Smallcv
Lightweight Mat and imread()/imwrite()/imshow()
Install / Use
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SmallCV
Small Computer Vision Library.
Features
- Lightweight
- [x] C++11 based
- [x] Not including optimization
- Conformance
- [x] API like OpenCV
- [x] Same result on PC and Android
APIs
Supported:
Matimread()/imwrite()/imshow()/waitKey()cvtColor()/resize()putText()/rectangle()/circle()/line()
Not supported:
Mat::clone()saturate_castparallel_for_operator Point_<Tp2>
Getting Started
To build this project, you are assumed:
- Familiar with CMake based C/C++ building
- Install glfw for
imshow(). See deps/glfw_build for build hints. - Modify cmake/deps.cmake to specify dependencies paths.
cd build
./linux-x64.sh # Linux build
./Xcode.sh # macOSX build
.\vs2019-x64.cmd # Windows build
Example Usage
#include <string>
#include "smallcv.hpp"
int main() {
std::string image_path = "mingren.jpg";
cv::Mat image = cv::imread(image_path);
cv::Rect rect(100, 100, 233, 233);
cv::rectangle(image, rect, cv::Scalar(0,0,255), 2);
cv::imshow("mingren", image);
cv::waitKey(0);
cv::imwrite("mingren_swap.bmp", image);
return 0;
}

#include <string>
#include "smallcv.hpp"
int main()
{
std::string image_path = "mingren.jpg";
//std::string image_path = "E:/projects/arccv/smallcv/build/vs2019-x64/mingren.jpg";
cv::Mat image = cv::imread(image_path);
cv::Rect rect(100, 100, 233, 233);
cv::rectangle(image, rect, cv::Scalar(0,0,255), 2);
cv::Mat bigger_image;
cv::Size ssize = image.size();
cv::Size dsize = ssize * 2;
cv::resize(image, bigger_image, dsize);
cv::Mat gray;
cv::cvtColor(image, gray, cv::COLOR_BGR2GRAY);
cv::putText(image, "image", cv::Point(60, 60), 10, 1, cv::Scalar(255, 0, 0), 2);
cv::putText(bigger_image, "bigger image", cv::Point(60, 60), 10, 1, cv::Scalar(255, 0, 0), 2);
cv::putText(gray, "gray", cv::Point(60, 60), 10, 1, cv::Scalar(255, 0, 0), 2);
cv::imshow("mingren", image);
cv::imshow("bigger image", bigger_image);
cv::imshow("gray", gray);
cv::waitKey(0);
cv::imwrite("image.png", image);
cv::imwrite("bigger_image.png", bigger_image);
cv::imwrite("gray.png", gray);
}

Acknowledgement
SmallCV referenced the following projects:
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