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OpenCV 3 Computer Vision with Python Cookbook

You're reading from   OpenCV 3 Computer Vision with Python Cookbook Leverage the power of OpenCV 3 and Python to build computer vision applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788474443
Length 306 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Aleksandr Rybnikov Aleksandr Rybnikov
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. I/O and GUI FREE CHAPTER 2. Matrices, Colors, and Filters 3. Contours and Segmentation 4. Object Detection and Machine Learning 5. Deep Learning 6. Linear Algebra 7. Detectors and Descriptors 8. Image and Video Processing 9. Multiple View Geometry 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

Image segmentation using the k-means algorithm

Sometimes, the color of pixels in an image can help determine where semantically close areas are. For example, road surfaces, in some circumstances, may have almost the same color. By color, we can find all road pixels. But what if we don't know the color of the road? Here, the k-means clustering algorithm comes into play. This algorithm only needs to know how many clusters are in an image, or, in other words, how many clusters we want an image to have. With this information, it can automatically find the best clusters. In this recipe, we will consider how k-means image segmentation can be applied using OpenCV.

Getting ready

Install the OpenCV 3.x Python API package and the...

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