connected components in OpenCV

Question

I am looking for an OpenCV function that can find connected components and perform a few tasks on them ( like getting the number of pixels, contour, list of pixels in the ob

Answer 1

Following DXM's code above which assumes 4-connected components, here is a version for 'findCC' that detects 8-connected components.

void findCC(const cv::Mat& src, std::vector& cc) {
if (src.empty()) return;
CV_Assert(src.type() == CV_8U);
cc.clear();
int total_pix = int(src.total());
int *frame_label = new int[total_pix];
DisjointSet labels(total_pix);
int *root_map = new int[total_pix];
int x, y;
const uchar* cur_p;
const uchar* prev_p = src.ptr(0);
int left_val, up_val, up_left_val, up_right_val;
int cur_idx, left_idx, up_idx, up_left_idx, up_right_idx;
cur_idx = 0;
//first logic loop
for (y = 0; y < src.rows; y++) {
    cur_p = src.ptr(y);
    for (x = 0; x < src.cols; x++, cur_idx++) {
        left_idx = cur_idx - 1;
        up_idx = cur_idx - src.size().width;
        up_left_idx = up_idx - 1;
        up_right_idx = up_idx + 1;

        if (x == 0)
        {
            left_val = 0;
        }
        else
        {
            left_val = cur_p[x - 1];
        }
        if (y == 0)
        {
            up_val = 0;
        }
        else
        {
            up_val = prev_p[x];
        }
        if (x == 0 || y == 0)
        {
            up_left_val = 0;
        }
        else
        {
            up_left_val = prev_p[x-1];
        }
        if (x == src.cols - 1 || y == 0)
        {
            up_right_val = 0;
        }
        else
        {
            up_right_val = prev_p[x+1];
        }

        if (cur_p[x] > 0) {
            //current pixel is foreground and has no connected neighbors
            if (left_val == 0 && up_val == 0 && up_left_val == 0 && up_right_val == 0) {
                frame_label[cur_idx] = (int)labels.add();
                root_map[frame_label[cur_idx]] = -1;
            }

            //Current pixel is foreground and has at least one neighbor
            else
            {
                vector frame_lbl;
                frame_lbl.reserve(4);
                //Find minimal label
                int min_frame_lbl = INT_MAX;
                int valid_entries_num = 0;

                if (left_val != 0)
                {
                    frame_lbl.push_back(frame_label[left_idx]);
                    min_frame_lbl = min(min_frame_lbl, frame_label[left_idx]);
                    valid_entries_num++;
                }
                if (up_val != 0)
                {
                    frame_lbl.push_back(frame_label[up_idx]);
                    min_frame_lbl = min(min_frame_lbl, frame_label[up_idx]);
                    valid_entries_num++;
                }
                if (up_left_val != 0)
                {
                    frame_lbl.push_back(frame_label[up_left_idx]);
                    min_frame_lbl = min(min_frame_lbl, frame_label[up_left_idx]);
                    valid_entries_num++;
                }
                if (up_right_val != 0)
                {
                    frame_lbl.push_back(frame_label[up_right_idx]);
                    min_frame_lbl = min(min_frame_lbl, frame_label[up_right_idx]);
                    valid_entries_num++;
                }

                CV_Assert(valid_entries_num > 0);
                frame_label[cur_idx] = min_frame_lbl;

                //Unite if necessary
                if (valid_entries_num > 1)
                {
                    for (size_t i = 0; i < frame_lbl.size(); i++)
                    {
                        labels.unite(frame_lbl[i], min_frame_lbl);
                    }
                }
            }

        }//endif
        else {
            frame_label[cur_idx] = -1;
        }
    } //end for x
    prev_p = cur_p;
}//end for y
//second loop logic
cur_idx = 0;
int curLabel;
int connCompIdx = 0;
for (y = 0; y < src.size().height; y++) {
    for (x = 0; x < src.size().width; x++, cur_idx++) {
        curLabel = frame_label[cur_idx];
        if (curLabel != -1) {
            curLabel = labels.find(curLabel);
            if (root_map[curLabel] != -1) {
                cc[root_map[curLabel]].addPixel(x, y);
            }
            else {
                cc.push_back(ConnectedComponent(x, y));
                root_map[curLabel] = connCompIdx;
                connCompIdx++;
            }
        }
    }//end for x
}//end for y

//Free up allocated memory
delete[] frame_label;
delete[] root_map;

}