything I can do to make this work?
EDIT: I'd like to add that if I use the C features, everything works fine. But I would like to stick with C++ if I can.
Thanks
I've seen the same problem. When I use the C features, sometimes the similar question also comes up. From the error message of the C code, I think it happened because the camera got a NULL frame. So I think it can be solved in this way:
do
{
capture>>frame;
}while(frame.empty());
That way it works on my machine.
I encountered the same problem, it seems that the first two attempts to get the video wont return any signal, so if you try to use it you'll get an error, here is how I got around this, simply by adding a counter and checking the size of the video.
int cameraNumber = 0;
if ( argc > 1 )
cameraNumber = atoi(argv[1]);
cv::VideoCapture camera;
camera.open(cameraNumber);
if ( !camera.isOpened() ) {
cerr << "ERROR: Could not access the camera or video!" << endl;
exit(1);
}
//give the camera 40 frames attempt to get the camera object,
//if it fails after X (40) attemts the app will terminatet,
//till then it will display 'Accessing camera' note;
int CAMERA_CHECK_ITERATIONS = 40;
while (true) {
Mat cameraFrame;
camera >> cameraFrame;
if ( cameraFrame.total() > 0 ) {
Mat displayFrame( cameraFrame.size(), CV_8UC3 );
doSomething( cameraFrame, displayFrame );
imshow("Image", displayFrame );
} else {
cout << "::: Accessing camera :::" << endl;
if ( CAMERA_CHECK_ITERATIONS > 0 ) CAMERA_CHECK_ITERATIONS--;
if ( CAMERA_CHECK_ITERATIONS < 0 ) break;
}
int key = waitKey(200);
if (key == 27) break;
}
Try simplifying the program so that you can identify the exact location of the problem, e.g. change your loop so that it looks like this:
for(;;)
{
Mat frame;
cap >> frame; // get a new frame from camera
// cvtColor(frame, edges, CV_BGR2GRAY);
// GaussianBlur(edges, edges, Size(7,7), 1.5, 1.5);
// Canny(edges, edges, 0, 30, 3);
// imshow("edges", edges);
imshow("edges", frame);
if(waitKey(200) >= 0) break;
}
If that works OK then try adding the processing calls back in, one at a time, e.g
for(;;)
{
Mat frame;
cap >> frame; // get a new frame from camera
cvtColor(frame, edges, CV_BGR2GRAY);
// GaussianBlur(edges, edges, Size(7,7), 1.5, 1.5);
// Canny(edges, edges, 0, 30, 3);
imshow("edges", edges);
if(waitKey(200) >= 0) break;
}
and so on...
Once you've identified the problematic line you can then focus on that and investigate further.
Go to project->project properties->configuration properties->linker->input
In the additional dependencies paste cv210.lib cvaux210.lib cxcore210.lib highgui210.lib
Hi I got the solution for you :)
VideoCapture san_cap(0);
if (san_cap.isOpened()) {
while (1) {
san_cap.read(san);
imshow("Video", san);
Mat frame;
san_cap.read(frame); // get a new frame from camera
cvtColor(frame, edges, CV_BGR2GRAY);
imshow("Video2", edges);
int key = cv::waitKey(waitKeyValue);
if (key == 27 ) {
break;
}
}
}
I need a program to capture pictures from multiple webcams and save them automatically in Windows Vista. I got the basic code from this link. The code runs in Window XP, but when I tried using it on Vista it says "failed." Different errors pop up every time it is executed. Would it help if I used the SDK platform? Does anyone have any suggestions?
I can't test this on multiple webcams since I only have one, but I'm sure OpenCV2.0 should be able to handle it. Here's some sample code (I use Vista) with one webcam to get you started.
#include <cv.h>
#include <highgui.h>
using namespace cv;
int main()
{
// Start capturing on camera 0
VideoCapture cap(0);
if(!cap.isOpened()) return -1;
// This matrix will store the edges of the captured frame
Mat edges;
namedWindow("edges",1);
for(;;)
{
// Acquire the frame from cap into frame
Mat frame;
cap >> frame;
// Now, find the edges by converting to grayscale, blurring and then Canny edge detection
cvtColor(frame, edges, CV_BGR2GRAY);
GaussianBlur(edges, edges, Size(7,7), 1.5, 1.5);
Canny(edges, edges, 0, 30, 3);
// Display the edges and the frame
imshow("edges", edges);
imshow("frame", frame);
// Terminate by pressing a key
if(waitKey(30) >= 0) break;
}
return 0;
}
Note:
The matrix edges is allocated during
the first frame processing and unless
the resolution will suddenly change,
the same buffer will be reused for
every next frame’s edge map.
As you can see, the code is quite clean and readable! I lifted this from the OpenCV 2.0 documentation (opencv.pdf).
The code not only displays the image from the webcam (under frame) but also does real-time edge detection! Here's a screenshot when I pointed the webcam at my monitor :)
screenshot http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/5014/scrq.png
If you want code to just display the frames from one camera:
#include <cv.h>
#include <highgui.h>
using namespace cv;
int main()
{
VideoCapture cap(0);
if(!cap.isOpened()) return -1;
for(;;)
{
Mat frame;
cap >> frame;
imshow("frame", frame);
if(waitKey(30) >= 0) break;
}
return 0;
}
If the program works with UAC off or when running administrator, make sure the place you choose to save the results are in writable places like the user's my documents folder. Generally speaking root folders and the program files folder is read only for normal users.