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Hand posture detection with OpenCV.
#!/usr/bin/env python
import cv2
import numpy as np
def main():
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
while(cap.isOpened()):
ret, img = cap.read()
skinMask = HSVBin(img)
contours = getContours(skinMask)
cv2.drawContours(img, contours, -1, (0, 255, 0), 2)
cv2.imshow('capture', img)
k = cv2.waitKey(10)
if k == 27:
break
def getContours(img):
kernel = np.ones((5,5),np.uint8)
closed = cv2.morphologyEx(img, cv2.MORPH_OPEN, kernel)
closed = cv2.morphologyEx(closed, cv2.MORPH_CLOSE, kernel)
contours, h = cv2.findContours(closed, cv2.RETR_TREE,cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
validContours = [];
for cont in contours:
if cv2.contourArea(cont) > 9000:
# x,y,w,h = cv2.boundingRect(cont)
# if h/w > 0.75:
validContours.append(cv2.convexHull(cont))
# rect = cv2.minAreaRect(cont)
# box = cv2.cv.BoxPoints(rect)
# validContours.append(np.int0(box))
return validContours
def HSVBin(img):
hsv = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_RGB2HSV)
lower_skin = np.array([100, 50, 0])
upper_skin = np.array([125, 255, 255])
mask = cv2.inRange(hsv, lower_skin, upper_skin)
# res = cv2.bitwise_and(img, img, mask=mask)
return mask
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
@alexhwoods
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Awesome program!!!

@rainyear
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rainyear commented Jul 3, 2015

😊

@rodricios
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Very cool! Thanks for the contribution!

@ethanhs
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ethanhs commented Jul 3, 2015

Very awesome, thanks!

@DeflateAwning
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It looks neat, but it's too bad there aren't better comments for people just skimming

@Angusbob
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Angusbob commented Apr 1, 2017

When I run this code Line 21 has reported an error that too many values to unpack

@niksrajendra
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you should increase one parameter contour,h,hierarchi @Angusbob

@niksrajendra
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for opencv 3 or greater

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