OpenCV

OpenCV

Open Source Computer Vision Library (OpenCV)

Introduction

OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) is an open source computer vision and machine learning software library.

This chapter provides some examples how to use OpenCV in MeVisLab.

Other resources

You can find a lot of OpenCV examples and tutorials on their website.

Example 1: WebCam access with OpenCV

Example 1: WebCam access with OpenCV

Introduction

In this example, we are using the PythonImage module and access your WebCam to show the video in a View2D.

Steps to do

Creating the network to be used for testing

Add the modules to your workspace and connect them as seen below.

Example Network

Example Network

The viewer is empty because the image needs to be set via Python scripting.

Example 2: Face Detection with OpenCV

Example 2: Face Detection with OpenCV

Introduction

This example uses the OpenCV WebCam Python script and adds a basic face detection.

Steps to do

Open Example 1

Add the macro module developed in Example 1 to your workspace.