// Gets the hue/sat/val for areas that we believe are license plate characters
// Then uses that to filter the whole image and provide a mask.
void ColorFilter::findCharColors()
{
int MINIMUM_SATURATION = 45;
if (this->debug)
cout << "ColorFilter::findCharColors" << endl;
//charMask.copyTo(this->colorMask);
this->colorMask = Mat::zeros(charMask.size(), CV_8U);
bitwise_not(this->colorMask, this->colorMask);
Mat erodedCharMask(charMask.size(), CV_8U);
Mat element = getStructuringElement( 1,
Size( 2 + 1, 2+1 ),
Point( 1, 1 ) );
erode(charMask, erodedCharMask, element);
vector<vector<Point> > contours;
vector<Vec4i> hierarchy;
findContours(erodedCharMask, contours, hierarchy, CV_RETR_TREE, CV_CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE);
vector<float> hMeans, sMeans, vMeans;
vector<float> hStdDevs, sStdDevs, vStdDevs;
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < contours.size(); i++)
{
if (hierarchy[i][3] != -1)
continue;
Mat singleCharMask = Mat::zeros(hsv.size(), CV_8U);
drawContours(singleCharMask, contours,
i, // draw this contour
cv::Scalar(255,255,255), // in
CV_FILLED,
8,
hierarchy
);
// get rid of the outline by drawing a 1 pixel width black line
drawContours(singleCharMask, contours,
i, // draw this contour
cv::Scalar(0,0,0), // in
1,
8,
hierarchy
);
//drawAndWait(&singleCharMask);
Scalar mean;
Scalar stddev;
meanStdDev(hsv, mean, stddev, singleCharMask);
if (this->debug)
{
cout << "ColorFilter " << setw(3) << i << ". Mean: h: " << setw(7) << mean[0] << " s: " << setw(7) <<mean[1] << " v: " << setw(7) << mean[2]
<< " | Std: h: " << setw(7) <<stddev[0] << " s: " << setw(7) <<stddev[1] << " v: " << stddev[2] << endl;
}
if (mean[0] == 0 && mean[1] == 0 && mean[2] == 0)
continue;
hMeans.push_back(mean[0]);
sMeans.push_back(mean[1]);
vMeans.push_back(mean[2]);
hStdDevs.push_back(stddev[0]);
sStdDevs.push_back(stddev[1]);
vStdDevs.push_back(stddev[2]);
}
if (hMeans.size() == 0)
return;
int bestHueIndex = this->getMajorityOpinion(hMeans, .65, 30);
int bestSatIndex = this->getMajorityOpinion(sMeans, .65, 35);
int bestValIndex = this->getMajorityOpinion(vMeans, .65, 30);
if (sMeans[bestSatIndex] < MINIMUM_SATURATION)
return;
bool doHueFilter = false, doSatFilter = false, doValFilter = false;
float hueMin, hueMax;
float satMin, satMax;
float valMin, valMax;
if (this->debug)
cout << "ColorFilter Winning indices:" << endl;
if (bestHueIndex != -1)
{
doHueFilter = true;
hueMin = hMeans[bestHueIndex] - (2 * hStdDevs[bestHueIndex]);
hueMax = hMeans[bestHueIndex] + (2 * hStdDevs[bestHueIndex]);
if (abs(hueMin - hueMax) < 20)
{
hueMin = hMeans[bestHueIndex] - 20;
hueMax = hMeans[bestHueIndex] + 20;
}
if (hueMin < 0)
hueMin = 0;
if (hueMax > 180)
hueMax = 180;
if (this->debug)
cout << "ColorFilter Hue: " << bestHueIndex << " : " << setw(7) << hMeans[bestHueIndex] << " -- " << hueMin << "-" << hueMax << endl;
}
if (bestSatIndex != -1)
{
doSatFilter = true;
satMin = sMeans[bestSatIndex] - (2 * sStdDevs[bestSatIndex]);
satMax = sMeans[bestSatIndex] + (2 * sStdDevs[bestSatIndex]);
if (abs(satMin - satMax) < 20)
{
satMin = sMeans[bestSatIndex] - 20;
satMax = sMeans[bestSatIndex] + 20;
}
if (satMin < 0)
satMin = 0;
if (satMax > 255)
satMax = 255;
if (this->debug)
cout << "ColorFilter Sat: " << bestSatIndex << " : " << setw(7) << sMeans[bestSatIndex] << " -- " << satMin << "-" << satMax << endl;
}
if (bestValIndex != -1)
{
doValFilter = true;
valMin = vMeans[bestValIndex] - (1.5 * vStdDevs[bestValIndex]);
valMax = vMeans[bestValIndex] + (1.5 * vStdDevs[bestValIndex]);
if (abs(valMin - valMax) < 20)
{
valMin = vMeans[bestValIndex] - 20;
valMax = vMeans[bestValIndex] + 20;
}
if (valMin < 0)
valMin = 0;
if (valMax > 255)
valMax = 255;
if (this->debug)
cout << "ColorFilter Val: " << bestValIndex << " : " << setw(7) << vMeans[bestValIndex] << " -- " << valMin << "-" << valMax << endl;
}
Mat imgDebugHueOnly = Mat::zeros(hsv.size(), hsv.type());
Mat imgDebug = Mat::zeros(hsv.size(), hsv.type());
Mat imgDistanceFromCenter = Mat::zeros(hsv.size(), CV_8U);
Mat debugMask = Mat::zeros(hsv.size(), CV_8U);
bitwise_not(debugMask, debugMask);
for (int row = 0; row < charMask.rows; row++)
{
for (int col = 0; col < charMask.cols; col++)
{
int h = (int) hsv.at<Vec3b>(row, col)[0];
int s = (int) hsv.at<Vec3b>(row, col)[1];
int v = (int) hsv.at<Vec3b>(row, col)[2];
bool hPasses = true;
bool sPasses = true;
bool vPasses = true;
int vDistance = abs(v - vMeans[bestValIndex]);
imgDebugHueOnly.at<Vec3b>(row, col)[0] = h;
imgDebugHueOnly.at<Vec3b>(row, col)[1] = 255;
imgDebugHueOnly.at<Vec3b>(row, col)[2] = 255;
imgDebug.at<Vec3b>(row, col)[0] = 255;
imgDebug.at<Vec3b>(row, col)[1] = 255;
imgDebug.at<Vec3b>(row, col)[2] = 255;
if (doHueFilter && (h < hueMin || h > hueMax))
{
hPasses = false;
imgDebug.at<Vec3b>(row, col)[0] = 0;
debugMask.at<uchar>(row, col) = 0;
}
if (doSatFilter && (s < satMin || s > satMax))
{
sPasses = false;
imgDebug.at<Vec3b>(row, col)[1] = 0;
}
if (doValFilter && (v < valMin || v > valMax))
{
vPasses = false;
imgDebug.at<Vec3b>(row, col)[2] = 0;
}
//if (pixelPasses)
// colorMask.at<uchar>(row, col) = 255;
//else
//imgDebug.at<Vec3b>(row, col)[0] = hPasses & 255;
//imgDebug.at<Vec3b>(row, col)[1] = sPasses & 255;
//imgDebug.at<Vec3b>(row, col)[2] = vPasses & 255;
if ((hPasses) || (hPasses && sPasses))//(hPasses && vPasses) || (sPasses && vPasses) ||
this->colorMask.at<uchar>(row, col) = 255;
else
this->colorMask.at<uchar>(row, col) = 0;
if ((hPasses && sPasses) || (hPasses && vPasses) || (sPasses && vPasses))
{
vDistance = pow(vDistance, 0.9);
}
else
{
vDistance = pow(vDistance, 1.1);
}
if (vDistance > 255)
vDistance = 255;
imgDistanceFromCenter.at<uchar>(row, col) = vDistance;
}
}
vector<Mat> debugImagesSet;
if (this->debug)
{
debugImagesSet.push_back(addLabel(charMask, "Charecter mask"));
//debugImagesSet1.push_back(erodedCharMask);
Mat maskCopy(colorMask.size(), colorMask.type());
colorMask.copyTo(maskCopy);
debugImagesSet.push_back(addLabel(maskCopy, "color Mask Before"));
}
Mat bigElement = getStructuringElement( 1,
Size( 3 + 1, 3+1 ),
Point( 1, 1 ) );
Mat smallElement = getStructuringElement( 1,
Size( 1 + 1, 1+1 ),
Point( 1, 1 ) );
morphologyEx(this->colorMask, this->colorMask, MORPH_CLOSE, bigElement);
//dilate(this->colorMask, this->colorMask, bigElement);
Mat combined(charMask.size(), charMask.type());
bitwise_and(charMask, colorMask, combined);
if (this->debug)
{
debugImagesSet.push_back(addLabel(colorMask, "Color Mask After"));
debugImagesSet.push_back(addLabel(combined, "Combined"));
//displayImage(config, "COLOR filter Mask", colorMask);
debugImagesSet.push_back(addLabel(imgDebug, "Color filter Debug"));
cvtColor(imgDebugHueOnly, imgDebugHueOnly, CV_HSV2BGR);
debugImagesSet.push_back(addLabel(imgDebugHueOnly, "Color Filter Hue"));
equalizeHist(imgDistanceFromCenter, imgDistanceFromCenter);
debugImagesSet.push_back(addLabel(imgDistanceFromCenter, "COLOR filter Distance"));
debugImagesSet.push_back(addLabel(debugMask, "COLOR Hues off"));
Mat dashboard = drawImageDashboard(debugImagesSet, imgDebugHueOnly.type(), 3);
displayImage(config, "Color Filter Images", dashboard);
}
}
// Clear the Entity of any Components, leaving it available for reuse.
void destroyEntity ( Entity e, World * world )
{
maskCopy ( world->mask[ e ], COMPONENT_NONE );
}