how to obtain a single channel value image from HSV image in opencv 2.1?

Question

I am a beginner in opencv. I am using opencv v2.1. I have converted an RGB image to HSV image. Now I want to obtain single channels Hue, Value and Saturation separately. What should I do? I have seen similar questions here but No-one answered that. Kindly help.

Answer 1

You can access the same way you were accessing for RGB image where 1st channel will be for H, 2nd channel for S and 3rd channel for V.

If you are using OpenCV 2.1, you must be using IplImage then, right? like if your HSV image is IplImage *src.

IplImage* h = cvCreateImage( cvGetSize(src), IPL_DEPTH_8U, 1 );
IplImage* s = cvCreateImage( cvGetSize(src), IPL_DEPTH_8U, 1 );
IplImage* v = cvCreateImage( cvGetSize(src), IPL_DEPTH_8U, 1 );
// Split image onto the color planes
cvSplit( src, h, s, v, NULL );

cvSplit function splits a multichannel array into several single channels. Correct me if I am wrong. I would recommend using OpenCV 2.4. It has structs like cvMat which are very easy to handle just like 2D arrays.

EDIT: If you are using Mat then you can separate the channels out easily. Let's say your hsv mat is Mat img_hsv. Then :

vector<Mat> hsv_planes;
split( img_hsv, hsv_planes );
hsv_planes[0] // H channel
hsv_planes[1] // S channel
hsv_planes[2] // V channel

See if you can work out with this.