OpenCV C++, getting Region Of Interest (ROI) using cv::Mat

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vprasad picture vprasad · Jul 4, 2011 · Viewed 72.4k times · Source

I'm very new to OpenCV (started using it two days ago), I'm trying to cut a hand image from a depth image got from Kinect, I need the hand image for gesture recognition. I have the image as a cv::Mat type. My questions are:

  1. Is there a way to convert cv::Mat to cvMat so that I can use cvGetSubRect method to get the Region of interest?
  2. Are there any methods in cv::Mat that I can use for getting the part of the image?

I wanted to use IplImage but I read somewhere that cv::Mat is the preferred way now.

Answer

Michael Koval picture Michael Koval · Jul 4, 2011

You can use the overloaded function call operator on the cv::Mat:

cv::Mat img = ...;
cv::Mat subImg = img(cv::Range(0, 100), cv::Range(0, 100));

Check the OpenCV documentation for more information and for the overloaded function that takes a cv::Rect. Note that using this form of slicing creates a new matrix header, but does not copy the data.

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