OpenCV warpperspective

Question

For some reason whenever I use OpenCV\'s warpPerspective() function, the final warped image does not contain everything in the original image. The left part of the image see

Answer 1

Try the below homography_warp.

void homography_warp(const cv::Mat& src, const cv::Mat& H, cv::Mat& dst);

src is the source image.

H is your homography.

dst is the warped image.

homography_warp adjust your homography as described by https://stackoverflow.com/users/1060066/matt-freeman in his answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/8229116/15485

// Convert a vector of non-homogeneous 2D points to a vector of homogenehous 2D points.
void to_homogeneous(const std::vector< cv::Point2f >& non_homogeneous, std::vector< cv::Point3f >& homogeneous)
{
    homogeneous.resize(non_homogeneous.size());
    for (size_t i = 0; i < non_homogeneous.size(); i++) {
        homogeneous[i].x = non_homogeneous[i].x;
        homogeneous[i].y = non_homogeneous[i].y;
        homogeneous[i].z = 1.0;
    }
}

// Convert a vector of homogeneous 2D points to a vector of non-homogenehous 2D points.
void from_homogeneous(const std::vector< cv::Point3f >& homogeneous, std::vector< cv::Point2f >& non_homogeneous)
{
    non_homogeneous.resize(homogeneous.size());
    for (size_t i = 0; i < non_homogeneous.size(); i++) {
        non_homogeneous[i].x = homogeneous[i].x / homogeneous[i].z;
        non_homogeneous[i].y = homogeneous[i].y / homogeneous[i].z;
    }
}

// Transform a vector of 2D non-homogeneous points via an homography.
std::vector transform_via_homography(const std::vector& points, const cv::Matx33f& homography)
{
    std::vector ph;
    to_homogeneous(points, ph);
    for (size_t i = 0; i < ph.size(); i++) {
        ph[i] = homography*ph[i];
    }
    std::vector r;
    from_homogeneous(ph, r);
    return r;
}

// Find the bounding box of a vector of 2D non-homogeneous points.
cv::Rect_ bounding_box(const std::vector& p)
{
    cv::Rect_ r;
    float x_min = std::min_element(p.begin(), p.end(), [](const cv::Point2f& lhs, const cv::Point2f& rhs) {return lhs.x < rhs.x; })->x;
    float x_max = std::max_element(p.begin(), p.end(), [](const cv::Point2f& lhs, const cv::Point2f& rhs) {return lhs.x < rhs.x; })->x;
    float y_min = std::min_element(p.begin(), p.end(), [](const cv::Point2f& lhs, const cv::Point2f& rhs) {return lhs.y < rhs.y; })->y;
    float y_max = std::max_element(p.begin(), p.end(), [](const cv::Point2f& lhs, const cv::Point2f& rhs) {return lhs.y < rhs.y; })->y;
    return cv::Rect_(x_min, y_min, x_max - x_min, y_max - y_min);
}

// Warp the image src into the image dst through the homography H.
// The resulting dst image contains the entire warped image, this
// behaviour is the same of Octave's imperspectivewarp (in the 'image'
// package) behaviour when the argument bbox is equal to 'loose'.
// See http://octave.sourceforge.net/image/function/imperspectivewarp.html
void homography_warp(const cv::Mat& src, const cv::Mat& H, cv::Mat& dst)
{
    std::vector< cv::Point2f > corners;
    corners.push_back(cv::Point2f(0, 0));
    corners.push_back(cv::Point2f(src.cols, 0));
    corners.push_back(cv::Point2f(0, src.rows));
    corners.push_back(cv::Point2f(src.cols, src.rows));

    std::vector< cv::Point2f > projected = transform_via_homography(corners, H);
    cv::Rect_ bb = bounding_box(projected);

    cv::Mat_ translation = (cv::Mat_(3, 3) << 1, 0, -bb.tl().x, 0, 1, -bb.tl().y, 0, 0, 1);

    cv::warpPerspective(src, dst, translation*H, bb.size());
}