Creating Bounding rotated boxes and ellipses for contours {#tutorial_bounding_rotated_ellipses}
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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::minAreaRect
-   Use the OpenCV function @ref cv::fitEllipse

Theory
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Code
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This tutorial code's is shown lines below. You can also download it from
[here](https://github.com/opencv/opencv/tree/master/samples/cpp/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/generalContours_demo2.cpp)
@include samples/cpp/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/generalContours_demo2.cpp
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This tutorial code's is shown lines below. You can also download it from
[here](https://github.com/opencv/opencv/tree/master/samples/java/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rotated_ellipses/GeneralContoursDemo2.java)
@include samples/java/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rotated_ellipses/GeneralContoursDemo2.java
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This tutorial code's is shown lines below. You can also download it from
[here](https://github.com/opencv/opencv/tree/master/samples/python/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rotated_ellipses/generalContours_demo2.py)
@include samples/python/tutorial_code/ShapeDescriptors/bounding_rotated_ellipses/generalContours_demo2.py
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Explanation
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Result
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Here it is:
![](images/Bounding_Rotated_Ellipses_Source_Image.jpg)
![](images/Bounding_Rotated_Ellipses_Result.jpg)
