• Overview
• Start screen
• How to use

Please note that it is not included in Python and Java versions of OpenRTM-aist. On Linux, build and install it according toOpenCV Sample Code Build Procedure

Overview

By starting ImageSubtraction component, the background image is extracted from the input image, the foreground image part is output as a mask image and the background image is output. Used with OpenCVCamera and CameraViewer component. (Note that this component currently does not work properly in a Windows environment, so please use it in Linux (Ubuntu 18.04) environment.)

Start screen

How to use

ImageSubtraction is a component for extracting the background image from the input image. Here, it is used together with OpenCVCamera for capturing images from USB Camera and CameraViewer component for displaying processed images.

• Procedure (The following is the procedure on Ubuntu 18.04.)
  • Open a new terminal.
  • Install the sample code according to the above [[OpenCV sample code build procedure for Linux>//node/6974].
  • Start OpenRTP according to OpenRTP and start RTSystemEditor, and display RTC in Name Service View. Open a new SystemEditor. See RTSystemEditor details on how to use RTSystemEditor
  • Open a new terminal.
  • Create rtc1.conf, rtc2.conf, rtc3.conf by the following steps.  $ cp rtc.conf rtc1.conf  $ cp rtc.conf rtc2.conf  $ cp rtc.conf rtc3.conf
  • Open an editor software to edit each "rtc?.conf" and add the following line to the end of the each files.  naming.formats:% h.host_cxt/CameraViewer?.rtc  (Where "?" Is the number "1", "2", "3")
  • Start a new terminal and input the following commands

     $ cd ImageProcessing/opencv/bin
     $ ./CameraViewerComp

  • Repeat to start a new terminal and execute CameraViewerComp with adding "-f rtc1.conf", "-f rtc2.conf", and "-f rtc3.conf" option. Then, you will see 4 CameraViewer screen.
  • Start another terminal and start OpenCVCamera component by inputing following commands.

     $ cd ImageProcessing/opencv/bin
     $ ./OpenCVCameraComp

  • Start Terminal again to launch ImageSubtraction component.

     $ cd ImageProcessing/opencv/bin
     $ ./ImageSubtractionComp

  • Click [>] in the Name Service view on the RTSystemEditor screen and confirm that the components "CameraView0", "CameraViewer1", "CameraViewer2", "CameraViewe3", "OpenCVCamera", and "ImageSubtraction" are displayed.
  • Click [Open New System Editor] button at the top of RTSystemEditor to open a new System Editor and display [System Dialgram] newly.
  • Drag and drop the above five components onto the System Diagram.
  • Connect the ports of each component as shown below.
    
    Execution example of ImageSubtraction component

• Right-click on any component and select [Activate Systems].
• Display the CameraViewer screens by adjusting the positions of the windows like the following.
  
  ImageSubtraction Outputs

• When you move the mouse out of the "capture_image" window, the background image is captured at that timing and displayed it on the back_image. Check what happens to the other screens as well.   The following can be set as configuration parameters.