\emph{The OpenCV C++ reference manual is here: \url{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/}. Use \textbf{Quick Search} to find descriptions of the particular functions and classes}
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/basic_structures.html\#Mat::copyTo}{src.copyTo(dst)}}& Copy matrix to another one \\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/basic_structures.html\#Mat::convertTo}{src.convertTo(dst,type,scale,shift)}}&\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Scale and convert to another datatype \\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/basic_structures.html\#Mat::clone}{m.clone()}}& Make deep copy of a matrix \\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/basic_structures.html\#Mat::reshape}{m.reshape(nch,nrows)}}& Change matrix dimensions and/or number of channels without copying data \\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/basic_structures.html\#Mat::repeat}{m.repeat(ny,nx)}}& Make a bigger matrix from a smaller one \\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/operations_on_arrays.html\#cv-flip}{flip(src,dst,dir)}}& Reverse the order of matrix rows and/or columns \\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/operations_on_arrays.html\#cv-split}{split(...)}}& Split multi-channel matrix into separate channels \\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/operations_on_arrays.html\#cv-merge}{merge(...)}}& Make a multi-channel matrix out of the separate channels \\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/operations_on_arrays.html\#cv-mixchannels}{mixChannels(...)}}& Generalized form of split() and merge() \\
For some operations a more convenient \href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/basic_structures.html#matrix-expressions}{algebraic notation} can be used, for example:
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/image_filtering.html\#cv-erode}{erode()}}, \texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/image_filtering.html\#cv-dilate}{dilate()}}& Erode or dilate the image \\
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Exa\=mple. Filter image in-place with a 3x3 high-pass filter\\
\> (preserve negative responses by shifting the result by 128):\\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/geometric_image_transformations.html\#cv-convertmaps}{convertMaps()}}& Optimize maps for a faster remap() execution\\
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Example. Decimate image by factor of $\sqrt{2}$:\\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/miscellaneous_image_transformations.html\#cvtColor}{cvtColor()}}& Convert image from one color space to another \\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/miscellaneous_image_transformations.html\#threshold}{threshold()}}, \texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/miscellaneous_image_transformations.html\#adaptivethreshold}{adaptivethreshold()}}& Convert grayscale image to binary image using a fixed or a variable threshold \\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/miscellaneous_image_transformations.html\#floodfill}{floodFill()}}& Find a connected component using region growing algorithm\\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/miscellaneous_image_transformations.html\#floodfill}{integral()}}& Compute integral image \\
See the samples \texttt{\href{https://code.ros.org/svn/opencv/trunk/opencv/samples/c/watershed.cpp}{watershed.cpp}} and \texttt{\href{https://code.ros.org/svn/opencv/trunk/opencv/samples/c/grabcut.c}{grabcut.cpp}}.
See \texttt{\href{https://code.ros.org/svn/opencv/trunk/opencv/samples/cpp/contours.cpp}{contours.cpp}} and \texttt{\href{https://code.ros.org/svn/opencv/trunk/opencv/samples/c/squares.c}{squares.c}}
samples on what are the contours and how to use them.
\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/xml_yaml_persistence.html\#filestorage}{XML/YAML storages} are collections (possibly nested) of scalar values, structures and heterogeneous lists.
\emph{Scalars (integers, floating-point numbers, text strings), matrices, STL vectors of scalars and some other types can be written to the file storages using \texttt{<<} operator}
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\textbf{Re}\=\textbf{ading the data back}\\
\texttt{// Type of the file is determined from the content}\\
\texttt{FileNodeIterator it = tm["lbp"].begin();}\\
\texttt{for(int k = 0; k < 8; k++, ++it)}\\
\>\texttt{lbp\_val |= ((int)*it) << k;}\\
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\emph{Scalars are read using the corresponding FileNode's cast operators. Matrices and some other types are read using \texttt{>>} operator. Lists can be read using FileNodeIterator's.}
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\textbf{Wr}\=\textbf{iting and reading raster images}\\
\emph{The functions can read/write images in the following formats: \textbf{BMP (.bmp), JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg), TIFF (.tif, .tiff), PNG (.png), PBM/PGM/PPM (.p?m), Sun Raster (.sr), JPEG 2000 (.jp2)}. Every format supports 8-bit, 1- or 3-channel images. Some formats (PNG, JPEG 2000) support 16 bits per channel.}
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/user_interface.html\#cv-waitKey}{waitKey(delay)}}& Wait for a key press during the specified time interval (or forever). Process events while waiting. \emph{Do not forget to call this function several times a second in your code.}\\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/user_interface.html\#cv-createTrackbar}{createTrackbar(...)}}& Add trackbar (slider) to the specified window \\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/user_interface.html\#cv-setmousecallback}{setMouseCallback(...)}}&\ \ Set the callback on mouse clicks and movements in the specified window \\
See \texttt{\href{https://code.ros.org/svn/opencv/trunk/opencv/samples/c/camshiftdemo.c}{camshiftdemo.c}} and other \href{https://code.ros.org/svn/opencv/trunk/opencv/samples/}{OpenCV samples} on how to use the GUI functions.
\section{Camera Calibration, Pose Estimation and Depth Estimation}
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/camera_calibration_and_3d_reconstruction.html\#cv-calibratecamera}{calibrateCamera()}}& Calibrate camera from several views of a calibration pattern. \\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/camera_calibration_and_3d_reconstruction.html\#cv-solvepnp}{solvePnP()}}& Find the object pose from the known projections of its feature points. \\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/camera_calibration_and_3d_reconstruction.html\#cv-stereorectify}{stereoRectify()}}& Compute the rectification transforms for a calibrated stereo camera.\\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/camera_calibration_and_3d_reconstruction.html\#cv-StereoBM}{StereoBM}}, \texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/camera_calibration_and_3d_reconstruction.html\#cv-StereoSGBM}{StereoSGBM}}& The stereo correspondence engines to be run on rectified stereo pairs.\\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/camera_calibration_and_3d_reconstruction.html\#cv-reprojectimageto3d}{reprojectImageTo3D()}}& Convert disparity map to 3D point cloud.\\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/camera_calibration_and_3d_reconstruction.html\#cv-findhomography}{findHomography()}}& Find best-fit perspective transformation between two 2D point sets. \\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/object_detection.html\#matchTemplate}{matchTemplate}}& Compute proximity map for given template.\\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/object_detection.html\#CascadeClassifier}{CascadeClassifier}}& Viola's Cascade of Boosted classifiers using Haar or LBP features. Suits for detecting faces, facial features and some other objects without diverse textures. See \texttt{\href{https://code.ros.org/svn/opencv/trunk/opencv/samples/c/facedetect.cpp}{facedetect.cpp}}\\
\texttt{\href{http://opencv.willowgarage.com/documentation/cpp/object_detection.html\#HOGDescriptor}{HOGDescriptor}}& N. Dalal's object detector using Histogram-of-Oriented-Gradients (HOG) features. Suits for detecting people, cars and other objects with well-defined silhouettes. See \texttt{\href{https://code.ros.org/svn/opencv/trunk/opencv/samples/c/peopledetect.cpp}{peopledetect.cpp}}\\