Introduction to OpenCV

Dr. Chung-Hao Chen

Haole Guo
Sep 2011
 Index
1. What is OpenCV
2. What can OpenCV do
3. How to setup OpenCV
 What is OpenCV ?
OpenCVis a based onC / C +
+language,open sourceimage
processinglibrary
Develop by Inter
Free to use
 What can OpenCV do
Image data manipulation
Image and video I/O
Matrix and vector manipulation and linear algebra
routines
Various dynamic data structures
Basic image processing
Structural
Camera calibration
Motion analysis
Object recognition
Basic GUI
Image labeling
 How to setup openCV ?
Downlinks:
1. OpenCV lib
http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/files
/
2.VS2008
http://www.microsoft.com/express/product/defaul
t.aspx
3.Codeblock
http://www.codeblocks.org/
4. Cmake

http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software
.html
 Download OpenCV and
install
Download the OpenCV
2.1.0 Windows installer from
SourceForge- "OpenCV-2.1.0-win32-
vs2008.exe".
Install it to a folder (without any
spaces in it), say "C:\OpenCV2.1\".
This article will refer to this path as
$openCVDir
During installation, enable the option
"Add OpenCV to the system PATH for
 Setup OpenCV in VS2008
1. Configure Visual Studio
Open VC++ Directories configuration: Tools > Options
> Projects and Solutions > VC++ Directories
Choose "Show directories for: Include files"
Add "$openCVDir\include\opencv"
Choose "Show directories for: Library files"
Add "$openCVDir\lib"
Choose "Show directories for: Source files"
Add "$openCVDir\src\cv"
Add "$openCVDir\src\cvaux"
Add "$openCVDir\src\cxcore"
Add "$openCVDir\src\highgui"
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2. Configure your Project
After you've created a project you'll need to add the OpenCV
dependencies.
Open Project Properties: Project > %projectName% Properties...
Open Linker Input properties: Configuration Properties > Linker
> Input
Open the "..." window to edit "Additional Dependencies" and on
each line put:
"cv210.lib"
"cxcore210.lib"
"highgui210.lib"
And any other lib file necessary for your project
Your project should now build. If you get any errors try restarting
Visual Studio and then doing a clean Rebuild.
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3. Support video on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nPp
a_WiArI
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1.Build project
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2.Name and address
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3.Write a test program
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Sample program
#include "cv.h"
#include "highgui.h"
int main( int argc, char** argv )
{
IplImage* pImg;

if( argc == 2 &&

(pImg = cvLoadImage( argv[1], 1)) != 0 )
{ cvNamedWindow( "Image", 1 );
cvShowImage( "Image", pImg );
cvWaitKey(0);
cvDestroyWindow( "Image" );
cvReleaseImage( &pImg );
return 0;
}
return -1;
}
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4. Go setup build options
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5.Build option- search directories -
complier
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6.Build option search directories -
linker
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7.Build option linker settings
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8. Setup input image
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9.Result output: