/* * Copyright (c) 2014 New Designs Unlimited, LLC * Opensource Automated License Plate Recognition [http://www.openalpr.com] * * This file is part of OpenAlpr. * * OpenAlpr is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License * version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Affero General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License * along with this program. If not, see . */ #include "detectormorph.h" using namespace cv; using namespace std; namespace alpr { DetectorMorph::DetectorMorph(Config* config) : Detector(config) { this->loaded = true; } DetectorMorph::~DetectorMorph() { } vector DetectorMorph::detect(Mat frame, std::vector regionsOfInterest) { Mat frame_gray; cvtColor(frame, frame_gray, CV_BGR2GRAY); vector detectedRegions; for (int i = 0; i < regionsOfInterest.size(); i++) { Mat img_sobel, edges, img_open, img_result; Mat element = getStructuringElement(MORPH_RECT, Size(30, 4)); morphologyEx(frame_gray, img_open, CV_MOP_OPEN, element, cv::Point(-1, -1)); img_result = frame_gray - img_open; if (config->debugShowImages) { imshow("Opening", img_result); } //threshold image using otsu thresholding Mat img_threshold, img_open2; threshold(img_result, img_threshold, 0, 255, CV_THRESH_OTSU + CV_THRESH_BINARY); if (config->debugShowImages) { imshow("Threshold Detector", img_threshold); } Mat circularElement = getStructuringElement(cv::MORPH_ELLIPSE, Size(5, 5)); morphologyEx(img_threshold, img_open2, CV_MOP_OPEN, circularElement, cv::Point(-1, -1)); Mat rectElement = getStructuringElement(cv::MORPH_RECT, Size(20, 4)); morphologyEx(img_open2, img_threshold, CV_MOP_CLOSE, rectElement, cv::Point(-1, -1)); if (config->debugShowImages) { imshow("Close", img_threshold); waitKey(0); } //Find contours of possibles plates vector< vector< Point> > contours; findContours(img_threshold, contours, // a vector of contours CV_RETR_EXTERNAL, // retrieve the external contours CV_CHAIN_APPROX_NONE); // all pixels of each contours //Start to iterate to each contour founded vector >::iterator itc = contours.begin(); vector rects; //Remove patch that are no inside limits of aspect ratio and area. while (itc != contours.end()) { //Create bounding rect of object RotatedRect mr = minAreaRect(Mat(*itc)); if (!CheckSizes(mr)) itc = contours.erase(itc); else { ++itc; if (itc == contours.end()) continue; rects.push_back(mr); } } //Now prunning based on checking all candidate plates for a min/max number of blobs Mat img_crop, img_crop_b; vector< vector< Point> > plateBlobs; for (int i = 0; i < rects.size(); i++) { RotatedRect PlateRect = rects[i]; Size rect_size = PlateRect.size; //Crop area around candidate plate getRectSubPix(frame_gray, rect_size, PlateRect.center, img_crop); //Thresholding threshold(img_crop, img_crop_b, 0, 255, cv::THRESH_BINARY_INV + cv::THRESH_OTSU); findContours(img_crop_b, plateBlobs, // a vector of contours CV_RETR_EXTERNAL, // retrieve the external contours CV_CHAIN_APPROX_NONE); // all pixels of each contours int numBlobs = plateBlobs.size(); //If too much or too little might not be a true plate if (numBlobs < 3 || numBlobs > 20) continue; PlateRegion PlateReg; PlateReg.rect = PlateRect.boundingRect(); detectedRegions.push_back(PlateReg); } } return detectedRegions; } bool DetectorMorph::CheckSizes(RotatedRect& mr) { float error = 1.2; float aspect = config->plateWidthMM / config->plateHeightMM; //Set a min and max area. All other patchs are discarded int min = 10 * aspect * 10; // minimum area int max = 100 * aspect * 100; // maximum area //Get only patchs that match to a respect ratio. float rmin = 3.0; float rmax = 7.0; int area = mr.size.height * mr.size.width; float r = (float)mr.size.width / (float)mr.size.height; if (r<1) r = (float)mr.size.height / (float)mr.size.width; if ((area < min || area > max) || (r < rmin || r > rmax) || (mr.size.width < 20 || mr.size.width > 300) ) return false; else return true; } }