OpenCV 2.4 & 3.0 Cheatsheet and Differences (C++)

In this post, we’ll talk about the most common OpenCV API’s and their usage. We call this list Cheatsheet because it comes very handy as a reference when you are working on any OpenCV project.

I personally, use it all the time, thus sharing it with everyone.

Let’s begin with the Key OpenCV Classes.

Now, let’s look at the Matrix Basics:-

• Matrix Basics Create a matrix

Mat image(240, 320, CV_8UC3);

• [Re]allocate a pre-declared matrix

image.create(480, 640, CV_8UC3);

• Create a matrix initialized with a constant

Mat A33(3, 3, CV_32F, Scalar(5));

Mat B33(3, 3, CV_32F);

B33 = Scalar(5);

Mat C33 = Mat::ones(3, 3, CV_32F)*5.;

Mat D33 = Mat::zeros(3, 3, CV_32F) + 5.;

• Create a matrix initialized with specified values

double a = CV_PI/3; Mat A22 = (Mat_(2, 2) « cos(a), -sin(a), sin(a), cos(a));

float B22data[] = {cos(a), -sin(a), sin(a), cos(a)};

Mat B22 = Mat(2, 2, CV_32F, B22data).clone();

• Initialize a random matrix

randu(image, Scalar(0), Scalar(256)); // uniform dist

randn(image, Scalar(128), Scalar(10)); // Gaussian dist

• Convert matrix to/from other structures (without copying the data)

Mat image_alias = image;

float* Idata=new float[480*640*3];

Mat I(480, 640, CV_32FC3, Idata);

vector iptvec(10); Mat iP(iptvec); // iP – 10×1 CV_32SC2 matrix

IplImage* oldC0 = cvCreateImage(cvSize(320,240),16,1);

Mat newC = cvarrToMat(oldC0);

IplImage oldC1 = newC;

CvMat oldC2 = newC; … (with copying the data)

Mat newC2 = cvarrToMat(oldC0).clone();

vector ptvec = Mat_(iP);

For more info, refer to attached file.

http://docs.opencv.org/3.0-last-rst/opencv_cheatsheet.pdf

Below is a short summary on what’s new in 3.0 vs 2.4:

• Many bug fixes and patches
• opencv_contrib (http://github.com/itseez/opencv_contrib) repository has been added. A lot of new functionality is there already! opencv_contrib is only compatible with 3.0/master, not 2.4.
• T-API (transparent API) has been introduced, this is transparent GPU acceleration layer using OpenCL. It does not add any compile-time or runtime dependency of OpenCL.
• ~40 OpenCV functions have been accelerated using NEON intrinsic
• Greatly improved and extended Python & Java bindings
• Improved Android support – now OpenCV Manager is in Java and supports both 2.4 and 3.0.
• Greatly improved WinRT support, including video capturing and multi-threading capabilities.
• GSoC projects have been integrated in opencv 3.0 and opencv_contrib. Some of them are :
  • text detection
  • many computational photography algorithms (HDR, inpainting, edge-aware filters, superpixels)
  • tracking and optical flow algorithms
  • new features, including line descriptors, KAZE/AKAZE
  • general use optimization (hill climbing, linear programming)
  • greatly improved Python support, including Python 3.0 support, many new tutorials & samples on how to use OpenCV with Python.
  • 2d shape matching module and 3d surface matching module
  • RGB-D module
  • VTK-based 3D visualization module
    etc.
• Other features include:
  • biologically inspired vision module
  • DAISY features, LATCH descriptor, improved BRIEF
  • image registration module
    etc.

Hope this helps you