I am able to detect the largest square/rectangle (in green) in an image. However, I want to convert the largest square/rectangle detected in the image into a new image (to be stored in a new Mat).
Here's the return image of this function that has the largest rectangle/square on it: http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9308/nn4w.png
Here is my code so far:
private Mat findLargestRectangle(Mat original_image) {
Mat imgSource = original_image;
//convert the image to black and white
Imgproc.cvtColor(imgSource, imgSource, Imgproc.COLOR_BGR2GRAY);
//convert the image to black and white does (8 bit)
Imgproc.Canny(imgSource, imgSource, 50, 50);
//apply gaussian blur to smoothen lines of dots
Imgproc.GaussianBlur(imgSource, imgSource, new Size(5, 5), 5);
//find the contours
List<MatOfPoint> contours = new ArrayList<MatOfPoint>();
Imgproc.findContours(imgSource, contours, new Mat(), Imgproc.RETR_LIST, Imgproc.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE);
double maxArea = -1;
int maxAreaIdx = -1;
MatOfPoint temp_contour = contours.get(0); //the largest is at the index 0 for starting point
MatOfPoint2f approxCurve = new MatOfPoint2f();
Mat largest_contour = contours.get(0);
List<MatOfPoint> largest_contours = new ArrayList<MatOfPoint>();
for (int idx = 0; idx < contours.size(); idx++) {
temp_contour = contours.get(idx);
double contourarea = Imgproc.contourArea(temp_contour);
//compare this contour to the previous largest contour found
if (contourarea > maxArea) {
//check if this contour is a square
MatOfPoint2f new_mat = new MatOfPoint2f( temp_contour.toArray() );
int contourSize = (int)temp_contour.total();
Imgproc.approxPolyDP(new_mat, approxCurve, contourSize*0.05, true);
if (approxCurve.total() == 4) {
maxArea = contourarea;
maxAreaIdx = idx;
largest_contours.add(temp_contour);
largest_contour = temp_contour;
}
}
}
MatOfPoint temp_largest = largest_contours.get(largest_contours.size()-1);
largest_contours = new ArrayList<MatOfPoint>();
largest_contours.add(temp_largest);
Imgproc.cvtColor(imgSource, imgSource, Imgproc.COLOR_BayerBG2RGB);
Imgproc.drawContours(imgSource, largest_contours, -1, new Scalar(0, 255, 0), 1);
//create the new image here using the largest detected square
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Largest Contour: ", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
return imgSource;
}
The variable largest_contours is a list of MatOfPoint but only contains the largest contour, also stored in largest_contour variable. How can I possible make a new image from the largest contour?
I am using OpenCV in Android and there are few tutorials for detecting images but not exactly on how to use Imgproc.warpPerspective()
Thanks!