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borromeotlhs/node-opencv

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•Updated about 11 years ago

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⁠node-opencv

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OpenCV⁠ bindings for Node.js. OpenCV is the defacto computer vision library - by interfacing with it natively in node, we get powerful real time vision in js.

People are using node-opencv to fly control quadrocoptors, detect faces from webcam images and annotate video streams. If you're using it for something cool, I'd love to hear about it!

⁠Install

You'll need OpenCV 2.3.1 or newer installed before installing node-opencv.

Then:

$ npm install opencv

⁠Examples

Run the examples from the parent directory.

⁠Face Detection
cv.readImage("./examples/files/mona.png", function(err, im){
  im.detectObject(cv.FACE_CASCADE, {}, function(err, faces){
    for (var i=0;i<faces.length; i++){
      var x = faces[i]
      im.ellipse(x.x + x.width/2, x.y + x.height/2, x.width/2, x.height/2);
    }
    im.save('./out.jpg');
  });
})

⁠API Documentation

⁠Matrix

The matrix⁠ is the most useful base datastructure in OpenCV. Things like images are just matrices of pixels.

⁠Creation
new Matrix(rows, cols)

Or if you're thinking of a Matrix as an image:

new Matrix(height, width)

Or you can use opencv to read in image files. Supported formats are in the OpenCV docs, but jpgs etc are supported.

cv.readImage(filename, function(err, mat){
  ...
})

cv.readImage(buffer, function(err, mat){
  ...
})

If you need to pipe data into an image, you can use an ImageDataStream:

var s = new cv.ImageDataStream()

s.on('load', function(matrix){
  ...
})

fs.createReadStream('./examples/files/mona.png').pipe(s);

If however, you have a series of images, and you wish to stream them into a stream of Matrices, you can use an ImageStream. Thus:

var s = new cv.ImageStream()

s.on('data', function(matrix){
   ...
})

ardrone.createPngStream().pipe(s);

Note: Each 'data' event into the ImageStream should be a complete image buffer.

⁠Accessing Data
var mat = new cv.Matrix.Eye(4,4); // Create identity matrix

mat.get(0,0) // 1

mat.row(0)  // [1,0,0,0]
mat.col(4)  // [0,0,0,1]
⁠Save
mat.save('./pic.jpg')

or:

var buff = mat.toBuffer()
⁠Image Processing
im.convertGrayscale()
im.canny(5, 300)
im.houghLinesP()
⁠Simple Drawing
im.ellipse(x, y)
im.line([x1,y1], [x2, y2])
⁠Object Detection

There is a shortcut method for Viola-Jones Haar Cascade⁠ object detection. This can be used for face detection etc.

mat.detectObject(haar_cascade_xml, opts, function(err, matches){})

For convenience in face detection, cv.FACE_CASCADE is a cascade that can be used for frontal face detection.

Also:

mat.goodFeaturesToTrack
⁠Contours
mat.findCountours
mat.drawContour
mat.drawAllContours
⁠Using Contours

findContours returns a Contours collection object, not a native array. This object provides functions for accessing, computing with, and altering the contours contained in it. See relevant source code⁠ and examples⁠

var contours = im.findContours;

// Count of contours in the Contours object
contours.size();

// Count of corners(verticies) of contour `index`
contours.cornerCount(index);

// Access vertex data of contours
for(var c = 0; c < contours.size(); ++c) {
  console.log("Contour " + c);
  for(var i = 0; i < contours.cornerCount(c); ++i) {
    var point = contours.point(c, i);
    console.log("(" + point.x + "," + point.y + ")");
  }
}

// Computations of contour `index`
contours.area(index);
contours.arcLength(index, isClosed);
contours.boundingRect(index);
contours.minAreaRect(index);
contours.isConvex(index);
contours.fitEllipse(index);

// Destructively alter contour `index`
contours.approxPolyDP(index, epsilon, isClosed);
contours.convexHull(index, clockwise);

⁠MIT License

The library is distributed under the MIT License - if for some reason that doesn't work for you please get in touch.

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