opencv/modules/legacy/doc/motion_analysis.rst

Motion Analysis
===============

.. highlight:: cpp


CalcOpticalFlowBM
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Calculates the optical flow for two images by using the block matching method.

.. ocv:cfunction:: void cvCalcOpticalFlowBM( const CvArr* prev, const CvArr* curr, CvSize block_size, CvSize shift_size, CvSize max_range, int use_previous, CvArr* velx, CvArr* vely )

.. ocv:pyoldfunction:: cv.CalcOpticalFlowBM(prev, curr, blockSize, shiftSize, max_range, usePrevious, velx, vely)-> None

        :param prev: First image, 8-bit, single-channel

        :param curr: Second image, 8-bit, single-channel

        :param blockSize: Size of basic blocks that are compared

        :param shiftSize: Block coordinate increments

        :param maxRange: Size of the scanned neighborhood in pixels around the block

        :param usePrevious: Flag that specifies whether to use the input velocity as initial approximations or not.

        :param velx: Horizontal component of the optical flow of

            .. math::

                \left \lfloor   \frac{\texttt{prev->width} - \texttt{blockSize.width}}{\texttt{shiftSize.width}}   \right \rfloor \times \left \lfloor   \frac{\texttt{prev->height} - \texttt{blockSize.height}}{\texttt{shiftSize.height}}   \right \rfloor

            size, 32-bit floating-point, single-channel

        :param vely: Vertical component of the optical flow of the same size  ``velx`` , 32-bit floating-point, single-channel


The function calculates the optical flow for overlapped blocks ``blockSize.width x blockSize.height`` pixels each, thus the velocity fields are smaller than the original images. For every block in  ``prev``
the functions tries to find a similar block in ``curr`` in some neighborhood of the original block or shifted by ``(velx(x0,y0), vely(x0,y0))`` block as has been calculated by previous function call (if ``usePrevious=1``)


CalcOpticalFlowHS
-----------------
Calculates the optical flow for two images using Horn-Schunck algorithm.

.. ocv:cfunction:: void cvCalcOpticalFlowHS(const CvArr* prev, const CvArr* curr, int use_previous, CvArr* velx, CvArr* vely, double lambda, CvTermCriteria criteria)

.. ocv:pyoldfunction:: cv.CalcOpticalFlowHS(prev, curr, usePrevious, velx, vely, lambda, criteria)-> None

    :param prev: First image, 8-bit, single-channel

    :param curr: Second image, 8-bit, single-channel

    :param usePrevious: Flag that specifies whether to use the input velocity as initial approximations or not.

    :param velx: Horizontal component of the optical flow of the same size as input images, 32-bit floating-point, single-channel

    :param vely: Vertical component of the optical flow of the same size as input images, 32-bit floating-point, single-channel

    :param lambda: Smoothness weight. The larger it is, the smoother optical flow map you get.

    :param criteria: Criteria of termination of velocity computing

The function computes the flow for every pixel of the first input image using the Horn and Schunck algorithm [Horn81]_. The function is obsolete. To track sparse features, use :ocv:func:`calcOpticalFlowPyrLK`. To track all the pixels, use :ocv:func:`calcOpticalFlowFarneback`.


CalcOpticalFlowLK
-----------------

Calculates the optical flow for two images using Lucas-Kanade algorithm.

.. ocv:cfunction:: void cvCalcOpticalFlowLK( const CvArr* prev, const CvArr* curr, CvSize win_size, CvArr* velx, CvArr* vely )

.. ocv:pyoldfunction:: cv.CalcOpticalFlowLK(prev, curr, winSize, velx, vely)-> None

    :param prev: First image, 8-bit, single-channel

    :param curr: Second image, 8-bit, single-channel

    :param winSize: Size of the averaging window used for grouping pixels

    :param velx: Horizontal component of the optical flow of the same size as input images, 32-bit floating-point, single-channel

    :param vely: Vertical component of the optical flow of the same size as input images, 32-bit floating-point, single-channel

The function computes the flow for every pixel of the first input image using the Lucas and Kanade algorithm [Lucas81]_. The function is obsolete. To track sparse features, use :ocv:func:`calcOpticalFlowPyrLK`. To track all the pixels, use :ocv:func:`calcOpticalFlowFarneback`.