Creating Bounding boxes and circles for contours {#tutorial_bounding_rects_circles}
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| Original author | Ana Huamán |
| Compatibility | OpenCV >= 3.0 |

Goal
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In this tutorial you will learn how to:

-   Use the OpenCV function @ref cv::boundingRect
-   Use the OpenCV function @ref cv::minEnclosingCircle

Theory
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Code
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@include samples/cpp/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/generalContours_demo1.cpp
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This tutorial code's is shown lines below. You can also download it from
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@include samples/java/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/GeneralContoursDemo1.java
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This tutorial code's is shown lines below. You can also download it from
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@include samples/python/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/generalContours_demo1.py
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Explanation
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The main function is rather simple, as follows from the comments we do the following:
-   Open the image, convert it into grayscale and blur it to get rid of the noise.

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@snippet samples/cpp/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/generalContours_demo1.cpp setup
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@snippet samples/java/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/GeneralContoursDemo1.java setup
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@snippet samples/python/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/generalContours_demo1.py setup
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-  Create a window with header "Source" and display the source file in it.

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@snippet samples/cpp/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/generalContours_demo1.cpp createWindow
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@snippet samples/java/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/GeneralContoursDemo1.java createWindow
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@snippet samples/python/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/generalContours_demo1.py createWindow
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-  Create a trackbar on the `source_window` and assign a callback function to it.
   In general callback functions are used to react to some kind of signal, in our
   case it's trackbar's state change.
   Explicit one-time call of `thresh_callback` is necessary to display
   the "Contours" window simultaniously with the "Source" window.

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@snippet samples/cpp/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/generalContours_demo1.cpp trackbar
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@snippet samples/java/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/GeneralContoursDemo1.java trackbar
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@snippet samples/python/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/generalContours_demo1.py trackbar
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The callback function does all the interesting job.

-  Use @ref cv::Canny to detect edges in the images.

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@snippet samples/cpp/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/generalContours_demo1.cpp Canny
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@snippet samples/java/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/GeneralContoursDemo1.java Canny
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@snippet samples/python/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/generalContours_demo1.py Canny
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-  Finds contours and saves them to the vectors `contour` and `hierarchy`.

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@snippet samples/cpp/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/generalContours_demo1.cpp findContours
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@snippet samples/java/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/GeneralContoursDemo1.java findContours
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@snippet samples/python/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/generalContours_demo1.py findContours
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-  For every found contour we now apply approximation to polygons
   with accuracy +-3 and stating that the curve must be closed.
   After that we find a bounding rect for every polygon and save it to `boundRect`.
   At last we find a minimum enclosing circle for every polygon and
   save it to `center` and `radius` vectors.

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@snippet samples/cpp/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/generalContours_demo1.cpp allthework
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@snippet samples/java/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/GeneralContoursDemo1.java allthework
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@snippet samples/python/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/generalContours_demo1.py allthework
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We found everything we need, all we have to do is to draw.

-  Create new Mat of unsigned 8-bit chars, filled with zeros.
   It will contain all the drawings we are going to make (rects and circles).

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@snippet samples/cpp/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/generalContours_demo1.cpp zeroMat
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@snippet samples/java/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/GeneralContoursDemo1.java zeroMat
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@snippet samples/python/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/generalContours_demo1.py zeroMat
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-  For every contour: pick a random color, draw the contour, the bounding rectangle and
   the minimal enclosing circle with it.

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@snippet samples/cpp/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/generalContours_demo1.cpp forContour
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@snippet samples/java/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/GeneralContoursDemo1.java forContour
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@snippet samples/python/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/generalContours_demo1.py forContour
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-  Display the results: create a new window "Contours" and show everything we added to drawings on it.

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@snippet samples/cpp/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/generalContours_demo1.cpp showDrawings
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@snippet samples/java/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/GeneralContoursDemo1.java showDrawings
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@snippet samples/python/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rects_circles/generalContours_demo1.py showDrawings
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Result
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Here it is:
![](images/Bounding_Rects_Circles_Source_Image.jpg)
![](images/Bounding_Rects_Circles_Result.jpg)
