I\'ll explain the question using an Opencv source code:
cv::Mat originalMat( 10, 10, CV_32FC2 ); cv::Mat subMat = originalMat(cv::Rect(0, 0, 5, 5))); <
cv::Mat originalMat( 10, 10, CV_32FC2 ); cv::Mat subMat = originalMat(cv::Rect(0, 0, 5, 5)));