python: 'cv2.' -> 'cv.' via 'import cv2 as cv'

doc/js_tutorials/js_imgproc/js_contours/js_contours_begin/js_contours_begin.markdown

@@ -68,5 +68,5 @@ this contour approximation method.
 If you pass cv.ContourApproximationModes.CHAIN_APPROX_NONE.value, all the boundary points are stored. But actually do we need all
 the points? For eg, you found the contour of a straight line. Do you need all the points on the line
 to represent that line? No, we need just two end points of that line. This is what
-cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE does. It removes all redundant points and compresses the contour, thereby
+cv.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE does. It removes all redundant points and compresses the contour, thereby
-saving memory.
+saving memory.

doc/py_tutorials/py_calib3d/py_calibration/py_calibration.markdown

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ pass in terms of square size).
 
 ### Setup
 
-So to find pattern in chess board, we use the function, **cv2.findChessboardCorners()**. We also
+So to find pattern in chess board, we use the function, **cv.findChessboardCorners()**. We also
 need to pass what kind of pattern we are looking, like 8x8 grid, 5x5 grid etc. In this example, we
 use 7x6 grid. (Normally a chess board has 8x8 squares and 7x7 internal corners). It returns the
 corner points and retval which will be True if pattern is obtained. These corners will be placed in
@@ -95,19 +95,19 @@ are not sure out of 14 images given, how many are good. So we read all the image
 ones.
 
 @sa Instead of chess board, we can use some circular grid, but then use the function
-**cv2.findCirclesGrid()** to find the pattern. It is said that less number of images are enough when
+**cv.findCirclesGrid()** to find the pattern. It is said that less number of images are enough when
 using circular grid.
 
-Once we find the corners, we can increase their accuracy using **cv2.cornerSubPix()**. We can also
+Once we find the corners, we can increase their accuracy using **cv.cornerSubPix()**. We can also
-draw the pattern using **cv2.drawChessboardCorners()**. All these steps are included in below code:
+draw the pattern using **cv.drawChessboardCorners()**. All these steps are included in below code:
 
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import glob
 
 # termination criteria
-criteria = (cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_MAX_ITER, 30, 0.001)
+criteria = (cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv.TERM_CRITERIA_MAX_ITER, 30, 0.001)
 
 # prepare object points, like (0,0,0), (1,0,0), (2,0,0) ....,(6,5,0)
 objp = np.zeros((6*7,3), np.float32)
@@ -120,25 +120,25 @@ imgpoints = [] # 2d points in image plane.
 images = glob.glob('*.jpg')
 
 for fname in images:
-    img = cv2.imread(fname)
+    img = cv.imread(fname)
-    gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+    gray = cv.cvtColor(img, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
 
     # Find the chess board corners
-    ret, corners = cv2.findChessboardCorners(gray, (7,6), None)
+    ret, corners = cv.findChessboardCorners(gray, (7,6), None)
 
     # If found, add object points, image points (after refining them)
     if ret == True:
         objpoints.append(objp)
 
-        corners2=cv2.cornerSubPix(gray,corners, (11,11), (-1,-1), criteria)
+        corners2 = cv.cornerSubPix(gray,corners, (11,11), (-1,-1), criteria)
         imgpoints.append(corners)
 
         # Draw and display the corners
-        cv2.drawChessboardCorners(img, (7,6), corners2, ret)
+        cv.drawChessboardCorners(img, (7,6), corners2, ret)
-        cv2.imshow('img', img)
+        cv.imshow('img', img)
-        cv2.waitKey(500)
+        cv.waitKey(500)
 
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 One image with pattern drawn on it is shown below:
 
@@ -147,37 +147,37 @@ One image with pattern drawn on it is shown below:
 ### Calibration
 
 So now we have our object points and image points we are ready to go for calibration. For that we
-use the function, **cv2.calibrateCamera()**. It returns the camera matrix, distortion coefficients,
+use the function, **cv.calibrateCamera()**. It returns the camera matrix, distortion coefficients,
 rotation and translation vectors etc.
 @code{.py}
-ret, mtx, dist, rvecs, tvecs = cv2.calibrateCamera(objpoints, imgpoints, gray.shape[::-1], None, None)
+ret, mtx, dist, rvecs, tvecs = cv.calibrateCamera(objpoints, imgpoints, gray.shape[::-1], None, None)
 @endcode
 ### Undistortion
 
 We have got what we were trying. Now we can take an image and undistort it. OpenCV comes with two
 methods, we will see both. But before that, we can refine the camera matrix based on a free scaling
-parameter using **cv2.getOptimalNewCameraMatrix()**. If the scaling parameter alpha=0, it returns
+parameter using **cv.getOptimalNewCameraMatrix()**. If the scaling parameter alpha=0, it returns
 undistorted image with minimum unwanted pixels. So it may even remove some pixels at image corners.
 If alpha=1, all pixels are retained with some extra black images. It also returns an image ROI which
 can be used to crop the result.
 
 So we take a new image (left12.jpg in this case. That is the first image in this chapter)
 @code{.py}
-img = cv2.imread('left12.jpg')
+img = cv.imread('left12.jpg')
 h,  w = img.shape[:2]
-newcameramtx, roi=cv2.getOptimalNewCameraMatrix(mtx, dist, (w,h), 1, (w,h))
+newcameramtx, roi = cv.getOptimalNewCameraMatrix(mtx, dist, (w,h), 1, (w,h))
 @endcode
-#### 1. Using **cv2.undistort()**
+#### 1. Using **cv.undistort()**
 
 This is the shortest path. Just call the function and use ROI obtained above to crop the result.
 @code{.py}
 # undistort
-dst = cv2.undistort(img, mtx, dist, None, newcameramtx)
+dst = cv.undistort(img, mtx, dist, None, newcameramtx)
 
 # crop the image
 x, y, w, h = roi
 dst = dst[y:y+h, x:x+w]
-cv2.imwrite('calibresult.png', dst)
+cv.imwrite('calibresult.png', dst)
 @endcode
 #### 2. Using **remapping**
 
@@ -185,13 +185,13 @@ This is curved path. First find a mapping function from distorted image to undis
 use the remap function.
 @code{.py}
 # undistort
-mapx, mapy = cv2.initUndistortRectifyMap(mtx, dist, None, newcameramtx, (w,h), 5)
+mapx, mapy = cv.initUndistortRectifyMap(mtx, dist, None, newcameramtx, (w,h), 5)
-dst = cv2.remap(img, mapx, mapy, cv2.INTER_LINEAR)
+dst = cv.remap(img, mapx, mapy, cv.INTER_LINEAR)
 
 # crop the image
 x, y, w, h = roi
 dst = dst[y:y+h, x:x+w]
-cv2.imwrite('calibresult.png', dst)
+cv.imwrite('calibresult.png', dst)
 @endcode
 Both the methods give the same result. See the result below:
 
@@ -207,15 +207,15 @@ Re-projection Error
 
 Re-projection error gives a good estimation of just how exact is the found parameters. This should
 be as close to zero as possible. Given the intrinsic, distortion, rotation and translation matrices,
-we first transform the object point to image point using **cv2.projectPoints()**. Then we calculate
+we first transform the object point to image point using **cv.projectPoints()**. Then we calculate
 the absolute norm between what we got with our transformation and the corner finding algorithm. To
 find the average error we calculate the arithmetical mean of the errors calculate for all the
 calibration images.
 @code{.py}
 mean_error = 0
 for i in xrange(len(objpoints)):
-    imgpoints2, _ = cv2.projectPoints(objpoints[i], rvecs[i], tvecs[i], mtx, dist)
+    imgpoints2, _ = cv.projectPoints(objpoints[i], rvecs[i], tvecs[i], mtx, dist)
-    error = cv2.norm(imgpoints[i], imgpoints2, cv2.NORM_L2)/len(imgpoints2)
+    error = cv.norm(imgpoints[i], imgpoints2, cv.NORM_L2)/len(imgpoints2)
     mean_error += error
 
 print( "total error: {}".format(mean_error/len(objpoints)) )

doc/py_tutorials/py_calib3d/py_depthmap/py_depthmap.markdown

@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ Code
 Below code snippet shows a simple procedure to create a disparity map.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-imgL = cv2.imread('tsukuba_l.png',0)
+imgL = cv.imread('tsukuba_l.png',0)
-imgR = cv2.imread('tsukuba_r.png',0)
+imgR = cv.imread('tsukuba_r.png',0)
 
-stereo = cv2.StereoBM_create(numDisparities=16, blockSize=15)
+stereo = cv.StereoBM_create(numDisparities=16, blockSize=15)
 disparity = stereo.compute(imgL,imgR)
 plt.imshow(disparity,'gray')
 plt.show()

doc/py_tutorials/py_calib3d/py_epipolar_geometry/py_epipolar_geometry.markdown

@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ Code
 So first we need to find as many possible matches between two images to find the fundamental matrix.
 For this, we use SIFT descriptors with FLANN based matcher and ratio test.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img1 = cv2.imread('myleft.jpg',0)  #queryimage # left image
+img1 = cv.imread('myleft.jpg',0)  #queryimage # left image
-img2 = cv2.imread('myright.jpg',0) #trainimage # right image
+img2 = cv.imread('myright.jpg',0) #trainimage # right image
 
-sift = cv2.SIFT()
+sift = cv.SIFT()
 
 # find the keypoints and descriptors with SIFT
 kp1, des1 = sift.detectAndCompute(img1,None)
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ FLANN_INDEX_KDTREE = 1
 index_params = dict(algorithm = FLANN_INDEX_KDTREE, trees = 5)
 search_params = dict(checks=50)
 
-flann = cv2.FlannBasedMatcher(index_params,search_params)
+flann = cv.FlannBasedMatcher(index_params,search_params)
 matches = flann.knnMatch(des1,des2,k=2)
 
 good = []
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Now we have the list of best matches from both the images. Let's find the Fundam
 @code{.py}
 pts1 = np.int32(pts1)
 pts2 = np.int32(pts2)
-F, mask = cv2.findFundamentalMat(pts1,pts2,cv2.FM_LMEDS)
+F, mask = cv.findFundamentalMat(pts1,pts2,cv.FM_LMEDS)
 
 # We select only inlier points
 pts1 = pts1[mask.ravel()==1]
@@ -122,28 +122,28 @@ def drawlines(img1,img2,lines,pts1,pts2):
     ''' img1 - image on which we draw the epilines for the points in img2
         lines - corresponding epilines '''
     r,c = img1.shape
-    img1 = cv2.cvtColor(img1,cv2.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)
+    img1 = cv.cvtColor(img1,cv.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)
-    img2 = cv2.cvtColor(img2,cv2.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)
+    img2 = cv.cvtColor(img2,cv.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)
     for r,pt1,pt2 in zip(lines,pts1,pts2):
         color = tuple(np.random.randint(0,255,3).tolist())
         x0,y0 = map(int, [0, -r[2]/r[1] ])
         x1,y1 = map(int, [c, -(r[2]+r[0]*c)/r[1] ])
-        img1 = cv2.line(img1, (x0,y0), (x1,y1), color,1)
+        img1 = cv.line(img1, (x0,y0), (x1,y1), color,1)
-        img1 = cv2.circle(img1,tuple(pt1),5,color,-1)
+        img1 = cv.circle(img1,tuple(pt1),5,color,-1)
-        img2 = cv2.circle(img2,tuple(pt2),5,color,-1)
+        img2 = cv.circle(img2,tuple(pt2),5,color,-1)
     return img1,img2
 @endcode
 Now we find the epilines in both the images and draw them.
 @code{.py}
 # Find epilines corresponding to points in right image (second image) and
 # drawing its lines on left image
-lines1 = cv2.computeCorrespondEpilines(pts2.reshape(-1,1,2), 2,F)
+lines1 = cv.computeCorrespondEpilines(pts2.reshape(-1,1,2), 2,F)
 lines1 = lines1.reshape(-1,3)
 img5,img6 = drawlines(img1,img2,lines1,pts1,pts2)
 
 # Find epilines corresponding to points in left image (first image) and
 # drawing its lines on right image
-lines2 = cv2.computeCorrespondEpilines(pts1.reshape(-1,1,2), 1,F)
+lines2 = cv.computeCorrespondEpilines(pts1.reshape(-1,1,2), 1,F)
 lines2 = lines2.reshape(-1,3)
 img3,img4 = drawlines(img2,img1,lines2,pts2,pts1)
 

doc/py_tutorials/py_calib3d/py_pose/py_pose.markdown

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ should feel like it is perpendicular to our chessboard plane.
 First, let's load the camera matrix and distortion coefficients from the previous calibration
 result.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 import glob
 
 # Load previously saved data
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ with np.load('B.npz') as X:
     mtx, dist, _, _ = [X[i] for i in ('mtx','dist','rvecs','tvecs')]
 @endcode
 Now let's create a function, draw which takes the corners in the chessboard (obtained using
-**cv2.findChessboardCorners()**) and **axis points** to draw a 3D axis.
+**cv.findChessboardCorners()**) and **axis points** to draw a 3D axis.
 @code{.py}
 def draw(img, corners, imgpts):
     corner = tuple(corners[0].ravel())
-    img = cv2.line(img, corner, tuple(imgpts[0].ravel()), (255,0,0), 5)
+    img = cv.line(img, corner, tuple(imgpts[0].ravel()), (255,0,0), 5)
-    img = cv2.line(img, corner, tuple(imgpts[1].ravel()), (0,255,0), 5)
+    img = cv.line(img, corner, tuple(imgpts[1].ravel()), (0,255,0), 5)
-    img = cv2.line(img, corner, tuple(imgpts[2].ravel()), (0,0,255), 5)
+    img = cv.line(img, corner, tuple(imgpts[2].ravel()), (0,0,255), 5)
     return img
 @endcode
 Then as in previous case, we create termination criteria, object points (3D points of corners in
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ of length 3 (units will be in terms of chess square size since we calibrated bas
 our X axis is drawn from (0,0,0) to (3,0,0), so for Y axis. For Z axis, it is drawn from (0,0,0) to
 (0,0,-3). Negative denotes it is drawn towards the camera.
 @code{.py}
-criteria = (cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_MAX_ITER, 30, 0.001)
+criteria = (cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv.TERM_CRITERIA_MAX_ITER, 30, 0.001)
 objp = np.zeros((6*7,3), np.float32)
 objp[:,:2] = np.mgrid[0:7,0:6].T.reshape(-1,2)
 
@@ -56,32 +56,32 @@ axis = np.float32([[3,0,0], [0,3,0], [0,0,-3]]).reshape(-1,3)
 @endcode
 Now, as usual, we load each image. Search for 7x6 grid. If found, we refine it with subcorner
 pixels. Then to calculate the rotation and translation, we use the function,
-**cv2.solvePnPRansac()**. Once we those transformation matrices, we use them to project our **axis
+**cv.solvePnPRansac()**. Once we those transformation matrices, we use them to project our **axis
 points** to the image plane. In simple words, we find the points on image plane corresponding to
 each of (3,0,0),(0,3,0),(0,0,3) in 3D space. Once we get them, we draw lines from the first corner
 to each of these points using our draw() function. Done !!!
 @code{.py}
 for fname in glob.glob('left*.jpg'):
-    img = cv2.imread(fname)
+    img = cv.imread(fname)
-    gray = cv2.cvtColor(img,cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+    gray = cv.cvtColor(img,cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
-    ret, corners = cv2.findChessboardCorners(gray, (7,6),None)
+    ret, corners = cv.findChessboardCorners(gray, (7,6),None)
 
     if ret == True:
-        corners2 = cv2.cornerSubPix(gray,corners,(11,11),(-1,-1),criteria)
+        corners2 = cv.cornerSubPix(gray,corners,(11,11),(-1,-1),criteria)
 
         # Find the rotation and translation vectors.
-        ret,rvecs, tvecs, inliers = cv2.solvePnP(objp, corners2, mtx, dist)
+        ret,rvecs, tvecs, inliers = cv.solvePnP(objp, corners2, mtx, dist)
 
         # project 3D points to image plane
-        imgpts, jac = cv2.projectPoints(axis, rvecs, tvecs, mtx, dist)
+        imgpts, jac = cv.projectPoints(axis, rvecs, tvecs, mtx, dist)
 
         img = draw(img,corners2,imgpts)
-        cv2.imshow('img',img)
+        cv.imshow('img',img)
-        k = cv2.waitKey(0) & 0xFF
+        k = cv.waitKey(0) & 0xFF
         if k == ord('s'):
-            cv2.imwrite(fname[:6]+'.png', img)
+            cv.imwrite(fname[:6]+'.png', img)
 
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 See some results below. Notice that each axis is 3 squares long.:
 
@@ -97,14 +97,14 @@ def draw(img, corners, imgpts):
     imgpts = np.int32(imgpts).reshape(-1,2)
 
     # draw ground floor in green
-    img = cv2.drawContours(img, [imgpts[:4]],-1,(0,255,0),-3)
+    img = cv.drawContours(img, [imgpts[:4]],-1,(0,255,0),-3)
 
     # draw pillars in blue color
     for i,j in zip(range(4),range(4,8)):
-        img = cv2.line(img, tuple(imgpts[i]), tuple(imgpts[j]),(255),3)
+        img = cv.line(img, tuple(imgpts[i]), tuple(imgpts[j]),(255),3)
 
     # draw top layer in red color
-    img = cv2.drawContours(img, [imgpts[4:]],-1,(0,0,255),3)
+    img = cv.drawContours(img, [imgpts[4:]],-1,(0,0,255),3)
 
     return img
 @endcode

doc/py_tutorials/py_core/py_basic_ops/py_basic_ops.markdown

@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ Accessing and Modifying pixel values
 
 Let's load a color image first:
 @code{.py}
->>> import cv2
 >>> import numpy as np
+>>> import cv2 as cv
 
->>> img = cv2.imread('messi5.jpg')
+>>> img = cv.imread('messi5.jpg')
 @endcode
 You can access a pixel value by its row and column coordinates. For BGR image, it returns an array
 of Blue, Green, Red values. For grayscale image, just corresponding intensity is returned.
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ Sometimes you will need to work separately on B,G,R channels of image. In this c
 to split the BGR images to single channels. In other cases, you may need to join these individual
 channels to a BGR image. You can do it simply by:
 @code{.py}
->>> b,g,r = cv2.split(img)
+>>> b,g,r = cv.split(img)
->>> img = cv2.merge((b,g,r))
+>>> img = cv.merge((b,g,r))
 @endcode
 Or
 @code
@@ -137,14 +137,14 @@ Numpy indexing is faster:
 
 **Warning**
 
-cv2.split() is a costly operation (in terms of time). So do it only if you need it. Otherwise go
+cv.split() is a costly operation (in terms of time). So do it only if you need it. Otherwise go
 for Numpy indexing.
 
 Making Borders for Images (Padding)
 -----------------------------------
 
 If you want to create a border around the image, something like a photo frame, you can use
-**cv2.copyMakeBorder()**. But it has more applications for convolution operation, zero
+**cv.copyMakeBorder()**. But it has more applications for convolution operation, zero
 padding etc. This function takes following arguments:
 
 -   **src** - input image
@@ -152,34 +152,34 @@ padding etc. This function takes following arguments:
     directions
 
 -   **borderType** - Flag defining what kind of border to be added. It can be following types:
-    -   **cv2.BORDER_CONSTANT** - Adds a constant colored border. The value should be given
+    -   **cv.BORDER_CONSTANT** - Adds a constant colored border. The value should be given
             as next argument.
-        -   **cv2.BORDER_REFLECT** - Border will be mirror reflection of the border elements,
+        -   **cv.BORDER_REFLECT** - Border will be mirror reflection of the border elements,
             like this : *fedcba|abcdefgh|hgfedcb*
-        -   **cv2.BORDER_REFLECT_101** or **cv2.BORDER_DEFAULT** - Same as above, but with a
+        -   **cv.BORDER_REFLECT_101** or **cv.BORDER_DEFAULT** - Same as above, but with a
             slight change, like this : *gfedcb|abcdefgh|gfedcba*
-        -   **cv2.BORDER_REPLICATE** - Last element is replicated throughout, like this:
+        -   **cv.BORDER_REPLICATE** - Last element is replicated throughout, like this:
             *aaaaaa|abcdefgh|hhhhhhh*
-        -   **cv2.BORDER_WRAP** - Can't explain, it will look like this :
+        -   **cv.BORDER_WRAP** - Can't explain, it will look like this :
             *cdefgh|abcdefgh|abcdefg*
 
--   **value** - Color of border if border type is cv2.BORDER_CONSTANT
+-   **value** - Color of border if border type is cv.BORDER_CONSTANT
 
 Below is a sample code demonstrating all these border types for better understanding:
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
 BLUE = [255,0,0]
 
-img1 = cv2.imread('opencv-logo.png')
+img1 = cv.imread('opencv-logo.png')
 
-replicate = cv2.copyMakeBorder(img1,10,10,10,10,cv2.BORDER_REPLICATE)
+replicate = cv.copyMakeBorder(img1,10,10,10,10,cv.BORDER_REPLICATE)
-reflect = cv2.copyMakeBorder(img1,10,10,10,10,cv2.BORDER_REFLECT)
+reflect = cv.copyMakeBorder(img1,10,10,10,10,cv.BORDER_REFLECT)
-reflect101 = cv2.copyMakeBorder(img1,10,10,10,10,cv2.BORDER_REFLECT_101)
+reflect101 = cv.copyMakeBorder(img1,10,10,10,10,cv.BORDER_REFLECT_101)
-wrap = cv2.copyMakeBorder(img1,10,10,10,10,cv2.BORDER_WRAP)
+wrap = cv.copyMakeBorder(img1,10,10,10,10,cv.BORDER_WRAP)
-constant= cv2.copyMakeBorder(img1,10,10,10,10,cv2.BORDER_CONSTANT,value=BLUE)
+constant= cv.copyMakeBorder(img1,10,10,10,10,cv.BORDER_CONSTANT,value=BLUE)
 
 plt.subplot(231),plt.imshow(img1,'gray'),plt.title('ORIGINAL')
 plt.subplot(232),plt.imshow(replicate,'gray'),plt.title('REPLICATE')

doc/py_tutorials/py_core/py_image_arithmetics/py_image_arithmetics.markdown

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ Goal
 
 -   Learn several arithmetic operations on images like addition, subtraction, bitwise operations
     etc.
--   You will learn these functions : **cv2.add()**, **cv2.addWeighted()** etc.
+-   You will learn these functions : **cv.add()**, **cv.addWeighted()** etc.
 
 Image Addition
 --------------
 
-You can add two images by OpenCV function, cv2.add() or simply by numpy operation,
+You can add two images by OpenCV function, cv.add() or simply by numpy operation,
 res = img1 + img2. Both images should be of same depth and type, or second image can just be a
 scalar value.
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ For example, consider below sample:
 >>> x = np.uint8([250])
 >>> y = np.uint8([10])
 
->>> print( cv2.add(x,y) ) # 250+10 = 260 => 255
+>>> print( cv.add(x,y) ) # 250+10 = 260 => 255
 [[255]]
 
 >>> print( x+y )          # 250+10 = 260 % 256 = 4
@@ -44,20 +44,20 @@ By varying \f$\alpha\f$ from \f$0 \rightarrow 1\f$, you can perform a cool trans
 another.
 
 Here I took two images to blend them together. First image is given a weight of 0.7 and second image
-is given 0.3. cv2.addWeighted() applies following equation on the image.
+is given 0.3. cv.addWeighted() applies following equation on the image.
 
 \f[dst = \alpha \cdot img1 + \beta \cdot img2 + \gamma\f]
 
 Here \f$\gamma\f$ is taken as zero.
 @code{.py}
-img1 = cv2.imread('ml.png')
+img1 = cv.imread('ml.png')
-img2 = cv2.imread('opencv-logo.png')
+img2 = cv.imread('opencv-logo.png')
 
-dst = cv2.addWeighted(img1,0.7,img2,0.3,0)
+dst = cv.addWeighted(img1,0.7,img2,0.3,0)
 
-cv2.imshow('dst',dst)
+cv.imshow('dst',dst)
-cv2.waitKey(0)
+cv.waitKey(0)
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 Check the result below:
 
@@ -76,31 +76,31 @@ ROI as we did in last chapter. But OpenCV logo is a not a rectangular shape. So
 bitwise operations as below:
 @code{.py}
 # Load two images
-img1 = cv2.imread('messi5.jpg')
+img1 = cv.imread('messi5.jpg')
-img2 = cv2.imread('opencv-logo.png')
+img2 = cv.imread('opencv-logo.png')
 
 # I want to put logo on top-left corner, So I create a ROI
 rows,cols,channels = img2.shape
 roi = img1[0:rows, 0:cols ]
 
 # Now create a mask of logo and create its inverse mask also
-img2gray = cv2.cvtColor(img2,cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+img2gray = cv.cvtColor(img2,cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
-ret, mask = cv2.threshold(img2gray, 10, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
+ret, mask = cv.threshold(img2gray, 10, 255, cv.THRESH_BINARY)
-mask_inv = cv2.bitwise_not(mask)
+mask_inv = cv.bitwise_not(mask)
 
 # Now black-out the area of logo in ROI
-img1_bg = cv2.bitwise_and(roi,roi,mask = mask_inv)
+img1_bg = cv.bitwise_and(roi,roi,mask = mask_inv)
 
 # Take only region of logo from logo image.
-img2_fg = cv2.bitwise_and(img2,img2,mask = mask)
+img2_fg = cv.bitwise_and(img2,img2,mask = mask)
 
 # Put logo in ROI and modify the main image
-dst = cv2.add(img1_bg,img2_fg)
+dst = cv.add(img1_bg,img2_fg)
 img1[0:rows, 0:cols ] = dst
 
-cv2.imshow('res',img1)
+cv.imshow('res',img1)
-cv2.waitKey(0)
+cv.waitKey(0)
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 See the result below. Left image shows the mask we created. Right image shows the final result. For
 more understanding, display all the intermediate images in the above code, especially img1_bg and
@@ -115,4 +115,4 @@ Exercises
 ---------
 
 -#  Create a slide show of images in a folder with smooth transition between images using
-    cv2.addWeighted function
+    cv.addWeighted function

doc/py_tutorials/py_core/py_optimization/py_optimization.markdown

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ So in this chapter, you will learn
 
 -   To measure the performance of your code.
 -   Some tips to improve the performance of your code.
--   You will see these functions : **cv2.getTickCount**, **cv2.getTickFrequency** etc.
+-   You will see these functions : **cv.getTickCount**, **cv.getTickFrequency** etc.
 
 Apart from OpenCV, Python also provides a module **time** which is helpful in measuring the time of
 execution. Another module **profile** helps to get detailed report on the code, like how much time
@@ -21,34 +21,34 @@ ones, and for more details, check links in **Additional Resouces** section.
 Measuring Performance with OpenCV
 ---------------------------------
 
-**cv2.getTickCount** function returns the number of clock-cycles after a reference event (like the
+**cv.getTickCount** function returns the number of clock-cycles after a reference event (like the
 moment machine was switched ON) to the moment this function is called. So if you call it before and
 after the function execution, you get number of clock-cycles used to execute a function.
 
-**cv2.getTickFrequency** function returns the frequency of clock-cycles, or the number of
+**cv.getTickFrequency** function returns the frequency of clock-cycles, or the number of
 clock-cycles per second. So to find the time of execution in seconds, you can do following:
 @code{.py}
-e1 = cv2.getTickCount()
+e1 = cv.getTickCount()
 # your code execution
-e2 = cv2.getTickCount()
+e2 = cv.getTickCount()
-time = (e2 - e1)/ cv2.getTickFrequency()
+time = (e2 - e1)/ cv.getTickFrequency()
 @endcode
 We will demonstrate with following example. Following example apply median filtering with a kernel
 of odd size ranging from 5 to 49. (Don't worry about what will the result look like, that is not our
 goal):
 @code{.py}
-img1 = cv2.imread('messi5.jpg')
+img1 = cv.imread('messi5.jpg')
 
-e1 = cv2.getTickCount()
+e1 = cv.getTickCount()
 for i in xrange(5,49,2):
-    img1 = cv2.medianBlur(img1,i)
+    img1 = cv.medianBlur(img1,i)
-e2 = cv2.getTickCount()
+e2 = cv.getTickCount()
-t = (e2 - e1)/cv2.getTickFrequency()
+t = (e2 - e1)/cv.getTickFrequency()
 print( t )
 
 # Result I got is 0.521107655 seconds
 @endcode
-@note You can do the same with time module. Instead of cv2.getTickCount, use time.time() function.
+@note You can do the same with time module. Instead of cv.getTickCount, use time.time() function.
 Then take the difference of two times.
 
 Default Optimization in OpenCV
@@ -57,23 +57,23 @@ Default Optimization in OpenCV
 Many of the OpenCV functions are optimized using SSE2, AVX etc. It contains unoptimized code also.
 So if our system support these features, we should exploit them (almost all modern day processors
 support them). It is enabled by default while compiling. So OpenCV runs the optimized code if it is
-enabled, else it runs the unoptimized code. You can use **cv2.useOptimized()** to check if it is
+enabled, else it runs the unoptimized code. You can use **cv.useOptimized()** to check if it is
-enabled/disabled and **cv2.setUseOptimized()** to enable/disable it. Let's see a simple example.
+enabled/disabled and **cv.setUseOptimized()** to enable/disable it. Let's see a simple example.
 @code{.py}
 # check if optimization is enabled
-In [5]: cv2.useOptimized()
+In [5]: cv.useOptimized()
 Out[5]: True
 
-In [6]: %timeit res = cv2.medianBlur(img,49)
+In [6]: %timeit res = cv.medianBlur(img,49)
 10 loops, best of 3: 34.9 ms per loop
 
 # Disable it
-In [7]: cv2.setUseOptimized(False)
+In [7]: cv.setUseOptimized(False)
 
-In [8]: cv2.useOptimized()
+In [8]: cv.useOptimized()
 Out[8]: False
 
-In [9]: %timeit res = cv2.medianBlur(img,49)
+In [9]: %timeit res = cv.medianBlur(img,49)
 10 loops, best of 3: 64.1 ms per loop
 @endcode
 See, optimized median filtering is \~2x faster than unoptimized version. If you check its source,
@@ -115,11 +115,11 @@ working on this issue)*
 one or two elements, Python scalar is better than Numpy arrays. Numpy takes advantage when size of
 array is a little bit bigger.
 
-We will try one more example. This time, we will compare the performance of **cv2.countNonZero()**
+We will try one more example. This time, we will compare the performance of **cv.countNonZero()**
 and **np.count_nonzero()** for same image.
 
 @code{.py}
-In [35]: %timeit z = cv2.countNonZero(img)
+In [35]: %timeit z = cv.countNonZero(img)
 100000 loops, best of 3: 15.8 us per loop
 
 In [36]: %timeit z = np.count_nonzero(img)

doc/py_tutorials/py_feature2d/py_brief/py_brief.markdown

@@ -52,16 +52,16 @@ detector is called STAR detector in OpenCV)
 note, that you need [opencv contrib](https://github.com/opencv/opencv_contrib)) to use this.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('simple.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('simple.jpg',0)
 
 # Initiate FAST detector
-star = cv2.xfeatures2d.StarDetector_create()
+star = cv.xfeatures2d.StarDetector_create()
 
 # Initiate BRIEF extractor
-brief = cv2.xfeatures2d.BriefDescriptorExtractor_create()
+brief = cv.xfeatures2d.BriefDescriptorExtractor_create()
 
 # find the keypoints with STAR
 kp = star.detect(img,None)

doc/py_tutorials/py_feature2d/py_fast/py_fast.markdown

@@ -90,22 +90,22 @@ FAST Feature Detector in OpenCV
 It is called as any other feature detector in OpenCV. If you want, you can specify the threshold,
 whether non-maximum suppression to be applied or not, the neighborhood to be used etc.
 
-For the neighborhood, three flags are defined, cv2.FAST_FEATURE_DETECTOR_TYPE_5_8,
+For the neighborhood, three flags are defined, cv.FAST_FEATURE_DETECTOR_TYPE_5_8,
-cv2.FAST_FEATURE_DETECTOR_TYPE_7_12 and cv2.FAST_FEATURE_DETECTOR_TYPE_9_16. Below is a
+cv.FAST_FEATURE_DETECTOR_TYPE_7_12 and cv.FAST_FEATURE_DETECTOR_TYPE_9_16. Below is a
 simple code on how to detect and draw the FAST feature points.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('simple.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('simple.jpg',0)
 
 # Initiate FAST object with default values
-fast = cv2.FastFeatureDetector_create()
+fast = cv.FastFeatureDetector_create()
 
 # find and draw the keypoints
 kp = fast.detect(img,None)
-img2 = cv2.drawKeypoints(img, kp, None, color=(255,0,0))
+img2 = cv.drawKeypoints(img, kp, None, color=(255,0,0))
 
 # Print all default params
 print( "Threshold: {}".format(fast.getThreshold()) )
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ print( "nonmaxSuppression:{}".format(fast.getNonmaxSuppression()) )
 print( "neighborhood: {}".format(fast.getType()) )
 print( "Total Keypoints with nonmaxSuppression: {}".format(len(kp)) )
 
-cv2.imwrite('fast_true.png',img2)
+cv.imwrite('fast_true.png',img2)
 
 # Disable nonmaxSuppression
 fast.setNonmaxSuppression(0)
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ kp = fast.detect(img,None)
 
 print( "Total Keypoints without nonmaxSuppression: {}".format(len(kp)) )
 
-img3 = cv2.drawKeypoints(img, kp, None, color=(255,0,0))
+img3 = cv.drawKeypoints(img, kp, None, color=(255,0,0))
 
-cv2.imwrite('fast_false.png',img3)
+cv.imwrite('fast_false.png',img3)
 @endcode
 See the results. First image shows FAST with nonmaxSuppression and second one without
 nonmaxSuppression:

doc/py_tutorials/py_feature2d/py_feature_homography/py_feature_homography.markdown

@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ another trainImage, found the features in that image too and we found the best m
 In short, we found locations of some parts of an object in another cluttered image. This information
 is sufficient to find the object exactly on the trainImage.
 
-For that, we can use a function from calib3d module, ie **cv2.findHomography()**. If we pass the set
+For that, we can use a function from calib3d module, ie **cv.findHomography()**. If we pass the set
 of points from both the images, it will find the perpective transformation of that object. Then we
-can use **cv2.perspectiveTransform()** to find the object. It needs atleast four correct points to
+can use **cv.perspectiveTransform()** to find the object. It needs atleast four correct points to
 find the transformation.
 
 We have seen that there can be some possible errors while matching which may affect the result. To
 solve this problem, algorithm uses RANSAC or LEAST_MEDIAN (which can be decided by the flags). So
 good matches which provide correct estimation are called inliers and remaining are called outliers.
-**cv2.findHomography()** returns a mask which specifies the inlier and outlier points.
+**cv.findHomography()** returns a mask which specifies the inlier and outlier points.
 
 So let's do it !!!
 
@@ -35,16 +35,16 @@ First, as usual, let's find SIFT features in images and apply the ratio test to
 matches.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
 MIN_MATCH_COUNT = 10
 
-img1 = cv2.imread('box.png',0)          # queryImage
+img1 = cv.imread('box.png',0)          # queryImage
-img2 = cv2.imread('box_in_scene.png',0) # trainImage
+img2 = cv.imread('box_in_scene.png',0) # trainImage
 
 # Initiate SIFT detector
-sift = cv2.xfeatures2d.SIFT_create()
+sift = cv.xfeatures2d.SIFT_create()
 
 # find the keypoints and descriptors with SIFT
 kp1, des1 = sift.detectAndCompute(img1,None)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ FLANN_INDEX_KDTREE = 1
 index_params = dict(algorithm = FLANN_INDEX_KDTREE, trees = 5)
 search_params = dict(checks = 50)
 
-flann = cv2.FlannBasedMatcher(index_params, search_params)
+flann = cv.FlannBasedMatcher(index_params, search_params)
 
 matches = flann.knnMatch(des1,des2,k=2)
 
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ if len(good)>MIN_MATCH_COUNT:
     src_pts = np.float32([ kp1[m.queryIdx].pt for m in good ]).reshape(-1,1,2)
     dst_pts = np.float32([ kp2[m.trainIdx].pt for m in good ]).reshape(-1,1,2)
 
-    M, mask = cv2.findHomography(src_pts, dst_pts, cv2.RANSAC,5.0)
+    M, mask = cv.findHomography(src_pts, dst_pts, cv.RANSAC,5.0)
     matchesMask = mask.ravel().tolist()
 
     h,w,d = img1.shape
     pts = np.float32([ [0,0],[0,h-1],[w-1,h-1],[w-1,0] ]).reshape(-1,1,2)
-    dst = cv2.perspectiveTransform(pts,M)
+    dst = cv.perspectiveTransform(pts,M)
 
-    img2 = cv2.polylines(img2,[np.int32(dst)],True,255,3, cv2.LINE_AA)
+    img2 = cv.polylines(img2,[np.int32(dst)],True,255,3, cv.LINE_AA)
 
 else:
     print( "Not enough matches are found - {}/{}".format(len(good), MIN_MATCH_COUNT) )
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ draw_params = dict(matchColor = (0,255,0), # draw matches in green color
                    matchesMask = matchesMask, # draw only inliers
                    flags = 2)
 
-img3 = cv2.drawMatches(img1,kp1,img2,kp2,good,None,**draw_params)
+img3 = cv.drawMatches(img1,kp1,img2,kp2,good,None,**draw_params)
 
 plt.imshow(img3, 'gray'),plt.show()
 @endcode

doc/py_tutorials/py_feature2d/py_features_harris/py_features_harris.markdown

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Goal
 In this chapter,
 
 -   We will understand the concepts behind Harris Corner Detection.
--   We will see the functions: **cv2.cornerHarris()**, **cv2.cornerSubPix()**
+-   We will see the functions: **cv.cornerHarris()**, **cv.cornerSubPix()**
 
 Theory
 ------
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ where
                                      I_x I_y & I_y I_y \end{bmatrix}\f]
 
 Here, \f$I_x\f$ and \f$I_y\f$ are image derivatives in x and y directions respectively. (Can be easily found
-out using **cv2.Sobel()**).
+out using **cv.Sobel()**).
 
 Then comes the main part. After this, they created a score, basically an equation, which will
 determine if a window can contain a corner or not.
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ suitable give you the corners in the image. We will do it with a simple image.
 Harris Corner Detector in OpenCV
 --------------------------------
 
-OpenCV has the function **cv2.cornerHarris()** for this purpose. Its arguments are :
+OpenCV has the function **cv.cornerHarris()** for this purpose. Its arguments are :
 
 -   **img** - Input image, it should be grayscale and float32 type.
 -   **blockSize** - It is the size of neighbourhood considered for corner detection
@@ -74,25 +74,25 @@ OpenCV has the function **cv2.cornerHarris()** for this purpose. Its arguments a
 
 See the example below:
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 
 filename = 'chessboard.png'
-img = cv2.imread(filename)
+img = cv.imread(filename)
-gray = cv2.cvtColor(img,cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+gray = cv.cvtColor(img,cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
 
 gray = np.float32(gray)
-dst = cv2.cornerHarris(gray,2,3,0.04)
+dst = cv.cornerHarris(gray,2,3,0.04)
 
 #result is dilated for marking the corners, not important
-dst = cv2.dilate(dst,None)
+dst = cv.dilate(dst,None)
 
 # Threshold for an optimal value, it may vary depending on the image.
 img[dst>0.01*dst.max()]=[0,0,255]
 
-cv2.imshow('dst',img)
+cv.imshow('dst',img)
-if cv2.waitKey(0) & 0xff == 27:
+if cv.waitKey(0) & 0xff == 27:
-    cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+    cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 Below are the three results:
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Corner with SubPixel Accuracy
 -----------------------------
 
 Sometimes, you may need to find the corners with maximum accuracy. OpenCV comes with a function
-**cv2.cornerSubPix()** which further refines the corners detected with sub-pixel accuracy. Below is
+**cv.cornerSubPix()** which further refines the corners detected with sub-pixel accuracy. Below is
 an example. As usual, we need to find the harris corners first. Then we pass the centroids of these
 corners (There may be a bunch of pixels at a corner, we take their centroid) to refine them. Harris
 corners are marked in red pixels and refined corners are marked in green pixels. For this function,
@@ -110,26 +110,26 @@ we have to define the criteria when to stop the iteration. We stop it after a sp
 iteration or a certain accuracy is achieved, whichever occurs first. We also need to define the size
 of neighbourhood it would search for corners.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 
 filename = 'chessboard2.jpg'
-img = cv2.imread(filename)
+img = cv.imread(filename)
-gray = cv2.cvtColor(img,cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+gray = cv.cvtColor(img,cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
 
 # find Harris corners
 gray = np.float32(gray)
-dst = cv2.cornerHarris(gray,2,3,0.04)
+dst = cv.cornerHarris(gray,2,3,0.04)
-dst = cv2.dilate(dst,None)
+dst = cv.dilate(dst,None)
-ret, dst = cv2.threshold(dst,0.01*dst.max(),255,0)
+ret, dst = cv.threshold(dst,0.01*dst.max(),255,0)
 dst = np.uint8(dst)
 
 # find centroids
-ret, labels, stats, centroids = cv2.connectedComponentsWithStats(dst)
+ret, labels, stats, centroids = cv.connectedComponentsWithStats(dst)
 
 # define the criteria to stop and refine the corners
-criteria = (cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_MAX_ITER, 100, 0.001)
+criteria = (cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv.TERM_CRITERIA_MAX_ITER, 100, 0.001)
-corners = cv2.cornerSubPix(gray,np.float32(centroids),(5,5),(-1,-1),criteria)
+corners = cv.cornerSubPix(gray,np.float32(centroids),(5,5),(-1,-1),criteria)
 
 # Now draw them
 res = np.hstack((centroids,corners))
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ res = np.int0(res)
 img[res[:,1],res[:,0]]=[0,0,255]
 img[res[:,3],res[:,2]] = [0,255,0]
 
-cv2.imwrite('subpixel5.png',img)
+cv.imwrite('subpixel5.png',img)
 @endcode
 Below is the result, where some important locations are shown in zoomed window to visualize:
 

doc/py_tutorials/py_feature2d/py_matcher/py_matcher.markdown

@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ Brute-Force matcher is simple. It takes the descriptor of one feature in first s
 with all other features in second set using some distance calculation. And the closest one is
 returned.
 
-For BF matcher, first we have to create the BFMatcher object using **cv2.BFMatcher()**. It takes two
+For BF matcher, first we have to create the BFMatcher object using **cv.BFMatcher()**. It takes two
 optional params. First one is normType. It specifies the distance measurement to be used. By
-default, it is cv2.NORM_L2. It is good for SIFT, SURF etc (cv2.NORM_L1 is also there). For binary
+default, it is cv.NORM_L2. It is good for SIFT, SURF etc (cv.NORM_L1 is also there). For binary
-string based descriptors like ORB, BRIEF, BRISK etc, cv2.NORM_HAMMING should be used, which used
+string based descriptors like ORB, BRIEF, BRISK etc, cv.NORM_HAMMING should be used, which used
-Hamming distance as measurement. If ORB is using WTA_K == 3 or 4, cv2.NORM_HAMMING2 should be
+Hamming distance as measurement. If ORB is using WTA_K == 3 or 4, cv.NORM_HAMMING2 should be
 used.
 
 Second param is boolean variable, crossCheck which is false by default. If it is true, Matcher
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ Once it is created, two important methods are *BFMatcher.match()* and *BFMatcher
 one returns the best match. Second method returns k best matches where k is specified by the user.
 It may be useful when we need to do additional work on that.
 
-Like we used cv2.drawKeypoints() to draw keypoints, **cv2.drawMatches()** helps us to draw the
+Like we used cv.drawKeypoints() to draw keypoints, **cv.drawMatches()** helps us to draw the
 matches. It stacks two images horizontally and draw lines from first image to second image showing
-best matches. There is also **cv2.drawMatchesKnn** which draws all the k best matches. If k=2, it
+best matches. There is also **cv.drawMatchesKnn** which draws all the k best matches. If k=2, it
 will draw two match-lines for each keypoint. So we have to pass a mask if we want to selectively
 draw it.
 
@@ -50,27 +50,27 @@ We are using ORB descriptors to match features. So let's start with loading imag
 descriptors etc.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
-img1 = cv2.imread('box.png',0)          # queryImage
+img1 = cv.imread('box.png',0)          # queryImage
-img2 = cv2.imread('box_in_scene.png',0) # trainImage
+img2 = cv.imread('box_in_scene.png',0) # trainImage
 
 # Initiate ORB detector
-orb = cv2.ORB_create()
+orb = cv.ORB_create()
 
 # find the keypoints and descriptors with ORB
 kp1, des1 = orb.detectAndCompute(img1,None)
 kp2, des2 = orb.detectAndCompute(img2,None)
 @endcode
-Next we create a BFMatcher object with distance measurement cv2.NORM_HAMMING (since we are using
+Next we create a BFMatcher object with distance measurement cv.NORM_HAMMING (since we are using
 ORB) and crossCheck is switched on for better results. Then we use Matcher.match() method to get the
 best matches in two images. We sort them in ascending order of their distances so that best matches
 (with low distance) come to front. Then we draw only first 10 matches (Just for sake of visibility.
 You can increase it as you like)
 @code{.py}
 # create BFMatcher object
-bf = cv2.BFMatcher(cv2.NORM_HAMMING, crossCheck=True)
+bf = cv.BFMatcher(cv.NORM_HAMMING, crossCheck=True)
 
 # Match descriptors.
 matches = bf.match(des1,des2)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ matches = bf.match(des1,des2)
 matches = sorted(matches, key = lambda x:x.distance)
 
 # Draw first 10 matches.
-img3 = cv2.drawMatches(img1,kp1,img2,kp2,matches[:10], flags=2)
+img3 = cv.drawMatches(img1,kp1,img2,kp2,matches[:10], flags=2)
 
 plt.imshow(img3),plt.show()
 @endcode
@@ -103,21 +103,21 @@ This time, we will use BFMatcher.knnMatch() to get k best matches. In this examp
 so that we can apply ratio test explained by D.Lowe in his paper.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img1 = cv2.imread('box.png',0)          # queryImage
+img1 = cv.imread('box.png',0)          # queryImage
-img2 = cv2.imread('box_in_scene.png',0) # trainImage
+img2 = cv.imread('box_in_scene.png',0) # trainImage
 
 # Initiate SIFT detector
-sift = cv2.SIFT()
+sift = cv.SIFT()
 
 # find the keypoints and descriptors with SIFT
 kp1, des1 = sift.detectAndCompute(img1,None)
 kp2, des2 = sift.detectAndCompute(img2,None)
 
 # BFMatcher with default params
-bf = cv2.BFMatcher()
+bf = cv.BFMatcher()
 matches = bf.knnMatch(des1,des2, k=2)
 
 # Apply ratio test
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ for m,n in matches:
     if m.distance < 0.75*n.distance:
         good.append([m])
 
-# cv2.drawMatchesKnn expects list of lists as matches.
+# cv.drawMatchesKnn expects list of lists as matches.
-img3 = cv2.drawMatchesKnn(img1,kp1,img2,kp2,good,flags=2)
+img3 = cv.drawMatchesKnn(img1,kp1,img2,kp2,good,flags=2)
 
 plt.imshow(img3),plt.show()
 @endcode
@@ -167,14 +167,14 @@ you want to change the value, pass search_params = dict(checks=100).
 With these informations, we are good to go.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img1 = cv2.imread('box.png',0)          # queryImage
+img1 = cv.imread('box.png',0)          # queryImage
-img2 = cv2.imread('box_in_scene.png',0) # trainImage
+img2 = cv.imread('box_in_scene.png',0) # trainImage
 
 # Initiate SIFT detector
-sift = cv2.SIFT()
+sift = cv.SIFT()
 
 # find the keypoints and descriptors with SIFT
 kp1, des1 = sift.detectAndCompute(img1,None)
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ FLANN_INDEX_KDTREE = 1
 index_params = dict(algorithm = FLANN_INDEX_KDTREE, trees = 5)
 search_params = dict(checks=50)   # or pass empty dictionary
 
-flann = cv2.FlannBasedMatcher(index_params,search_params)
+flann = cv.FlannBasedMatcher(index_params,search_params)
 
 matches = flann.knnMatch(des1,des2,k=2)
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ draw_params = dict(matchColor = (0,255,0),
                    matchesMask = matchesMask,
                    flags = 0)
 
-img3 = cv2.drawMatchesKnn(img1,kp1,img2,kp2,matches,None,**draw_params)
+img3 = cv.drawMatchesKnn(img1,kp1,img2,kp2,matches,None,**draw_params)
 
 plt.imshow(img3,),plt.show()
 @endcode

doc/py_tutorials/py_feature2d/py_orb/py_orb.markdown

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ choice in low-power devices for panorama stitching etc.
 ORB in OpenCV
 -------------
 
-As usual, we have to create an ORB object with the function, **cv2.ORB()** or using feature2d common
+As usual, we have to create an ORB object with the function, **cv.ORB()** or using feature2d common
 interface. It has a number of optional parameters. Most useful ones are nFeatures which denotes
 maximum number of features to be retained (by default 500), scoreType which denotes whether Harris
 score or FAST score to rank the features (by default, Harris score) etc. Another parameter, WTA_K
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ is defined by NORM_HAMMING2.
 Below is a simple code which shows the use of ORB.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('simple.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('simple.jpg',0)
 
 # Initiate ORB detector
-orb = cv2.ORB_create()
+orb = cv.ORB_create()
 
 # find the keypoints with ORB
 kp = orb.detect(img,None)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ kp = orb.detect(img,None)
 kp, des = orb.compute(img, kp)
 
 # draw only keypoints location,not size and orientation
-img2 = cv2.drawKeypoints(img, kp, None, color=(0,255,0), flags=0)
+img2 = cv.drawKeypoints(img, kp, None, color=(0,255,0), flags=0)
 plt.imshow(img2), plt.show()
 @endcode
 See the result below:

doc/py_tutorials/py_feature2d/py_shi_tomasi/py_shi_tomasi.markdown

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Goal
 In this chapter,
 
 -   We will learn about the another corner detector: Shi-Tomasi Corner Detector
--   We will see the function: **cv2.goodFeaturesToTrack()**
+-   We will see the function: **cv.goodFeaturesToTrack()**
 
 Theory
 ------
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ From the figure, you can see that only when \f$\lambda_1\f$ and \f$\lambda_2\f$
 Code
 ----
 
-OpenCV has a function, **cv2.goodFeaturesToTrack()**. It finds N strongest corners in the image by
+OpenCV has a function, **cv.goodFeaturesToTrack()**. It finds N strongest corners in the image by
 Shi-Tomasi method (or Harris Corner Detection, if you specify it). As usual, image should be a
 grayscale image. Then you specify number of corners you want to find. Then you specify the quality
 level, which is a value between 0-1, which denotes the minimum quality of corner below which
@@ -47,18 +47,18 @@ minimum distance and returns N strongest corners.
 In below example, we will try to find 25 best corners:
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('blox.jpg')
+img = cv.imread('blox.jpg')
-gray = cv2.cvtColor(img,cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+gray = cv.cvtColor(img,cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
 
-corners = cv2.goodFeaturesToTrack(gray,25,0.01,10)
+corners = cv.goodFeaturesToTrack(gray,25,0.01,10)
 corners = np.int0(corners)
 
 for i in corners:
     x,y = i.ravel()
-    cv2.circle(img,(x,y),3,255,-1)
+    cv.circle(img,(x,y),3,255,-1)
 
 plt.imshow(img),plt.show()
 @endcode

doc/py_tutorials/py_feature2d/py_sift_intro/py_sift_intro.markdown

@@ -113,30 +113,30 @@ So now let's see SIFT functionalities available in OpenCV. Let's start with keyp
 draw them. First we have to construct a SIFT object. We can pass different parameters to it which
 are optional and they are well explained in docs.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 
-img = cv2.imread('home.jpg')
+img = cv.imread('home.jpg')
-gray= cv2.cvtColor(img,cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+gray= cv.cvtColor(img,cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
 
-sift = cv2.xfeatures2d.SIFT_create()
+sift = cv.xfeatures2d.SIFT_create()
 kp = sift.detect(gray,None)
 
-img=cv2.drawKeypoints(gray,kp,img)
+img=cv.drawKeypoints(gray,kp,img)
 
-cv2.imwrite('sift_keypoints.jpg',img)
+cv.imwrite('sift_keypoints.jpg',img)
 @endcode
 **sift.detect()** function finds the keypoint in the images. You can pass a mask if you want to
 search only a part of image. Each keypoint is a special structure which has many attributes like its
 (x,y) coordinates, size of the meaningful neighbourhood, angle which specifies its orientation,
 response that specifies strength of keypoints etc.
 
-OpenCV also provides **cv2.drawKeyPoints()** function which draws the small circles on the locations
+OpenCV also provides **cv.drawKeyPoints()** function which draws the small circles on the locations
-of keypoints. If you pass a flag, **cv2.DRAW_MATCHES_FLAGS_DRAW_RICH_KEYPOINTS** to it, it will
+of keypoints. If you pass a flag, **cv.DRAW_MATCHES_FLAGS_DRAW_RICH_KEYPOINTS** to it, it will
 draw a circle with size of keypoint and it will even show its orientation. See below example.
 @code{.py}
-img=cv2.drawKeypoints(gray,kp,img,flags=cv2.DRAW_MATCHES_FLAGS_DRAW_RICH_KEYPOINTS)
+img=cv.drawKeypoints(gray,kp,img,flags=cv.DRAW_MATCHES_FLAGS_DRAW_RICH_KEYPOINTS)
-cv2.imwrite('sift_keypoints.jpg',img)
+cv.imwrite('sift_keypoints.jpg',img)
 @endcode
 See the two results below:
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Now to calculate the descriptor, OpenCV provides two methods.
 
 We will see the second method:
 @code{.py}
-sift = cv2.xfeatures2d.SIFT_create()
+sift = cv.xfeatures2d.SIFT_create()
 kp, des = sift.detectAndCompute(gray,None)
 @endcode
 Here kp will be a list of keypoints and des is a numpy array of shape

doc/py_tutorials/py_feature2d/py_surf_intro/py_surf_intro.markdown

@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ and descriptors.
 First we will see a simple demo on how to find SURF keypoints and descriptors and draw it. All
 examples are shown in Python terminal since it is just same as SIFT only.
 @code{.py}
->>> img = cv2.imread('fly.png',0)
+>>> img = cv.imread('fly.png',0)
 
 # Create SURF object. You can specify params here or later.
 # Here I set Hessian Threshold to 400
->>> surf = cv2.xfeatures2d.SURF_create(400)
+>>> surf = cv.xfeatures2d.SURF_create(400)
 
 # Find keypoints and descriptors directly
 >>> kp, des = surf.detectAndCompute(img,None)
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ While matching, we may need all those features, but not now. So we increase the
 @endcode
 It is less than 50. Let's draw it on the image.
 @code{.py}
->>> img2 = cv2.drawKeypoints(img,kp,None,(255,0,0),4)
+>>> img2 = cv.drawKeypoints(img,kp,None,(255,0,0),4)
 
 >>> plt.imshow(img2),plt.show()
 @endcode
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ False
 
 # Recompute the feature points and draw it
 >>> kp = surf.detect(img,None)
->>> img2 = cv2.drawKeypoints(img,kp,None,(255,0,0),4)
+>>> img2 = cv.drawKeypoints(img,kp,None,(255,0,0),4)
 
 >>> plt.imshow(img2),plt.show()
 @endcode

doc/py_tutorials/py_gui/py_drawing_functions/py_drawing_functions.markdown

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Goal
 ----
 
 -   Learn to draw different geometric shapes with OpenCV
--   You will learn these functions : **cv2.line()**, **cv2.circle()** , **cv2.rectangle()**,
+-   You will learn these functions : **cv.line()**, **cv.circle()** , **cv.rectangle()**,
-    **cv2.ellipse()**, **cv2.putText()** etc.
+    **cv.ellipse()**, **cv.putText()** etc.
 
 Code
 ----
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ In all the above functions, you will see some common arguments as given below:
 -   thickness : Thickness of the line or circle etc. If **-1** is passed for closed figures like
     circles, it will fill the shape. *default thickness = 1*
 -   lineType : Type of line, whether 8-connected, anti-aliased line etc. *By default, it is
-    8-connected.* cv2.LINE_AA gives anti-aliased line which looks great for curves.
+    8-connected.* cv.LINE_AA gives anti-aliased line which looks great for curves.
 
 ### Drawing Line
 
@@ -27,27 +27,27 @@ To draw a line, you need to pass starting and ending coordinates of line. We wil
 image and draw a blue line on it from top-left to bottom-right corners.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 # Create a black image
 img = np.zeros((512,512,3), np.uint8)
 
 # Draw a diagonal blue line with thickness of 5 px
-cv2.line(img,(0,0),(511,511),(255,0,0),5)
+cv.line(img,(0,0),(511,511),(255,0,0),5)
 @endcode
 ### Drawing Rectangle
 
 To draw a rectangle, you need top-left corner and bottom-right corner of rectangle. This time we
 will draw a green rectangle at the top-right corner of image.
 @code{.py}
-cv2.rectangle(img,(384,0),(510,128),(0,255,0),3)
+cv.rectangle(img,(384,0),(510,128),(0,255,0),3)
 @endcode
 ### Drawing Circle
 
 To draw a circle, you need its center coordinates and radius. We will draw a circle inside the
 rectangle drawn above.
 @code{.py}
-cv2.circle(img,(447,63), 63, (0,0,255), -1)
+cv.circle(img,(447,63), 63, (0,0,255), -1)
 @endcode
 ### Drawing Ellipse
 
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ To draw the ellipse, we need to pass several arguments. One argument is the cent
 Next argument is axes lengths (major axis length, minor axis length). angle is the angle of rotation
 of ellipse in anti-clockwise direction. startAngle and endAngle denotes the starting and ending of
 ellipse arc measured in clockwise direction from major axis. i.e. giving values 0 and 360 gives the
-full ellipse. For more details, check the documentation of **cv2.ellipse()**. Below example draws a
+full ellipse. For more details, check the documentation of **cv.ellipse()**. Below example draws a
 half ellipse at the center of the image.
 @code{.py}
-cv2.ellipse(img,(256,256),(100,50),0,0,180,255,-1)
+cv.ellipse(img,(256,256),(100,50),0,0,180,255,-1)
 @endcode
 ### Drawing Polygon
 
@@ -68,30 +68,30 @@ polygon of with four vertices in yellow color.
 @code{.py}
 pts = np.array([[10,5],[20,30],[70,20],[50,10]], np.int32)
 pts = pts.reshape((-1,1,2))
-cv2.polylines(img,[pts],True,(0,255,255))
+cv.polylines(img,[pts],True,(0,255,255))
 @endcode
 
 @note If third argument is False, you will get a polylines joining all the points, not a closed
 shape.
 
-@note cv2.polylines() can be used to draw multiple lines. Just create a list of all the lines you
+@note cv.polylines() can be used to draw multiple lines. Just create a list of all the lines you
 want to draw and pass it to the function. All lines will be drawn individually. It is a much better
-and faster way to draw a group of lines than calling cv2.line() for each line.
+and faster way to draw a group of lines than calling cv.line() for each line.
 
 ### Adding Text to Images:
 
 To put texts in images, you need specify following things.
     -   Text data that you want to write
     -   Position coordinates of where you want put it (i.e. bottom-left corner where data starts).
-    -   Font type (Check **cv2.putText()** docs for supported fonts)
+    -   Font type (Check **cv.putText()** docs for supported fonts)
     -   Font Scale (specifies the size of font)
-    -   regular things like color, thickness, lineType etc. For better look, lineType = cv2.LINE_AA
+    -   regular things like color, thickness, lineType etc. For better look, lineType = cv.LINE_AA
         is recommended.
 
 We will write **OpenCV** on our image in white color.
 @code{.py}
-font = cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX
+font = cv.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX
-cv2.putText(img,'OpenCV',(10,500), font, 4,(255,255,255),2,cv2.LINE_AA)
+cv.putText(img,'OpenCV',(10,500), font, 4,(255,255,255),2,cv.LINE_AA)
 @endcode
 
 ### Result

doc/py_tutorials/py_gui/py_image_display/py_image_display.markdown

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Goals
 -----
 
 -   Here, you will learn how to read an image, how to display it and how to save it back
--   You will learn these functions : **cv2.imread()**, **cv2.imshow()** , **cv2.imwrite()**
+-   You will learn these functions : **cv.imread()**, **cv.imshow()** , **cv.imwrite()**
 -   Optionally, you will learn how to display images with Matplotlib
 
 Using OpenCV
@@ -13,25 +13,25 @@ Using OpenCV
 
 ### Read an image
 
-Use the function **cv2.imread()** to read an image. The image should be in the working directory or
+Use the function **cv.imread()** to read an image. The image should be in the working directory or
 a full path of image should be given.
 
 Second argument is a flag which specifies the way image should be read.
 
--   cv2.IMREAD_COLOR : Loads a color image. Any transparency of image will be neglected. It is the
+-   cv.IMREAD_COLOR : Loads a color image. Any transparency of image will be neglected. It is the
     default flag.
--   cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE : Loads image in grayscale mode
+-   cv.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE : Loads image in grayscale mode
--   cv2.IMREAD_UNCHANGED : Loads image as such including alpha channel
+-   cv.IMREAD_UNCHANGED : Loads image as such including alpha channel
 
 @note Instead of these three flags, you can simply pass integers 1, 0 or -1 respectively.
 
 See the code below:
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 # Load an color image in grayscale
-img = cv2.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
 @endcode
 
 **warning**
@@ -40,21 +40,21 @@ Even if the image path is wrong, it won't throw any error, but `print img` will
 
 ### Display an image
 
-Use the function **cv2.imshow()** to display an image in a window. The window automatically fits to
+Use the function **cv.imshow()** to display an image in a window. The window automatically fits to
 the image size.
 
 First argument is a window name which is a string. second argument is our image. You can create as
 many windows as you wish, but with different window names.
 @code{.py}
-cv2.imshow('image',img)
+cv.imshow('image',img)
-cv2.waitKey(0)
+cv.waitKey(0)
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 A screenshot of the window will look like this (in Fedora-Gnome machine):
 
 ![image](images/opencv_screenshot.jpg)
 
-**cv2.waitKey()** is a keyboard binding function. Its argument is the time in milliseconds. The
+**cv.waitKey()** is a keyboard binding function. Its argument is the time in milliseconds. The
 function waits for specified milliseconds for any keyboard event. If you press any key in that time,
 the program continues. If **0** is passed, it waits indefinitely for a key stroke. It can also be
 set to detect specific key strokes like, if key a is pressed etc which we will discuss below.
@@ -62,30 +62,30 @@ set to detect specific key strokes like, if key a is pressed etc which we will d
 @note Besides binding keyboard events this function also processes many other GUI events, so you
 MUST use it to actually display the image.
 
-**cv2.destroyAllWindows()** simply destroys all the windows we created. If you want to destroy any
+**cv.destroyAllWindows()** simply destroys all the windows we created. If you want to destroy any
-specific window, use the function **cv2.destroyWindow()** where you pass the exact window name as
+specific window, use the function **cv.destroyWindow()** where you pass the exact window name as
 the argument.
 
 @note There is a special case where you can already create a window and load image to it later. In
 that case, you can specify whether window is resizable or not. It is done with the function
-**cv2.namedWindow()**. By default, the flag is cv2.WINDOW_AUTOSIZE. But if you specify flag to be
+**cv.namedWindow()**. By default, the flag is cv.WINDOW_AUTOSIZE. But if you specify flag to be
-cv2.WINDOW_NORMAL, you can resize window. It will be helpful when image is too large in dimension
+cv.WINDOW_NORMAL, you can resize window. It will be helpful when image is too large in dimension
 and adding track bar to windows.
 
 See the code below:
 @code{.py}
-cv2.namedWindow('image', cv2.WINDOW_NORMAL)
+cv.namedWindow('image', cv.WINDOW_NORMAL)
-cv2.imshow('image',img)
+cv.imshow('image',img)
-cv2.waitKey(0)
+cv.waitKey(0)
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 ### Write an image
 
-Use the function **cv2.imwrite()** to save an image.
+Use the function **cv.imwrite()** to save an image.
 
 First argument is the file name, second argument is the image you want to save.
 @code{.py}
-cv2.imwrite('messigray.png',img)
+cv.imwrite('messigray.png',img)
 @endcode
 This will save the image in PNG format in the working directory.
 
@@ -95,22 +95,22 @@ Below program loads an image in grayscale, displays it, save the image if you pr
 simply exit without saving if you press ESC key.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
-img = cv2.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
-cv2.imshow('image',img)
+cv.imshow('image',img)
-k = cv2.waitKey(0)
+k = cv.waitKey(0)
 if k == 27:         # wait for ESC key to exit
-    cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+    cv.destroyAllWindows()
 elif k == ord('s'): # wait for 's' key to save and exit
-    cv2.imwrite('messigray.png',img)
+    cv.imwrite('messigray.png',img)
-    cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+    cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 
 **warning**
 
-If you are using a 64-bit machine, you will have to modify `k = cv2.waitKey(0)` line as follows :
+If you are using a 64-bit machine, you will have to modify `k = cv.waitKey(0)` line as follows :
-`k = cv2.waitKey(0) & 0xFF`
+`k = cv.waitKey(0) & 0xFF`
 
 Using Matplotlib
 ----------------
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ will see them in coming articles. Here, you will learn how to display image with
 zoom images, save it etc using Matplotlib.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
 plt.imshow(img, cmap = 'gray', interpolation = 'bicubic')
 plt.xticks([]), plt.yticks([])  # to hide tick values on X and Y axis
 plt.show()

doc/py_tutorials/py_gui/py_mouse_handling/py_mouse_handling.markdown

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Goal
 ----
 
 -   Learn to handle mouse events in OpenCV
--   You will learn these functions : **cv2.setMouseCallback()**
+-   You will learn these functions : **cv.setMouseCallback()**
 
 Simple Demo
 -----------
@@ -19,32 +19,32 @@ double-click etc. It gives us the coordinates (x,y) for every mouse event. With
 location, we can do whatever we like. To list all available events available, run the following code
 in Python terminal:
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
-events = [i for i in dir(cv2) if 'EVENT' in i]
+events = [i for i in dir(cv) if 'EVENT' in i]
 print( events )
 @endcode
 Creating mouse callback function has a specific format which is same everywhere. It differs only in
 what the function does. So our mouse callback function does one thing, it draws a circle where we
 double-click. So see the code below. Code is self-explanatory from comments :
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 
 # mouse callback function
 def draw_circle(event,x,y,flags,param):
-    if event == cv2.EVENT_LBUTTONDBLCLK:
+    if event == cv.EVENT_LBUTTONDBLCLK:
-        cv2.circle(img,(x,y),100,(255,0,0),-1)
+        cv.circle(img,(x,y),100,(255,0,0),-1)
 
 # Create a black image, a window and bind the function to window
 img = np.zeros((512,512,3), np.uint8)
-cv2.namedWindow('image')
+cv.namedWindow('image')
-cv2.setMouseCallback('image',draw_circle)
+cv.setMouseCallback('image',draw_circle)
 
 while(1):
-    cv2.imshow('image',img)
+    cv.imshow('image',img)
-    if cv2.waitKey(20) & 0xFF == 27:
+    if cv.waitKey(20) & 0xFF == 27:
         break
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 More Advanced Demo
 ------------------
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ function has two parts, one to draw rectangle and other to draw the circles. Thi
 will be really helpful in creating and understanding some interactive applications like object
 tracking, image segmentation etc.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 
 drawing = False # true if mouse is pressed
 mode = True # if True, draw rectangle. Press 'm' to toggle to curve
@@ -66,40 +66,40 @@ ix,iy = -1,-1
 def draw_circle(event,x,y,flags,param):
     global ix,iy,drawing,mode
 
-    if event == cv2.EVENT_LBUTTONDOWN:
+    if event == cv.EVENT_LBUTTONDOWN:
         drawing = True
         ix,iy = x,y
 
-    elif event == cv2.EVENT_MOUSEMOVE:
+    elif event == cv.EVENT_MOUSEMOVE:
         if drawing == True:
             if mode == True:
-                cv2.rectangle(img,(ix,iy),(x,y),(0,255,0),-1)
+                cv.rectangle(img,(ix,iy),(x,y),(0,255,0),-1)
             else:
-                cv2.circle(img,(x,y),5,(0,0,255),-1)
+                cv.circle(img,(x,y),5,(0,0,255),-1)
 
-    elif event == cv2.EVENT_LBUTTONUP:
+    elif event == cv.EVENT_LBUTTONUP:
         drawing = False
         if mode == True:
-            cv2.rectangle(img,(ix,iy),(x,y),(0,255,0),-1)
+            cv.rectangle(img,(ix,iy),(x,y),(0,255,0),-1)
         else:
-            cv2.circle(img,(x,y),5,(0,0,255),-1)
+            cv.circle(img,(x,y),5,(0,0,255),-1)
 @endcode
 Next we have to bind this mouse callback function to OpenCV window. In the main loop, we should set
 a keyboard binding for key 'm' to toggle between rectangle and circle.
 @code{.py}
 img = np.zeros((512,512,3), np.uint8)
-cv2.namedWindow('image')
+cv.namedWindow('image')
-cv2.setMouseCallback('image',draw_circle)
+cv.setMouseCallback('image',draw_circle)
 
 while(1):
-    cv2.imshow('image',img)
+    cv.imshow('image',img)
-    k = cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF
+    k = cv.waitKey(1) & 0xFF
     if k == ord('m'):
         mode = not mode
     elif k == 27:
         break
 
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 Additional Resources
 --------------------

doc/py_tutorials/py_gui/py_trackbar/py_trackbar.markdown

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Goal
 ----
 
 -   Learn to bind trackbar to OpenCV windows
--   You will learn these functions : **cv2.getTrackbarPos()**, **cv2.createTrackbar()** etc.
+-   You will learn these functions : **cv.getTrackbarPos()**, **cv.createTrackbar()** etc.
 
 Code Demo
 ---------
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Here we will create a simple application which shows the color you specify. You
 shows the color and three trackbars to specify each of B,G,R colors. You slide the trackbar and
 correspondingly window color changes. By default, initial color will be set to Black.
 
-For cv2.getTrackbarPos() function, first argument is the trackbar name, second one is the window
+For cv.getTrackbarPos() function, first argument is the trackbar name, second one is the window
 name to which it is attached, third argument is the default value, fourth one is the maximum value
 and fifth one is the callback function which is executed everytime trackbar value changes. The
 callback function always has a default argument which is the trackbar position. In our case,
@@ -25,43 +25,43 @@ doesn't have button functionality. So you can use trackbar to get such functiona
 application, we have created one switch in which application works only if switch is ON, otherwise
 screen is always black.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 
 def nothing(x):
     pass
 
 # Create a black image, a window
 img = np.zeros((300,512,3), np.uint8)
-cv2.namedWindow('image')
+cv.namedWindow('image')
 
 # create trackbars for color change
-cv2.createTrackbar('R','image',0,255,nothing)
+cv.createTrackbar('R','image',0,255,nothing)
-cv2.createTrackbar('G','image',0,255,nothing)
+cv.createTrackbar('G','image',0,255,nothing)
-cv2.createTrackbar('B','image',0,255,nothing)
+cv.createTrackbar('B','image',0,255,nothing)
 
 # create switch for ON/OFF functionality
 switch = '0 : OFF \n1 : ON'
-cv2.createTrackbar(switch, 'image',0,1,nothing)
+cv.createTrackbar(switch, 'image',0,1,nothing)
 
 while(1):
-    cv2.imshow('image',img)
+    cv.imshow('image',img)
-    k = cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF
+    k = cv.waitKey(1) & 0xFF
     if k == 27:
         break
 
     # get current positions of four trackbars
-    r = cv2.getTrackbarPos('R','image')
+    r = cv.getTrackbarPos('R','image')
-    g = cv2.getTrackbarPos('G','image')
+    g = cv.getTrackbarPos('G','image')
-    b = cv2.getTrackbarPos('B','image')
+    b = cv.getTrackbarPos('B','image')
-    s = cv2.getTrackbarPos(switch,'image')
+    s = cv.getTrackbarPos(switch,'image')
 
     if s == 0:
         img[:] = 0
     else:
         img[:] = [b,g,r]
 
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 The screenshot of the application looks like below :
 

doc/py_tutorials/py_gui/py_video_display/py_video_display.markdown

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Goal
 
 -   Learn to read video, display video and save video.
 -   Learn to capture from Camera and display it.
--   You will learn these functions : **cv2.VideoCapture()**, **cv2.VideoWriter()**
+-   You will learn these functions : **cv.VideoCapture()**, **cv.VideoWriter()**
 
 Capture Video from Camera
 -------------------------
@@ -22,25 +22,25 @@ the second camera by passing 1 and so on. After that, you can capture frame-by-f
 end, don't forget to release the capture.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
-cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
+cap = cv.VideoCapture(0)
 
 while(True):
     # Capture frame-by-frame
     ret, frame = cap.read()
 
     # Our operations on the frame come here
-    gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+    gray = cv.cvtColor(frame, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
 
     # Display the resulting frame
-    cv2.imshow('frame',gray)
+    cv.imshow('frame',gray)
-    if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
+    if cv.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
         break
 
 # When everything done, release the capture
 cap.release()
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 `cap.read()` returns a bool (`True`/`False`). If frame is read correctly, it will be `True`. So you can
 check end of the video by checking this return value.
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ video) and full details can be seen here: cv::VideoCapture::get().
 Some of these values can be modified using **cap.set(propId, value)**. Value is the new value you
 want.
 
-For example, I can check the frame width and height by `cap.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH)` and `cap.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT)`. It gives me
+For example, I can check the frame width and height by `cap.get(cv.CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH)` and `cap.get(cv.CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT)`. It gives me
-640x480 by default. But I want to modify it to 320x240. Just use `ret = cap.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH,320)` and
+640x480 by default. But I want to modify it to 320x240. Just use `ret = cap.set(cv.CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH,320)` and
-`ret = cap.set(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT,240)`.
+`ret = cap.set(cv.CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT,240)`.
 
 @note If you are getting error, make sure camera is working fine using any other camera application
 (like Cheese in Linux).
@@ -66,26 +66,26 @@ Playing Video from file
 -----------------------
 
 It is same as capturing from Camera, just change camera index with video file name. Also while
-displaying the frame, use appropriate time for `cv2.waitKey()`. If it is too less, video will be very
+displaying the frame, use appropriate time for `cv.waitKey()`. If it is too less, video will be very
 fast and if it is too high, video will be slow (Well, that is how you can display videos in slow
 motion). 25 milliseconds will be OK in normal cases.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
-cap = cv2.VideoCapture('vtest.avi')
+cap = cv.VideoCapture('vtest.avi')
 
 while(cap.isOpened()):
     ret, frame = cap.read()
 
-    gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+    gray = cv.cvtColor(frame, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
 
-    cv2.imshow('frame',gray)
+    cv.imshow('frame',gray)
-    if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
+    if cv.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
         break
 
 cap.release()
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 
 @note Make sure proper versions of ffmpeg or gstreamer is installed. Sometimes, it is a headache to
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Saving a Video
 --------------
 
 So we capture a video, process it frame-by-frame and we want to save that video. For images, it is
-very simple, just use `cv2.imwrite()`. Here a little more work is required.
+very simple, just use `cv.imwrite()`. Here a little more work is required.
 
 This time we create a **VideoWriter** object. We should specify the output file name (eg:
 output.avi). Then we should specify the **FourCC** code (details in next paragraph). Then number of
@@ -111,30 +111,30 @@ platform dependent. Following codecs works fine for me.
 -   In Windows: DIVX (More to be tested and added)
 -   In OSX: MJPG (.mp4), DIVX (.avi), X264 (.mkv).
 
-FourCC code is passed as `cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc('M','J','P','G')` or
+FourCC code is passed as `cv.VideoWriter_fourcc('M','J','P','G')` or
-`cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*'MJPG')` for MJPG.
+`cv.VideoWriter_fourcc(*'MJPG')` for MJPG.
 
 Below code capture from a Camera, flip every frame in vertical direction and saves it.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
-cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
+cap = cv.VideoCapture(0)
 
 # Define the codec and create VideoWriter object
-fourcc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc(*'XVID')
+fourcc = cv.VideoWriter_fourcc(*'XVID')
-out = cv2.VideoWriter('output.avi',fourcc, 20.0, (640,480))
+out = cv.VideoWriter('output.avi',fourcc, 20.0, (640,480))
 
 while(cap.isOpened()):
     ret, frame = cap.read()
     if ret==True:
-        frame = cv2.flip(frame,0)
+        frame = cv.flip(frame,0)
 
         # write the flipped frame
         out.write(frame)
 
-        cv2.imshow('frame',frame)
+        cv.imshow('frame',frame)
-        if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
+        if cv.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
             break
     else:
         break
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ while(cap.isOpened()):
 # Release everything if job is finished
 cap.release()
 out.release()
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 
 Additional Resources

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_canny/py_canny.markdown

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Goal
 In this chapter, we will learn about
 
 -   Concept of Canny edge detection
--   OpenCV functions for that : **cv2.Canny()**
+-   OpenCV functions for that : **cv.Canny()**
 
 Theory
 ------
@@ -72,19 +72,19 @@ So what we finally get is strong edges in the image.
 Canny Edge Detection in OpenCV
 ------------------------------
 
-OpenCV puts all the above in single function, **cv2.Canny()**. We will see how to use it. First
+OpenCV puts all the above in single function, **cv.Canny()**. We will see how to use it. First
 argument is our input image. Second and third arguments are our minVal and maxVal respectively.
 Third argument is aperture_size. It is the size of Sobel kernel used for find image gradients. By
 default it is 3. Last argument is L2gradient which specifies the equation for finding gradient
 magnitude. If it is True, it uses the equation mentioned above which is more accurate, otherwise it
 uses this function: \f$Edge\_Gradient \; (G) = |G_x| + |G_y|\f$. By default, it is False.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
-edges = cv2.Canny(img,100,200)
+edges = cv.Canny(img,100,200)
 
 plt.subplot(121),plt.imshow(img,cmap = 'gray')
 plt.title('Original Image'), plt.xticks([]), plt.yticks([])

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_colorspaces/py_colorspaces.markdown

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Goal
 -   In this tutorial, you will learn how to convert images from one color-space to another, like
     BGR \f$\leftrightarrow\f$ Gray, BGR \f$\leftrightarrow\f$ HSV etc.
 -   In addition to that, we will create an application which extracts a colored object in a video
--   You will learn following functions : **cv2.cvtColor()**, **cv2.inRange()** etc.
+-   You will learn following functions : **cv.cvtColor()**, **cv.inRange()** etc.
 
 Changing Color-space
 --------------------
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ Changing Color-space
 There are more than 150 color-space conversion methods available in OpenCV. But we will look into
 only two which are most widely used ones, BGR \f$\leftrightarrow\f$ Gray and BGR \f$\leftrightarrow\f$ HSV.
 
-For color conversion, we use the function cv2.cvtColor(input_image, flag) where flag determines the
+For color conversion, we use the function cv.cvtColor(input_image, flag) where flag determines the
 type of conversion.
 
-For BGR \f$\rightarrow\f$ Gray conversion we use the flags cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY. Similarly for BGR
+For BGR \f$\rightarrow\f$ Gray conversion we use the flags cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY. Similarly for BGR
-\f$\rightarrow\f$ HSV, we use the flag cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV. To get other flags, just run following
+\f$\rightarrow\f$ HSV, we use the flag cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV. To get other flags, just run following
 commands in your Python terminal :
 @code{.py}
->>> import cv2
+>>> import cv2 as cv
->>> flags = [i for i in dir(cv2) if i.startswith('COLOR_')]
+>>> flags = [i for i in dir(cv) if i.startswith('COLOR_')]
 >>> print( flags )
 @endcode
 @note For HSV, Hue range is [0,179], Saturation range is [0,255] and Value range is [0,255].
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ a blue colored object. So here is the method:
 
 Below is the code which are commented in detail :
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 
-cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
+cap = cv.VideoCapture(0)
 
 while(1):
 
@@ -55,26 +55,26 @@ while(1):
     _, frame = cap.read()
 
     # Convert BGR to HSV
-    hsv = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+    hsv = cv.cvtColor(frame, cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
 
     # define range of blue color in HSV
     lower_blue = np.array([110,50,50])
     upper_blue = np.array([130,255,255])
 
     # Threshold the HSV image to get only blue colors
-    mask = cv2.inRange(hsv, lower_blue, upper_blue)
+    mask = cv.inRange(hsv, lower_blue, upper_blue)
 
     # Bitwise-AND mask and original image
-    res = cv2.bitwise_and(frame,frame, mask= mask)
+    res = cv.bitwise_and(frame,frame, mask= mask)
 
-    cv2.imshow('frame',frame)
+    cv.imshow('frame',frame)
-    cv2.imshow('mask',mask)
+    cv.imshow('mask',mask)
-    cv2.imshow('res',res)
+    cv.imshow('res',res)
-    k = cv2.waitKey(5) & 0xFF
+    k = cv.waitKey(5) & 0xFF
     if k == 27:
         break
 
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 Below image shows tracking of the blue object:
 
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ How to find HSV values to track?
 --------------------------------
 
 This is a common question found in [stackoverflow.com](http://www.stackoverflow.com). It is very simple and
-you can use the same function, cv2.cvtColor(). Instead of passing an image, you just pass the BGR
+you can use the same function, cv.cvtColor(). Instead of passing an image, you just pass the BGR
 values you want. For example, to find the HSV value of Green, try following commands in Python
 terminal:
 @code{.py}
 >>> green = np.uint8([[[0,255,0 ]]])
->>> hsv_green = cv2.cvtColor(green,cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+>>> hsv_green = cv.cvtColor(green,cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
 >>> print( hsv_green )
 [[[ 60 255 255]]]
 @endcode

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_contours/py_contour_features/py_contour_features.markdown

@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ Image moments help you to calculate some features like center of mass of the obj
 object etc. Check out the wikipedia page on [Image
 Moments](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_moment)
 
-The function **cv2.moments()** gives a dictionary of all moment values calculated. See below:
+The function **cv.moments()** gives a dictionary of all moment values calculated. See below:
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 
-img = cv2.imread('star.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('star.jpg',0)
-ret,thresh = cv2.threshold(img,127,255,0)
+ret,thresh = cv.threshold(img,127,255,0)
-im2,contours,hierarchy = cv2.findContours(thresh, 1, 2)
+im2,contours,hierarchy = cv.findContours(thresh, 1, 2)
 
 cnt = contours[0]
-M = cv2.moments(cnt)
+M = cv.moments(cnt)
 print( M )
 @endcode
 From this moments, you can extract useful data like area, centroid etc. Centroid is given by the
@@ -40,18 +40,18 @@ cy = int(M['m01']/M['m00'])
 2. Contour Area
 ---------------
 
-Contour area is given by the function **cv2.contourArea()** or from moments, **M['m00']**.
+Contour area is given by the function **cv.contourArea()** or from moments, **M['m00']**.
 @code{.py}
-area = cv2.contourArea(cnt)
+area = cv.contourArea(cnt)
 @endcode
 
 3. Contour Perimeter
 --------------------
 
-It is also called arc length. It can be found out using **cv2.arcLength()** function. Second
+It is also called arc length. It can be found out using **cv.arcLength()** function. Second
 argument specify whether shape is a closed contour (if passed True), or just a curve.
 @code{.py}
-perimeter = cv2.arcLength(cnt,True)
+perimeter = cv.arcLength(cnt,True)
 @endcode
 
 4. Contour Approximation
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ you can use this function to approximate the shape. In this, second argument is
 which is maximum distance from contour to approximated contour. It is an accuracy parameter. A wise
 selection of epsilon is needed to get the correct output.
 @code{.py}
-epsilon = 0.1*cv2.arcLength(cnt,True)
+epsilon = 0.1*cv.arcLength(cnt,True)
-approx = cv2.approxPolyDP(cnt,epsilon,True)
+approx = cv.approxPolyDP(cnt,epsilon,True)
 @endcode
 Below, in second image, green line shows the approximated curve for epsilon = 10% of arc length.
 Third image shows the same for epsilon = 1% of the arc length. Third argument specifies whether
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ curve is closed or not.
 --------------
 
 Convex Hull will look similar to contour approximation, but it is not (Both may provide same results
-in some cases). Here, **cv2.convexHull()** function checks a curve for convexity defects and
+in some cases). Here, **cv.convexHull()** function checks a curve for convexity defects and
 corrects it. Generally speaking, convex curves are the curves which are always bulged out, or
 at-least flat. And if it is bulged inside, it is called convexity defects. For example, check the
 below image of hand. Red line shows the convex hull of hand. The double-sided arrow marks shows the
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ convexity defects, which are the local maximum deviations of hull from contours.
 
 There is a little bit things to discuss about it its syntax:
 @code{.py}
-hull = cv2.convexHull(points[, hull[, clockwise[, returnPoints]]
+hull = cv.convexHull(points[, hull[, clockwise[, returnPoints]]
 @endcode
 Arguments details:
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Arguments details:
 
 So to get a convex hull as in above image, following is sufficient:
 @code{.py}
-hull = cv2.convexHull(cnt)
+hull = cv.convexHull(cnt)
 @endcode
 But if you want to find convexity defects, you need to pass returnPoints = False. To understand it,
 we will take the rectangle image above. First I found its contour as cnt. Now I found its convex
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ You will see it again when we discuss about convexity defects.
 6. Checking Convexity
 ---------------------
 
-There is a function to check if a curve is convex or not, **cv2.isContourConvex()**. It just return
+There is a function to check if a curve is convex or not, **cv.isContourConvex()**. It just return
 whether True or False. Not a big deal.
 @code{.py}
-k = cv2.isContourConvex(cnt)
+k = cv.isContourConvex(cnt)
 @endcode
 
 7. Bounding Rectangle
@@ -133,25 +133,25 @@ There are two types of bounding rectangles.
 ### 7.a. Straight Bounding Rectangle
 
 It is a straight rectangle, it doesn't consider the rotation of the object. So area of the bounding
-rectangle won't be minimum. It is found by the function **cv2.boundingRect()**.
+rectangle won't be minimum. It is found by the function **cv.boundingRect()**.
 
 Let (x,y) be the top-left coordinate of the rectangle and (w,h) be its width and height.
 @code{.py}
-x,y,w,h = cv2.boundingRect(cnt)
+x,y,w,h = cv.boundingRect(cnt)
-cv2.rectangle(img,(x,y),(x+w,y+h),(0,255,0),2)
+cv.rectangle(img,(x,y),(x+w,y+h),(0,255,0),2)
 @endcode
 
 ### 7.b. Rotated Rectangle
 
 Here, bounding rectangle is drawn with minimum area, so it considers the rotation also. The function
-used is **cv2.minAreaRect()**. It returns a Box2D structure which contains following detals - (
+used is **cv.minAreaRect()**. It returns a Box2D structure which contains following detals - (
 center (x,y), (width, height), angle of rotation ). But to draw this rectangle, we need 4 corners of
-the rectangle. It is obtained by the function **cv2.boxPoints()**
+the rectangle. It is obtained by the function **cv.boxPoints()**
 @code{.py}
-rect = cv2.minAreaRect(cnt)
+rect = cv.minAreaRect(cnt)
-box = cv2.boxPoints(rect)
+box = cv.boxPoints(rect)
 box = np.int0(box)
-cv2.drawContours(img,[box],0,(0,0,255),2)
+cv.drawContours(img,[box],0,(0,0,255),2)
 @endcode
 Both the rectangles are shown in a single image. Green rectangle shows the normal bounding rect. Red
 rectangle is the rotated rect.
@@ -161,13 +161,13 @@ rectangle is the rotated rect.
 8. Minimum Enclosing Circle
 ---------------------------
 
-Next we find the circumcircle of an object using the function **cv2.minEnclosingCircle()**. It is a
+Next we find the circumcircle of an object using the function **cv.minEnclosingCircle()**. It is a
 circle which completely covers the object with minimum area.
 @code{.py}
-(x,y),radius = cv2.minEnclosingCircle(cnt)
+(x,y),radius = cv.minEnclosingCircle(cnt)
 center = (int(x),int(y))
 radius = int(radius)
-cv2.circle(img,center,radius,(0,255,0),2)
+cv.circle(img,center,radius,(0,255,0),2)
 @endcode
 ![image](images/circumcircle.png)
 
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ cv2.circle(img,center,radius,(0,255,0),2)
 Next one is to fit an ellipse to an object. It returns the rotated rectangle in which the ellipse is
 inscribed.
 @code{.py}
-ellipse = cv2.fitEllipse(cnt)
+ellipse = cv.fitEllipse(cnt)
-cv2.ellipse(img,ellipse,(0,255,0),2)
+cv.ellipse(img,ellipse,(0,255,0),2)
 @endcode
 ![image](images/fitellipse.png)
 
@@ -189,10 +189,10 @@ Similarly we can fit a line to a set of points. Below image contains a set of wh
 approximate a straight line to it.
 @code{.py}
 rows,cols = img.shape[:2]
-[vx,vy,x,y] = cv2.fitLine(cnt, cv2.DIST_L2,0,0.01,0.01)
+[vx,vy,x,y] = cv.fitLine(cnt, cv.DIST_L2,0,0.01,0.01)
 lefty = int((-x*vy/vx) + y)
 righty = int(((cols-x)*vy/vx)+y)
-cv2.line(img,(cols-1,righty),(0,lefty),(0,255,0),2)
+cv.line(img,(cols-1,righty),(0,lefty),(0,255,0),2)
 @endcode
 ![image](images/fitline.jpg)
 

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_contours/py_contour_properties/py_contour_properties.markdown

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ It is the ratio of width to height of bounding rect of the object.
 
 \f[Aspect \; Ratio = \frac{Width}{Height}\f]
 @code{.py}
-x,y,w,h = cv2.boundingRect(cnt)
+x,y,w,h = cv.boundingRect(cnt)
 aspect_ratio = float(w)/h
 @endcode
 
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Extent is the ratio of contour area to bounding rectangle area.
 
 \f[Extent = \frac{Object \; Area}{Bounding \; Rectangle \; Area}\f]
 @code{.py}
-area = cv2.contourArea(cnt)
+area = cv.contourArea(cnt)
-x,y,w,h = cv2.boundingRect(cnt)
+x,y,w,h = cv.boundingRect(cnt)
 rect_area = w*h
 extent = float(area)/rect_area
 @endcode
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ Solidity is the ratio of contour area to its convex hull area.
 
 \f[Solidity = \frac{Contour \; Area}{Convex \; Hull \; Area}\f]
 @code{.py}
-area = cv2.contourArea(cnt)
+area = cv.contourArea(cnt)
-hull = cv2.convexHull(cnt)
+hull = cv.convexHull(cnt)
-hull_area = cv2.contourArea(hull)
+hull_area = cv.contourArea(hull)
 solidity = float(area)/hull_area
 @endcode
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Equivalent Diameter is the diameter of the circle whose area is same as the cont
 
 \f[Equivalent \; Diameter = \sqrt{\frac{4 \times Contour \; Area}{\pi}}\f]
 @code{.py}
-area = cv2.contourArea(cnt)
+area = cv.contourArea(cnt)
 equi_diameter = np.sqrt(4*area/np.pi)
 @endcode
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ equi_diameter = np.sqrt(4*area/np.pi)
 Orientation is the angle at which object is directed. Following method also gives the Major Axis and
 Minor Axis lengths.
 @code{.py}
-(x,y),(MA,ma),angle = cv2.fitEllipse(cnt)
+(x,y),(MA,ma),angle = cv.fitEllipse(cnt)
 @endcode
 
 6. Mask and Pixel Points
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ Minor Axis lengths.
 In some cases, we may need all the points which comprises that object. It can be done as follows:
 @code{.py}
 mask = np.zeros(imgray.shape,np.uint8)
-cv2.drawContours(mask,[cnt],0,255,-1)
+cv.drawContours(mask,[cnt],0,255,-1)
 pixelpoints = np.transpose(np.nonzero(mask))
-#pixelpoints = cv2.findNonZero(mask)
+#pixelpoints = cv.findNonZero(mask)
 @endcode
 Here, two methods, one using Numpy functions, next one using OpenCV function (last commented line)
 are given to do the same. Results are also same, but with a slight difference. Numpy gives
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ basically the answers will be interchanged. Note that, **row = x** and **column
 
 We can find these parameters using a mask image.
 @code{.py}
-min_val, max_val, min_loc, max_loc = cv2.minMaxLoc(imgray,mask = mask)
+min_val, max_val, min_loc, max_loc = cv.minMaxLoc(imgray,mask = mask)
 @endcode
 
 8. Mean Color or Mean Intensity
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ min_val, max_val, min_loc, max_loc = cv2.minMaxLoc(imgray,mask = mask)
 Here, we can find the average color of an object. Or it can be average intensity of the object in
 grayscale mode. We again use the same mask to do it.
 @code{.py}
-mean_val = cv2.mean(im,mask = mask)
+mean_val = cv.mean(im,mask = mask)
 @endcode
 
 9. Extreme Points

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_contours/py_contours_begin/py_contours_begin.markdown

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Goal
 
 -   Understand what contours are.
 -   Learn to find contours, draw contours etc
--   You will see these functions : **cv2.findContours()**, **cv2.drawContours()**
+-   You will see these functions : **cv.findContours()**, **cv.drawContours()**
 
 What are contours?
 ------------------
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ detection and recognition.
 Let's see how to find contours of a binary image:
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
-im = cv2.imread('test.jpg')
+im = cv.imread('test.jpg')
-imgray = cv2.cvtColor(im, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+imgray = cv.cvtColor(im, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
-ret, thresh = cv2.threshold(imgray, 127, 255, 0)
+ret, thresh = cv.threshold(imgray, 127, 255, 0)
-im2, contours, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(thresh, cv2.RETR_TREE, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
+im2, contours, hierarchy = cv.findContours(thresh, cv.RETR_TREE, cv.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
 @endcode
-See, there are three arguments in **cv2.findContours()** function, first one is source image, second
+See, there are three arguments in **cv.findContours()** function, first one is source image, second
 is contour retrieval mode, third is contour approximation method. And it outputs a modified image, the contours and
 hierarchy. contours is a Python list of all the contours in the image. Each individual contour is a
 Numpy array of (x,y) coordinates of boundary points of the object.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ the values given to them in code sample will work fine for all images.
 How to draw the contours?
 -------------------------
 
-To draw the contours, cv2.drawContours function is used. It can also be used to draw any shape
+To draw the contours, cv.drawContours function is used. It can also be used to draw any shape
 provided you have its boundary points. Its first argument is source image, second argument is the
 contours which should be passed as a Python list, third argument is index of contours (useful when
 drawing individual contour. To draw all contours, pass -1) and remaining arguments are color,
@@ -50,16 +50,16 @@ thickness etc.
 
 * To draw all the contours in an image:
 @code{.py}
-cv2.drawContours(img, contours, -1, (0,255,0), 3)
+cv.drawContours(img, contours, -1, (0,255,0), 3)
 @endcode
 * To draw an individual contour, say 4th contour:
 @code{.py}
-cv2.drawContours(img, contours, 3, (0,255,0), 3)
+cv.drawContours(img, contours, 3, (0,255,0), 3)
 @endcode
 * But most of the time, below method will be useful:
 @code{.py}
 cnt = contours[4]
-cv2.drawContours(img, [cnt], 0, (0,255,0), 3)
+cv.drawContours(img, [cnt], 0, (0,255,0), 3)
 @endcode
 
 @note Last two methods are same, but when you go forward, you will see last one is more useful.
@@ -67,21 +67,21 @@ cv2.drawContours(img, [cnt], 0, (0,255,0), 3)
 Contour Approximation Method
 ============================
 
-This is the third argument in cv2.findContours function. What does it denote actually?
+This is the third argument in cv.findContours function. What does it denote actually?
 
 Above, we told that contours are the boundaries of a shape with same intensity. It stores the (x,y)
 coordinates of the boundary of a shape. But does it store all the coordinates ? That is specified by
 this contour approximation method.
 
-If you pass cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_NONE, all the boundary points are stored. But actually do we need all
+If you pass cv.CHAIN_APPROX_NONE, all the boundary points are stored. But actually do we need all
 the points? For eg, you found the contour of a straight line. Do you need all the points on the line
 to represent that line? No, we need just two end points of that line. This is what
-cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE does. It removes all redundant points and compresses the contour, thereby
+cv.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE does. It removes all redundant points and compresses the contour, thereby
 saving memory.
 
 Below image of a rectangle demonstrate this technique. Just draw a circle on all the coordinates in
-the contour array (drawn in blue color). First image shows points I got with cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_NONE
+the contour array (drawn in blue color). First image shows points I got with cv.CHAIN_APPROX_NONE
-(734 points) and second image shows the one with cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE (only 4 points). See, how
+(734 points) and second image shows the one with cv.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE (only 4 points). See, how
 much memory it saves!!!
 
 ![image](images/none.jpg)

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_contours/py_contours_hierarchy/py_contours_hierarchy.markdown

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ Theory
 ------
 
 In the last few articles on contours, we have worked with several functions related to contours
-provided by OpenCV. But when we found the contours in image using **cv2.findContours()** function,
+provided by OpenCV. But when we found the contours in image using **cv.findContours()** function,
-we have passed an argument, **Contour Retrieval Mode**. We usually passed **cv2.RETR_LIST** or
+we have passed an argument, **Contour Retrieval Mode**. We usually passed **cv.RETR_LIST** or
-**cv2.RETR_TREE** and it worked nice. But what does it actually mean ?
+**cv.RETR_TREE** and it worked nice. But what does it actually mean ?
 
 Also, in the output, we got three arrays, first is the image, second is our contours, and one more
 output which we named as **hierarchy** (Please checkout the codes in previous articles). But we
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ That is what we are going to deal in this article.
 
 ### What is Hierarchy?
 
-Normally we use the **cv2.findContours()** function to detect objects in an image, right ? Sometimes
+Normally we use the **cv.findContours()** function to detect objects in an image, right ? Sometimes
 objects are in different locations. But in some cases, some shapes are inside other shapes. Just
 like nested figures. In this case, we call outer one as **parent** and inner one as **child**. This
 way, contours in an image has some relationship to each other. And we can specify how one contour is
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ contour-3a. For contour-3a, it is contour-3 and so on.
 @note If there is no child or parent, that field is taken as -1
 
 So now we know about the hierarchy style used in OpenCV, we can check into Contour Retrieval Modes
-in OpenCV with the help of same image given above. ie what do flags like cv2.RETR_LIST,
+in OpenCV with the help of same image given above. ie what do flags like cv.RETR_LIST,
-cv2.RETR_TREE, cv2.RETR_CCOMP, cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL etc mean?
+cv.RETR_TREE, cv.RETR_CCOMP, cv.RETR_EXTERNAL etc mean?
 
 Contour Retrieval Mode
 ----------------------
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ array([[[ 3, -1,  1, -1],
 And this is the final guy, Mr.Perfect. It retrieves all the contours and creates a full family
 hierarchy list. **It even tells, who is the grandpa, father, son, grandson and even beyond... :)**.
 
-For examle, I took above image, rewrite the code for cv2.RETR_TREE, reorder the contours as per the
+For examle, I took above image, rewrite the code for cv.RETR_TREE, reorder the contours as per the
 result given by OpenCV and analyze it. Again, red letters give the contour number and green letters
 give the hierarchy order.
 

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_contours/py_contours_more_functions/py_contours_more_functions.markdown

@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ Theory and Code
 We saw what is convex hull in second chapter about contours. Any deviation of the object from this
 hull can be considered as convexity defect.
 
-OpenCV comes with a ready-made function to find this, **cv2.convexityDefects()**. A basic function
+OpenCV comes with a ready-made function to find this, **cv.convexityDefects()**. A basic function
 call would look like below:
 @code{.py}
-hull = cv2.convexHull(cnt,returnPoints = False)
+hull = cv.convexHull(cnt,returnPoints = False)
-defects = cv2.convexityDefects(cnt,hull)
+defects = cv.convexityDefects(cnt,hull)
 @endcode
 
 @note Remember we have to pass returnPoints = False while finding convex hull, in order to find
@@ -33,29 +33,29 @@ line joining start point and end point, then draw a circle at the farthest point
 three values returned are indices of cnt. So we have to bring those values from cnt.
 
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 
-img = cv2.imread('star.jpg')
+img = cv.imread('star.jpg')
-img_gray = cv2.cvtColor(img,cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+img_gray = cv.cvtColor(img,cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
-ret,thresh = cv2.threshold(img_gray, 127, 255,0)
+ret,thresh = cv.threshold(img_gray, 127, 255,0)
-im2,contours,hierarchy = cv2.findContours(thresh,2,1)
+im2,contours,hierarchy = cv.findContours(thresh,2,1)
 cnt = contours[0]
 
-hull = cv2.convexHull(cnt,returnPoints = False)
+hull = cv.convexHull(cnt,returnPoints = False)
-defects = cv2.convexityDefects(cnt,hull)
+defects = cv.convexityDefects(cnt,hull)
 
 for i in range(defects.shape[0]):
     s,e,f,d = defects[i,0]
     start = tuple(cnt[s][0])
     end = tuple(cnt[e][0])
     far = tuple(cnt[f][0])
-    cv2.line(img,start,end,[0,255,0],2)
+    cv.line(img,start,end,[0,255,0],2)
-    cv2.circle(img,far,5,[0,0,255],-1)
+    cv.circle(img,far,5,[0,0,255],-1)
 
-cv2.imshow('img',img)
+cv.imshow('img',img)
-cv2.waitKey(0)
+cv.waitKey(0)
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 And see the result:
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if point is on the contour.
 
 For example, we can check the point (50,50) as follows:
 @code{.py}
-dist = cv2.pointPolygonTest(cnt,(50,50),True)
+dist = cv.pointPolygonTest(cnt,(50,50),True)
 @endcode
 In the function, third argument is measureDist. If it is True, it finds the signed distance. If
 False, it finds whether the point is inside or outside or on the contour (it returns +1, -1, 0
@@ -80,25 +80,25 @@ time consuming process. So, making it False gives about 2-3X speedup.
 
 ### 3. Match Shapes
 
-OpenCV comes with a function **cv2.matchShapes()** which enables us to compare two shapes, or two
+OpenCV comes with a function **cv.matchShapes()** which enables us to compare two shapes, or two
 contours and returns a metric showing the similarity. The lower the result, the better match it is.
 It is calculated based on the hu-moment values. Different measurement methods are explained in the
 docs.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 
-img1 = cv2.imread('star.jpg',0)
+img1 = cv.imread('star.jpg',0)
-img2 = cv2.imread('star2.jpg',0)
+img2 = cv.imread('star2.jpg',0)
 
-ret, thresh = cv2.threshold(img1, 127, 255,0)
+ret, thresh = cv.threshold(img1, 127, 255,0)
-ret, thresh2 = cv2.threshold(img2, 127, 255,0)
+ret, thresh2 = cv.threshold(img2, 127, 255,0)
-im2,contours,hierarchy = cv2.findContours(thresh,2,1)
+im2,contours,hierarchy = cv.findContours(thresh,2,1)
 cnt1 = contours[0]
-im2,contours,hierarchy = cv2.findContours(thresh2,2,1)
+im2,contours,hierarchy = cv.findContours(thresh2,2,1)
 cnt2 = contours[0]
 
-ret = cv2.matchShapes(cnt1,cnt2,1,0.0)
+ret = cv.matchShapes(cnt1,cnt2,1,0.0)
 print( ret )
 @endcode
 I tried matching shapes with different shapes given below:
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ See, even image rotation doesn't affect much on this comparison.
 
 @sa [Hu-Moments](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_moment#Rotation_invariant_moments) are seven
 moments invariant to translation, rotation and scale. Seventh one is skew-invariant. Those values
-can be found using **cv2.HuMoments()** function.
+can be found using **cv.HuMoments()** function.
 
 Additional Resources
 ====================
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ Additional Resources
 Exercises
 ---------
 
--#  Check the documentation for **cv2.pointPolygonTest()**, you can find a nice image in Red and
+-#  Check the documentation for **cv.pointPolygonTest()**, you can find a nice image in Red and
     Blue color. It represents the distance from all pixels to the white curve on it. All pixels
     inside curve is blue depending on the distance. Similarly outside points are red. Contour edges
     are marked with White. So problem is simple. Write a code to create such a representation of
     distance.
--#  Compare images of digits or letters using **cv2.matchShapes()**. ( That would be a simple step
+-#  Compare images of digits or letters using **cv.matchShapes()**. ( That would be a simple step
     towards OCR )

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_filtering/py_filtering.markdown

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ As in one-dimensional signals, images also can be filtered with various low-pass
 high-pass filters(HPF) etc. LPF helps in removing noises, blurring the images etc. HPF filters helps
 in finding edges in the images.
 
-OpenCV provides a function **cv2.filter2D()** to convolve a kernel with an image. As an example, we
+OpenCV provides a function **cv.filter2D()** to convolve a kernel with an image. As an example, we
 will try an averaging filter on an image. A 5x5 averaging filter kernel will look like below:
 
 \f[K =  \frac{1}{25} \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1  \\ 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 \end{bmatrix}\f]
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ Operation is like this: keep this kernel above a pixel, add all the 25 pixels be
 take its average and replace the central pixel with the new average value. It continues this
 operation for all the pixels in the image. Try this code and check the result:
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('opencv_logo.png')
+img = cv.imread('opencv_logo.png')
 
 kernel = np.ones((5,5),np.float32)/25
-dst = cv2.filter2D(img,-1,kernel)
+dst = cv.filter2D(img,-1,kernel)
 
 plt.subplot(121),plt.imshow(img),plt.title('Original')
 plt.xticks([]), plt.yticks([])
@@ -55,23 +55,23 @@ blur the edges too). OpenCV provides mainly four types of blurring techniques.
 
 This is done by convolving image with a normalized box filter. It simply takes the average of all
 the pixels under kernel area and replace the central element. This is done by the function
-**cv2.blur()** or **cv2.boxFilter()**. Check the docs for more details about the kernel. We should
+**cv.blur()** or **cv.boxFilter()**. Check the docs for more details about the kernel. We should
 specify the width and height of kernel. A 3x3 normalized box filter would look like below:
 
 \f[K =  \frac{1}{9} \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1  \\ 1 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 & 1 \end{bmatrix}\f]
 
-@note If you don't want to use normalized box filter, use **cv2.boxFilter()**. Pass an argument
+@note If you don't want to use normalized box filter, use **cv.boxFilter()**. Pass an argument
 normalize=False to the function.
 
 Check a sample demo below with a kernel of 5x5 size:
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('opencv-logo-white.png')
+img = cv.imread('opencv-logo-white.png')
 
-blur = cv2.blur(img,(5,5))
+blur = cv.blur(img,(5,5))
 
 plt.subplot(121),plt.imshow(img),plt.title('Original')
 plt.xticks([]), plt.yticks([])
@@ -86,17 +86,17 @@ Result:
 ### 2. Gaussian Blurring
 
 In this, instead of box filter, gaussian kernel is used. It is done with the function,
-**cv2.GaussianBlur()**. We should specify the width and height of kernel which should be positive
+**cv.GaussianBlur()**. We should specify the width and height of kernel which should be positive
 and odd. We also should specify the standard deviation in X and Y direction, sigmaX and sigmaY
 respectively. If only sigmaX is specified, sigmaY is taken as same as sigmaX. If both are given as
 zeros, they are calculated from kernel size. Gaussian blurring is highly effective in removing
 gaussian noise from the image.
 
-If you want, you can create a Gaussian kernel with the function, **cv2.getGaussianKernel()**.
+If you want, you can create a Gaussian kernel with the function, **cv.getGaussianKernel()**.
 
 The above code can be modified for Gaussian blurring:
 @code{.py}
-blur = cv2.GaussianBlur(img,(5,5),0)
+blur = cv.GaussianBlur(img,(5,5),0)
 @endcode
 Result:
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Result:
 
 ### 3. Median Blurring
 
-Here, the function **cv2.medianBlur()** takes median of all the pixels under kernel area and central
+Here, the function **cv.medianBlur()** takes median of all the pixels under kernel area and central
 element is replaced with this median value. This is highly effective against salt-and-pepper noise
 in the images. Interesting thing is that, in the above filters, central element is a newly
 calculated value which may be a pixel value in the image or a new value. But in median blurring,
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ effectively. Its kernel size should be a positive odd integer.
 
 In this demo, I added a 50% noise to our original image and applied median blur. Check the result:
 @code{.py}
-median = cv2.medianBlur(img,5)
+median = cv.medianBlur(img,5)
 @endcode
 Result:
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Result:
 
 ### 4. Bilateral Filtering
 
-**cv2.bilateralFilter()** is highly effective in noise removal while keeping edges sharp. But the
+**cv.bilateralFilter()** is highly effective in noise removal while keeping edges sharp. But the
 operation is slower compared to other filters. We already saw that gaussian filter takes the a
 neighbourhood around the pixel and find its gaussian weighted average. This gaussian filter is a
 function of space alone, that is, nearby pixels are considered while filtering. It doesn't consider
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ pixels at edges will have large intensity variation.
 
 Below samples shows use bilateral filter (For details on arguments, visit docs).
 @code{.py}
-blur = cv2.bilateralFilter(img,9,75,75)
+blur = cv.bilateralFilter(img,9,75,75)
 @endcode
 Result:
 

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_geometric_transformations/py_geometric_transformations.markdown

@@ -6,35 +6,35 @@ Goals
 
 -   Learn to apply different geometric transformation to images like translation, rotation, affine
     transformation etc.
--   You will see these functions: **cv2.getPerspectiveTransform**
+-   You will see these functions: **cv.getPerspectiveTransform**
 
 Transformations
 ---------------
 
-OpenCV provides two transformation functions, **cv2.warpAffine** and **cv2.warpPerspective**, with
+OpenCV provides two transformation functions, **cv.warpAffine** and **cv.warpPerspective**, with
-which you can have all kinds of transformations. **cv2.warpAffine** takes a 2x3 transformation
+which you can have all kinds of transformations. **cv.warpAffine** takes a 2x3 transformation
-matrix while **cv2.warpPerspective** takes a 3x3 transformation matrix as input.
+matrix while **cv.warpPerspective** takes a 3x3 transformation matrix as input.
 
 ### Scaling
 
-Scaling is just resizing of the image. OpenCV comes with a function **cv2.resize()** for this
+Scaling is just resizing of the image. OpenCV comes with a function **cv.resize()** for this
 purpose. The size of the image can be specified manually, or you can specify the scaling factor.
-Different interpolation methods are used. Preferable interpolation methods are **cv2.INTER_AREA**
+Different interpolation methods are used. Preferable interpolation methods are **cv.INTER_AREA**
-for shrinking and **cv2.INTER_CUBIC** (slow) & **cv2.INTER_LINEAR** for zooming. By default,
+for shrinking and **cv.INTER_CUBIC** (slow) & **cv.INTER_LINEAR** for zooming. By default,
-interpolation method used is **cv2.INTER_LINEAR** for all resizing purposes. You can resize an
+interpolation method used is **cv.INTER_LINEAR** for all resizing purposes. You can resize an
 input image either of following methods:
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 
-img = cv2.imread('messi5.jpg')
+img = cv.imread('messi5.jpg')
 
-res = cv2.resize(img,None,fx=2, fy=2, interpolation = cv2.INTER_CUBIC)
+res = cv.resize(img,None,fx=2, fy=2, interpolation = cv.INTER_CUBIC)
 
 #OR
 
 height, width = img.shape[:2]
-res = cv2.resize(img,(2*width, 2*height), interpolation = cv2.INTER_CUBIC)
+res = cv.resize(img,(2*width, 2*height), interpolation = cv.INTER_CUBIC)
 @endcode
 ### Translation
 
@@ -43,25 +43,25 @@ be \f$(t_x,t_y)\f$, you can create the transformation matrix \f$\textbf{M}\f$ as
 
 \f[M = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 & t_x \\ 0 & 1 & t_y  \end{bmatrix}\f]
 
-You can take make it into a Numpy array of type np.float32 and pass it into **cv2.warpAffine()**
+You can take make it into a Numpy array of type np.float32 and pass it into **cv.warpAffine()**
 function. See below example for a shift of (100,50):
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 
-img = cv2.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
 rows,cols = img.shape
 
 M = np.float32([[1,0,100],[0,1,50]])
-dst = cv2.warpAffine(img,M,(cols,rows))
+dst = cv.warpAffine(img,M,(cols,rows))
 
-cv2.imshow('img',dst)
+cv.imshow('img',dst)
-cv2.waitKey(0)
+cv.waitKey(0)
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 **warning**
 
-Third argument of the **cv2.warpAffine()** function is the size of the output image, which should
+Third argument of the **cv.warpAffine()** function is the size of the output image, which should
 be in the form of **(width, height)**. Remember width = number of columns, and height = number of
 rows.
 
@@ -84,14 +84,14 @@ where:
 
 \f[\begin{array}{l} \alpha =  scale \cdot \cos \theta , \\ \beta =  scale \cdot \sin \theta \end{array}\f]
 
-To find this transformation matrix, OpenCV provides a function, **cv2.getRotationMatrix2D**. Check
+To find this transformation matrix, OpenCV provides a function, **cv.getRotationMatrix2D**. Check
 below example which rotates the image by 90 degree with respect to center without any scaling.
 @code{.py}
-img = cv2.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
 rows,cols = img.shape
 
-M = cv2.getRotationMatrix2D((cols/2,rows/2),90,1)
+M = cv.getRotationMatrix2D((cols/2,rows/2),90,1)
-dst = cv2.warpAffine(img,M,(cols,rows))
+dst = cv.warpAffine(img,M,(cols,rows))
 @endcode
 See the result:
 
@@ -101,20 +101,20 @@ See the result:
 
 In affine transformation, all parallel lines in the original image will still be parallel in the
 output image. To find the transformation matrix, we need three points from input image and their
-corresponding locations in output image. Then **cv2.getAffineTransform** will create a 2x3 matrix
+corresponding locations in output image. Then **cv.getAffineTransform** will create a 2x3 matrix
-which is to be passed to **cv2.warpAffine**.
+which is to be passed to **cv.warpAffine**.
 
 Check below example, and also look at the points I selected (which are marked in Green color):
 @code{.py}
-img = cv2.imread('drawing.png')
+img = cv.imread('drawing.png')
 rows,cols,ch = img.shape
 
 pts1 = np.float32([[50,50],[200,50],[50,200]])
 pts2 = np.float32([[10,100],[200,50],[100,250]])
 
-M = cv2.getAffineTransform(pts1,pts2)
+M = cv.getAffineTransform(pts1,pts2)
 
-dst = cv2.warpAffine(img,M,(cols,rows))
+dst = cv.warpAffine(img,M,(cols,rows))
 
 plt.subplot(121),plt.imshow(img),plt.title('Input')
 plt.subplot(122),plt.imshow(dst),plt.title('Output')
@@ -130,20 +130,20 @@ For perspective transformation, you need a 3x3 transformation matrix. Straight l
 straight even after the transformation. To find this transformation matrix, you need 4 points on the
 input image and corresponding points on the output image. Among these 4 points, 3 of them should not
 be collinear. Then transformation matrix can be found by the function
-**cv2.getPerspectiveTransform**. Then apply **cv2.warpPerspective** with this 3x3 transformation
+**cv.getPerspectiveTransform**. Then apply **cv.warpPerspective** with this 3x3 transformation
 matrix.
 
 See the code below:
 @code{.py}
-img = cv2.imread('sudoku.png')
+img = cv.imread('sudoku.png')
 rows,cols,ch = img.shape
 
 pts1 = np.float32([[56,65],[368,52],[28,387],[389,390]])
 pts2 = np.float32([[0,0],[300,0],[0,300],[300,300]])
 
-M = cv2.getPerspectiveTransform(pts1,pts2)
+M = cv.getPerspectiveTransform(pts1,pts2)
 
-dst = cv2.warpPerspective(img,M,(300,300))
+dst = cv.warpPerspective(img,M,(300,300))
 
 plt.subplot(121),plt.imshow(img),plt.title('Input')
 plt.subplot(122),plt.imshow(dst),plt.title('Output')

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_grabcut/py_grabcut.markdown

@@ -64,24 +64,24 @@ It is illustrated in below image (Image Courtesy: <http://www.cs.ru.ac.za/resear
 Demo
 ----
 
-Now we go for grabcut algorithm with OpenCV. OpenCV has the function, **cv2.grabCut()** for this. We
+Now we go for grabcut algorithm with OpenCV. OpenCV has the function, **cv.grabCut()** for this. We
 will see its arguments first:
 
 -   *img* - Input image
 -   *mask* - It is a mask image where we specify which areas are background, foreground or
-    probable background/foreground etc. It is done by the following flags, **cv2.GC_BGD,
+    probable background/foreground etc. It is done by the following flags, **cv.GC_BGD,
-    cv2.GC_FGD, cv2.GC_PR_BGD, cv2.GC_PR_FGD**, or simply pass 0,1,2,3 to image.
+    cv.GC_FGD, cv.GC_PR_BGD, cv.GC_PR_FGD**, or simply pass 0,1,2,3 to image.
 -   *rect* - It is the coordinates of a rectangle which includes the foreground object in the
     format (x,y,w,h)
 -   *bdgModel*, *fgdModel* - These are arrays used by the algorithm internally. You just create
     two np.float64 type zero arrays of size (1,65).
 -   *iterCount* - Number of iterations the algorithm should run.
--   *mode* - It should be **cv2.GC_INIT_WITH_RECT** or **cv2.GC_INIT_WITH_MASK** or combined
+-   *mode* - It should be **cv.GC_INIT_WITH_RECT** or **cv.GC_INIT_WITH_MASK** or combined
     which decides whether we are drawing rectangle or final touchup strokes.
 
 First let's see with rectangular mode. We load the image, create a similar mask image. We create
 *fgdModel* and *bgdModel*. We give the rectangle parameters. It's all straight-forward. Let the
-algorithm run for 5 iterations. Mode should be *cv2.GC_INIT_WITH_RECT* since we are using
+algorithm run for 5 iterations. Mode should be *cv.GC_INIT_WITH_RECT* since we are using
 rectangle. Then run the grabcut. It modifies the mask image. In the new mask image, pixels will be
 marked with four flags denoting background/foreground as specified above. So we modify the mask such
 that all 0-pixels and 2-pixels are put to 0 (ie background) and all 1-pixels and 3-pixels are put to
@@ -89,17 +89,17 @@ that all 0-pixels and 2-pixels are put to 0 (ie background) and all 1-pixels and
 segmented image.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('messi5.jpg')
+img = cv.imread('messi5.jpg')
 mask = np.zeros(img.shape[:2],np.uint8)
 
 bgdModel = np.zeros((1,65),np.float64)
 fgdModel = np.zeros((1,65),np.float64)
 
 rect = (50,50,450,290)
-cv2.grabCut(img,mask,rect,bgdModel,fgdModel,5,cv2.GC_INIT_WITH_RECT)
+cv.grabCut(img,mask,rect,bgdModel,fgdModel,5,cv.GC_INIT_WITH_RECT)
 
 mask2 = np.where((mask==2)|(mask==0),0,1).astype('uint8')
 img = img*mask2[:,:,np.newaxis]
@@ -122,14 +122,14 @@ remaining background with gray. Then loaded that mask image in OpenCV, edited or
 got with corresponding values in newly added mask image. Check the code below:*
 @code{.py}
 # newmask is the mask image I manually labelled
-newmask = cv2.imread('newmask.png',0)
+newmask = cv.imread('newmask.png',0)
 
 # whereever it is marked white (sure foreground), change mask=1
 # whereever it is marked black (sure background), change mask=0
 mask[newmask == 0] = 0
 mask[newmask == 255] = 1
 
-mask, bgdModel, fgdModel = cv2.grabCut(img,mask,None,bgdModel,fgdModel,5,cv2.GC_INIT_WITH_MASK)
+mask, bgdModel, fgdModel = cv.grabCut(img,mask,None,bgdModel,fgdModel,5,cv.GC_INIT_WITH_MASK)
 
 mask = np.where((mask==2)|(mask==0),0,1).astype('uint8')
 img = img*mask[:,:,np.newaxis]

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_gradients/py_gradients.markdown

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Goal
 In this chapter, we will learn to:
 
 -   Find Image gradients, edges etc
--   We will see following functions : **cv2.Sobel()**, **cv2.Scharr()**, **cv2.Laplacian()** etc
+-   We will see following functions : **cv.Sobel()**, **cv.Scharr()**, **cv.Laplacian()** etc
 
 Theory
 ------
@@ -38,15 +38,15 @@ Code
 Below code shows all operators in a single diagram. All kernels are of 5x5 size. Depth of output
 image is passed -1 to get the result in np.uint8 type.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('dave.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('dave.jpg',0)
 
-laplacian = cv2.Laplacian(img,cv2.CV_64F)
+laplacian = cv.Laplacian(img,cv.CV_64F)
-sobelx = cv2.Sobel(img,cv2.CV_64F,1,0,ksize=5)
+sobelx = cv.Sobel(img,cv.CV_64F,1,0,ksize=5)
-sobely = cv2.Sobel(img,cv2.CV_64F,0,1,ksize=5)
+sobely = cv.Sobel(img,cv.CV_64F,0,1,ksize=5)
 
 plt.subplot(2,2,1),plt.imshow(img,cmap = 'gray')
 plt.title('Original'), plt.xticks([]), plt.yticks([])
@@ -66,26 +66,26 @@ Result:
 One Important Matter!
 ---------------------
 
-In our last example, output datatype is cv2.CV_8U or np.uint8. But there is a slight problem with
+In our last example, output datatype is cv.CV_8U or np.uint8. But there is a slight problem with
 that. Black-to-White transition is taken as Positive slope (it has a positive value) while
 White-to-Black transition is taken as a Negative slope (It has negative value). So when you convert
 data to np.uint8, all negative slopes are made zero. In simple words, you miss that edge.
 
 If you want to detect both edges, better option is to keep the output datatype to some higher forms,
-like cv2.CV_16S, cv2.CV_64F etc, take its absolute value and then convert back to cv2.CV_8U.
+like cv.CV_16S, cv.CV_64F etc, take its absolute value and then convert back to cv.CV_8U.
 Below code demonstrates this procedure for a horizontal Sobel filter and difference in results.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('box.png',0)
+img = cv.imread('box.png',0)
 
-# Output dtype = cv2.CV_8U
+# Output dtype = cv.CV_8U
-sobelx8u = cv2.Sobel(img,cv2.CV_8U,1,0,ksize=5)
+sobelx8u = cv.Sobel(img,cv.CV_8U,1,0,ksize=5)
 
-# Output dtype = cv2.CV_64F. Then take its absolute and convert to cv2.CV_8U
+# Output dtype = cv.CV_64F. Then take its absolute and convert to cv.CV_8U
-sobelx64f = cv2.Sobel(img,cv2.CV_64F,1,0,ksize=5)
+sobelx64f = cv.Sobel(img,cv.CV_64F,1,0,ksize=5)
 abs_sobel64f = np.absolute(sobelx64f)
 sobel_8u = np.uint8(abs_sobel64f)
 

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_histograms/py_2d_histogram/py_2d_histogram.markdown

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ will be useful in understanding further topics like Histogram Back-Projection.
 2D Histogram in OpenCV
 ----------------------
 
-It is quite simple and calculated using the same function, **cv2.calcHist()**. For color histograms,
+It is quite simple and calculated using the same function, **cv.calcHist()**. For color histograms,
 we need to convert the image from BGR to HSV. (Remember, for 1D histogram, we converted from BGR to
 Grayscale). For 2D histograms, its parameters will be modified as follows:
 
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ Grayscale). For 2D histograms, its parameters will be modified as follows:
 
 Now check the code below:
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 
-img = cv2.imread('home.jpg')
+img = cv.imread('home.jpg')
-hsv = cv2.cvtColor(img,cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+hsv = cv.cvtColor(img,cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
 
-hist = cv2.calcHist([hsv], [0, 1], None, [180, 256], [0, 180, 0, 256])
+hist = cv.calcHist([hsv], [0, 1], None, [180, 256], [0, 180, 0, 256])
 @endcode
 That's it.
 
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ That's it.
 Numpy also provides a specific function for this : **np.histogram2d()**. (Remember, for 1D histogram
 we used **np.histogram()** ).
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('home.jpg')
+img = cv.imread('home.jpg')
-hsv = cv2.cvtColor(img,cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+hsv = cv.cvtColor(img,cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
 
 hist, xbins, ybins = np.histogram2d(h.ravel(),s.ravel(),[180,256],[[0,180],[0,256]])
 @endcode
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ Now we can check how to plot this color histogram.
 Plotting 2D Histograms
 ----------------------
 
-### Method - 1 : Using cv2.imshow()
+### Method - 1 : Using cv.imshow()
 
 The result we get is a two dimensional array of size 180x256. So we can show them as we do normally,
-using cv2.imshow() function. It will be a grayscale image and it won't give much idea what colors
+using cv.imshow() function. It will be a grayscale image and it won't give much idea what colors
 are there, unless you know the Hue values of different colors.
 
 ### Method - 2 : Using Matplotlib
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ I prefer this method. It is simple and better.
 
 Consider code:
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('home.jpg')
+img = cv.imread('home.jpg')
-hsv = cv2.cvtColor(img,cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+hsv = cv.cvtColor(img,cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
-hist = cv2.calcHist( [hsv], [0, 1], None, [180, 256], [0, 180, 0, 256] )
+hist = cv.calcHist( [hsv], [0, 1], None, [180, 256], [0, 180, 0, 256] )
 
 plt.imshow(hist,interpolation = 'nearest')
 plt.show()

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_histograms/py_histogram_backprojection/py_histogram_backprojection.markdown

@@ -33,82 +33,81 @@ Algorithm in Numpy
 -#  First we need to calculate the color histogram of both the object we need to find (let it be
     'M') and the image where we are going to search (let it be 'I').
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
-from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
+import cv2 as cvfrom matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
 #roi is the object or region of object we need to find
-roi = cv2.imread('rose_red.png')
+roi = cv.imread('rose_red.png')
-hsv = cv2.cvtColor(roi,cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+hsv = cv.cvtColor(roi,cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
 
 #target is the image we search in
-target = cv2.imread('rose.png')
+target = cv.imread('rose.png')
-hsvt = cv2.cvtColor(target,cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+hsvt = cv.cvtColor(target,cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
 
 # Find the histograms using calcHist. Can be done with np.histogram2d also
-M = cv2.calcHist([hsv],[0, 1], None, [180, 256], [0, 180, 0, 256] )
+M = cv.calcHist([hsv],[0, 1], None, [180, 256], [0, 180, 0, 256] )
-I = cv2.calcHist([hsvt],[0, 1], None, [180, 256], [0, 180, 0, 256] )
+I = cv.calcHist([hsvt],[0, 1], None, [180, 256], [0, 180, 0, 256] )
 @endcode
 2.  Find the ratio \f$R = \frac{M}{I}\f$. Then backproject R, ie use R as palette and create a new image
     with every pixel as its corresponding probability of being target. ie B(x,y) = R[h(x,y),s(x,y)]
     where h is hue and s is saturation of the pixel at (x,y). After that apply the condition
     \f$B(x,y) = min[B(x,y), 1]\f$.
 @code{.py}
-h,s,v = cv2.split(hsvt)
+h,s,v = cv.split(hsvt)
 B = R[h.ravel(),s.ravel()]
 B = np.minimum(B,1)
 B = B.reshape(hsvt.shape[:2])
 @endcode
 3.  Now apply a convolution with a circular disc, \f$B = D \ast B\f$, where D is the disc kernel.
 @code{.py}
-disc = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_ELLIPSE,(5,5))
+disc = cv.getStructuringElement(cv.MORPH_ELLIPSE,(5,5))
-cv2.filter2D(B,-1,disc,B)
+cv.filter2D(B,-1,disc,B)
 B = np.uint8(B)
-cv2.normalize(B,B,0,255,cv2.NORM_MINMAX)
+cv.normalize(B,B,0,255,cv.NORM_MINMAX)
 @endcode
 4.  Now the location of maximum intensity gives us the location of object. If we are expecting a
     region in the image, thresholding for a suitable value gives a nice result.
 @code{.py}
-ret,thresh = cv2.threshold(B,50,255,0)
+ret,thresh = cv.threshold(B,50,255,0)
 @endcode
 That's it !!
 
 Backprojection in OpenCV
 ------------------------
 
-OpenCV provides an inbuilt function **cv2.calcBackProject()**. Its parameters are almost same as the
+OpenCV provides an inbuilt function **cv.calcBackProject()**. Its parameters are almost same as the
-**cv2.calcHist()** function. One of its parameter is histogram which is histogram of the object and
+**cv.calcHist()** function. One of its parameter is histogram which is histogram of the object and
 we have to find it. Also, the object histogram should be normalized before passing on to the
 backproject function. It returns the probability image. Then we convolve the image with a disc
 kernel and apply threshold. Below is my code and output :
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 
-roi = cv2.imread('rose_red.png')
+roi = cv.imread('rose_red.png')
-hsv = cv2.cvtColor(roi,cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+hsv = cv.cvtColor(roi,cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
 
-target = cv2.imread('rose.png')
+target = cv.imread('rose.png')
-hsvt = cv2.cvtColor(target,cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+hsvt = cv.cvtColor(target,cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
 
 # calculating object histogram
-roihist = cv2.calcHist([hsv],[0, 1], None, [180, 256], [0, 180, 0, 256] )
+roihist = cv.calcHist([hsv],[0, 1], None, [180, 256], [0, 180, 0, 256] )
 
 # normalize histogram and apply backprojection
-cv2.normalize(roihist,roihist,0,255,cv2.NORM_MINMAX)
+cv.normalize(roihist,roihist,0,255,cv.NORM_MINMAX)
-dst = cv2.calcBackProject([hsvt],[0,1],roihist,[0,180,0,256],1)
+dst = cv.calcBackProject([hsvt],[0,1],roihist,[0,180,0,256],1)
 
 # Now convolute with circular disc
-disc = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_ELLIPSE,(5,5))
+disc = cv.getStructuringElement(cv.MORPH_ELLIPSE,(5,5))
-cv2.filter2D(dst,-1,disc,dst)
+cv.filter2D(dst,-1,disc,dst)
 
 # threshold and binary AND
-ret,thresh = cv2.threshold(dst,50,255,0)
+ret,thresh = cv.threshold(dst,50,255,0)
-thresh = cv2.merge((thresh,thresh,thresh))
+thresh = cv.merge((thresh,thresh,thresh))
-res = cv2.bitwise_and(target,thresh)
+res = cv.bitwise_and(target,thresh)
 
 res = np.vstack((target,thresh,res))
-cv2.imwrite('res.jpg',res)
+cv.imwrite('res.jpg',res)
 @endcode
 Below is one example I worked with. I used the region inside blue rectangle as sample object and I
 wanted to extract the full ground.

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_histograms/py_histogram_begins/py_histogram_begins.markdown

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Goal
 Learn to
     -   Find histograms, using both OpenCV and Numpy functions
     -   Plot histograms, using OpenCV and Matplotlib functions
-    -   You will see these functions : **cv2.calcHist()**, **np.histogram()** etc.
+    -   You will see these functions : **cv.calcHist()**, **np.histogram()** etc.
 
 Theory
 ------
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ intensity values.
 
 ### 1. Histogram Calculation in OpenCV
 
-So now we use **cv2.calcHist()** function to find the histogram. Let's familiarize with the function
+So now we use **cv.calcHist()** function to find the histogram. Let's familiarize with the function
 and its parameters :
 
-<center><em>cv2.calcHist(images, channels, mask, histSize, ranges[, hist[, accumulate]])</em></center>
+<center><em>cv.calcHist(images, channels, mask, histSize, ranges[, hist[, accumulate]])</em></center>
 
 -#  images : it is the source image of type uint8 or float32. it should be given in square brackets,
     ie, "[img]".
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ and its parameters :
 So let's start with a sample image. Simply load an image in grayscale mode and find its full
 histogram.
 @code{.py}
-img = cv2.imread('home.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('home.jpg',0)
-hist = cv2.calcHist([img],[0],None,[256],[0,256])
+hist = cv.calcHist([img],[0],None,[256],[0,256])
 @endcode
 hist is a 256x1 array, each value corresponds to number of pixels in that image with its
 corresponding pixel value.
@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ Matplotlib comes with a histogram plotting function : matplotlib.pyplot.hist()
 It directly finds the histogram and plot it. You need not use calcHist() or np.histogram() function
 to find the histogram. See the code below:
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('home.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('home.jpg',0)
 plt.hist(img.ravel(),256,[0,256]); plt.show()
 @endcode
 You will get a plot as below :
@@ -132,14 +132,14 @@ You will get a plot as below :
 Or you can use normal plot of matplotlib, which would be good for BGR plot. For that, you need to
 find the histogram data first. Try below code:
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('home.jpg')
+img = cv.imread('home.jpg')
 color = ('b','g','r')
 for i,col in enumerate(color):
-    histr = cv2.calcHist([img],[i],None,[256],[0,256])
+    histr = cv.calcHist([img],[i],None,[256],[0,256])
     plt.plot(histr,color = col)
     plt.xlim([0,256])
 plt.show()
@@ -154,28 +154,28 @@ should be due to the sky)
 ### 2. Using OpenCV
 
 Well, here you adjust the values of histograms along with its bin values to look like x,y
-coordinates so that you can draw it using cv2.line() or cv2.polyline() function to generate same
+coordinates so that you can draw it using cv.line() or cv.polyline() function to generate same
 image as above. This is already available with OpenCV-Python2 official samples. Check the
 code at samples/python/hist.py.
 
 Application of Mask
 -------------------
 
-We used cv2.calcHist() to find the histogram of the full image. What if you want to find histograms
+We used cv.calcHist() to find the histogram of the full image. What if you want to find histograms
 of some regions of an image? Just create a mask image with white color on the region you want to
 find histogram and black otherwise. Then pass this as the mask.
 @code{.py}
-img = cv2.imread('home.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('home.jpg',0)
 
 # create a mask
 mask = np.zeros(img.shape[:2], np.uint8)
 mask[100:300, 100:400] = 255
-masked_img = cv2.bitwise_and(img,img,mask = mask)
+masked_img = cv.bitwise_and(img,img,mask = mask)
 
 # Calculate histogram with mask and without mask
 # Check third argument for mask
-hist_full = cv2.calcHist([img],[0],None,[256],[0,256])
+hist_full = cv.calcHist([img],[0],None,[256],[0,256])
-hist_mask = cv2.calcHist([img],[0],mask,[256],[0,256])
+hist_mask = cv.calcHist([img],[0],mask,[256],[0,256])
 
 plt.subplot(221), plt.imshow(img, 'gray')
 plt.subplot(222), plt.imshow(mask,'gray')

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_histograms/py_histogram_equalization/py_histogram_equalization.markdown

@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ a very good explanation with worked out examples, so that you would understand a
 after reading that. Instead, here we will see its Numpy implementation. After that, we will see
 OpenCV function.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('wiki.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('wiki.jpg',0)
 
 hist,bins = np.histogram(img.flatten(),256,[0,256])
 
@@ -76,15 +76,15 @@ histogram equalized to make them all with same lighting conditions.
 Histograms Equalization in OpenCV
 ---------------------------------
 
-OpenCV has a function to do this, **cv2.equalizeHist()**. Its input is just grayscale image and
+OpenCV has a function to do this, **cv.equalizeHist()**. Its input is just grayscale image and
 output is our histogram equalized image.
 
 Below is a simple code snippet showing its usage for same image we used :
 @code{.py}
-img = cv2.imread('wiki.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('wiki.jpg',0)
-equ = cv2.equalizeHist(img)
+equ = cv.equalizeHist(img)
 res = np.hstack((img,equ)) #stacking images side-by-side
-cv2.imwrite('res.png',res)
+cv.imwrite('res.png',res)
 @endcode
 ![image](images/equalization_opencv.jpg)
 
@@ -122,15 +122,15 @@ applied.
 Below code snippet shows how to apply CLAHE in OpenCV:
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
-img = cv2.imread('tsukuba_l.png',0)
+img = cv.imread('tsukuba_l.png',0)
 
 # create a CLAHE object (Arguments are optional).
-clahe = cv2.createCLAHE(clipLimit=2.0, tileGridSize=(8,8))
+clahe = cv.createCLAHE(clipLimit=2.0, tileGridSize=(8,8))
 cl1 = clahe.apply(img)
 
-cv2.imwrite('clahe_2.jpg',cl1)
+cv.imwrite('clahe_2.jpg',cl1)
 @endcode
 See the result below and compare it with results above, especially the statue region:
 

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_houghcircles/py_houghcircles.markdown

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Goal
 
 In this chapter,
     -   We will learn to use Hough Transform to find circles in an image.
-    -   We will see these functions: **cv2.HoughCircles()**
+    -   We will see these functions: **cv.HoughCircles()**
 
 Theory
 ------
@@ -17,29 +17,29 @@ equation, we can see we have 3 parameters, so we need a 3D accumulator for hough
 would be highly ineffective. So OpenCV uses more trickier method, **Hough Gradient Method** which
 uses the gradient information of edges.
 
-The function we use here is **cv2.HoughCircles()**. It has plenty of arguments which are well
+The function we use here is **cv.HoughCircles()**. It has plenty of arguments which are well
 explained in the documentation. So we directly go to the code.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
+import cv2 as cv
 
-img = cv2.imread('opencv-logo-white.png',0)
+img = cv.imread('opencv-logo-white.png',0)
-img = cv2.medianBlur(img,5)
+img = cv.medianBlur(img,5)
-cimg = cv2.cvtColor(img,cv2.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)
+cimg = cv.cvtColor(img,cv.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)
 
-circles = cv2.HoughCircles(img,cv2.HOUGH_GRADIENT,1,20,
+circles = cv.HoughCircles(img,cv.HOUGH_GRADIENT,1,20,
                             param1=50,param2=30,minRadius=0,maxRadius=0)
 
 circles = np.uint16(np.around(circles))
 for i in circles[0,:]:
     # draw the outer circle
-    cv2.circle(cimg,(i[0],i[1]),i[2],(0,255,0),2)
+    cv.circle(cimg,(i[0],i[1]),i[2],(0,255,0),2)
     # draw the center of the circle
-    cv2.circle(cimg,(i[0],i[1]),2,(0,0,255),3)
+    cv.circle(cimg,(i[0],i[1]),2,(0,0,255),3)
 
-cv2.imshow('detected circles',cimg)
+cv.imshow('detected circles',cimg)
-cv2.waitKey(0)
+cv.waitKey(0)
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 Result is shown below:
 

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_houghlines/py_houghlines.markdown

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Goal
 In this chapter,
     -   We will understand the concept of the Hough Transform.
     -   We will see how to use it to detect lines in an image.
-    -   We will see the following functions: **cv2.HoughLines()**, **cv2.HoughLinesP()**
+    -   We will see the following functions: **cv.HoughLines()**, **cv.HoughLinesP()**
 
 Theory
 ------
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ denote they are the parameters of possible lines in the image. (Image courtesy:
 Hough Transform in OpenCV
 =========================
 
-Everything explained above is encapsulated in the OpenCV function, **cv2.HoughLines()**. It simply returns an array of :math:(rho,
+Everything explained above is encapsulated in the OpenCV function, **cv.HoughLines()**. It simply returns an array of :math:(rho,
 theta)\` values. \f$\rho\f$ is measured in pixels and \f$\theta\f$ is measured in radians. First parameter,
 Input image should be a binary image, so apply threshold or use canny edge detection before
 applying hough transform. Second and third parameters are \f$\rho\f$ and \f$\theta\f$ accuracies
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Hough Transform and Probabilistic Hough Transform in Hough space. (Image Courtes
 
 OpenCV implementation is based on Robust Detection of Lines Using the Progressive Probabilistic
 Hough Transform by Matas, J. and Galambos, C. and Kittler, J.V. @cite Matas00. The function used is
-**cv2.HoughLinesP()**. It has two new arguments.
+**cv.HoughLinesP()**. It has two new arguments.
 -   **minLineLength** - Minimum length of line. Line segments shorter than this are rejected.
 -   **maxLineGap** - Maximum allowed gap between line segments to treat them as a single line.
 

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_morphological_ops/py_morphological_ops.markdown

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Goal
 In this chapter,
     -   We will learn different morphological operations like Erosion, Dilation, Opening, Closing
         etc.
-    -   We will see different functions like : **cv2.erode()**, **cv2.dilate()**,
+    -   We will see different functions like : **cv.erode()**, **cv.dilate()**,
-        **cv2.morphologyEx()** etc.
+        **cv.morphologyEx()** etc.
 
 Theory
 ------
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ detach two connected objects etc.
 
 Here, as an example, I would use a 5x5 kernel with full of ones. Let's see it how it works:
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 
-img = cv2.imread('j.png',0)
+img = cv.imread('j.png',0)
 kernel = np.ones((5,5),np.uint8)
-erosion = cv2.erode(img,kernel,iterations = 1)
+erosion = cv.erode(img,kernel,iterations = 1)
 @endcode
 Result:
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Normally, in cases like noise removal, erosion is followed by dilation. Because,
 white noises, but it also shrinks our object. So we dilate it. Since noise is gone, they won't come
 back, but our object area increases. It is also useful in joining broken parts of an object.
 @code{.py}
-dilation = cv2.dilate(img,kernel,iterations = 1)
+dilation = cv.dilate(img,kernel,iterations = 1)
 @endcode
 Result:
 
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ Result:
 ### 3. Opening
 
 Opening is just another name of **erosion followed by dilation**. It is useful in removing noise, as
-we explained above. Here we use the function, **cv2.morphologyEx()**
+we explained above. Here we use the function, **cv.morphologyEx()**
 @code{.py}
-opening = cv2.morphologyEx(img, cv2.MORPH_OPEN, kernel)
+opening = cv.morphologyEx(img, cv.MORPH_OPEN, kernel)
 @endcode
 Result:
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Result:
 Closing is reverse of Opening, **Dilation followed by Erosion**. It is useful in closing small holes
 inside the foreground objects, or small black points on the object.
 @code{.py}
-closing = cv2.morphologyEx(img, cv2.MORPH_CLOSE, kernel)
+closing = cv.morphologyEx(img, cv.MORPH_CLOSE, kernel)
 @endcode
 Result:
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ It is the difference between dilation and erosion of an image.
 
 The result will look like the outline of the object.
 @code{.py}
-gradient = cv2.morphologyEx(img, cv2.MORPH_GRADIENT, kernel)
+gradient = cv.morphologyEx(img, cv.MORPH_GRADIENT, kernel)
 @endcode
 Result:
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Result:
 It is the difference between input image and Opening of the image. Below example is done for a 9x9
 kernel.
 @code{.py}
-tophat = cv2.morphologyEx(img, cv2.MORPH_TOPHAT, kernel)
+tophat = cv.morphologyEx(img, cv.MORPH_TOPHAT, kernel)
 @endcode
 Result:
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Result:
 
 It is the difference between the closing of the input image and input image.
 @code{.py}
-blackhat = cv2.morphologyEx(img, cv2.MORPH_BLACKHAT, kernel)
+blackhat = cv.morphologyEx(img, cv.MORPH_BLACKHAT, kernel)
 @endcode
 Result:
 
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ Structuring Element
 
 We manually created a structuring elements in the previous examples with help of Numpy. It is
 rectangular shape. But in some cases, you may need elliptical/circular shaped kernels. So for this
-purpose, OpenCV has a function, **cv2.getStructuringElement()**. You just pass the shape and size of
+purpose, OpenCV has a function, **cv.getStructuringElement()**. You just pass the shape and size of
 the kernel, you get the desired kernel.
 @code{.py}
 # Rectangular Kernel
->>> cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_RECT,(5,5))
+>>> cv.getStructuringElement(cv.MORPH_RECT,(5,5))
 array([[1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
        [1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
        [1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ array([[1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
        [1, 1, 1, 1, 1]], dtype=uint8)
 
 # Elliptical Kernel
->>> cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_ELLIPSE,(5,5))
+>>> cv.getStructuringElement(cv.MORPH_ELLIPSE,(5,5))
 array([[0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
        [1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
        [1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ array([[0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
        [0, 0, 1, 0, 0]], dtype=uint8)
 
 # Cross-shaped Kernel
->>> cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_CROSS,(5,5))
+>>> cv.getStructuringElement(cv.MORPH_CROSS,(5,5))
 array([[0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
        [0, 0, 1, 0, 0],
        [1, 1, 1, 1, 1],

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_pyramids/py_pyramids.markdown

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Goal
 In this chapter,
     -   We will learn about Image Pyramids
     -   We will use Image pyramids to create a new fruit, "Orapple"
-    -   We will see these functions: **cv2.pyrUp()**, **cv2.pyrDown()**
+    -   We will see these functions: **cv.pyrUp()**, **cv.pyrDown()**
 
 Theory
 ------
@@ -28,18 +28,18 @@ contribution from 5 pixels in underlying level with gaussian weights. By doing s
 image becomes \f$M/2 \times N/2\f$ image. So area reduces to one-fourth of original area. It is called
 an Octave. The same pattern continues as we go upper in pyramid (ie, resolution decreases).
 Similarly while expanding, area becomes 4 times in each level. We can find Gaussian pyramids using
-**cv2.pyrDown()** and **cv2.pyrUp()** functions.
+**cv.pyrDown()** and **cv.pyrUp()** functions.
 @code{.py}
-img = cv2.imread('messi5.jpg')
+img = cv.imread('messi5.jpg')
-lower_reso = cv2.pyrDown(higher_reso)
+lower_reso = cv.pyrDown(higher_reso)
 @endcode
 Below is the 4 levels in an image pyramid.
 
 ![image](images/messipyr.jpg)
 
-Now you can go down the image pyramid with **cv2.pyrUp()** function.
+Now you can go down the image pyramid with **cv.pyrUp()** function.
 @code{.py}
-higher_reso2 = cv2.pyrUp(lower_reso)
+higher_reso2 = cv.pyrUp(lower_reso)
 @endcode
 Remember, higher_reso2 is not equal to higher_reso, because once you decrease the resolution, you
 loose the information. Below image is 3 level down the pyramid created from smallest image in
@@ -79,38 +79,38 @@ blending, Laplacian Pyramids etc. Simply it is done as follows:
 Below is the full code. (For sake of simplicity, each step is done separately which may take more
 memory. You can optimize it if you want so).
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np,sys
 
-A = cv2.imread('apple.jpg')
+A = cv.imread('apple.jpg')
-B = cv2.imread('orange.jpg')
+B = cv.imread('orange.jpg')
 
 # generate Gaussian pyramid for A
 G = A.copy()
 gpA = [G]
 for i in xrange(6):
-    G = cv2.pyrDown(G)
+    G = cv.pyrDown(G)
     gpA.append(G)
 
 # generate Gaussian pyramid for B
 G = B.copy()
 gpB = [G]
 for i in xrange(6):
-    G = cv2.pyrDown(G)
+    G = cv.pyrDown(G)
     gpB.append(G)
 
 # generate Laplacian Pyramid for A
 lpA = [gpA[5]]
 for i in xrange(5,0,-1):
-    GE = cv2.pyrUp(gpA[i])
+    GE = cv.pyrUp(gpA[i])
-    L = cv2.subtract(gpA[i-1],GE)
+    L = cv.subtract(gpA[i-1],GE)
     lpA.append(L)
 
 # generate Laplacian Pyramid for B
 lpB = [gpB[5]]
 for i in xrange(5,0,-1):
-    GE = cv2.pyrUp(gpB[i])
+    GE = cv.pyrUp(gpB[i])
-    L = cv2.subtract(gpB[i-1],GE)
+    L = cv.subtract(gpB[i-1],GE)
     lpB.append(L)
 
 # Now add left and right halves of images in each level
@@ -123,14 +123,14 @@ for la,lb in zip(lpA,lpB):
 # now reconstruct
 ls_ = LS[0]
 for i in xrange(1,6):
-    ls_ = cv2.pyrUp(ls_)
+    ls_ = cv.pyrUp(ls_)
-    ls_ = cv2.add(ls_, LS[i])
+    ls_ = cv.add(ls_, LS[i])
 
 # image with direct connecting each half
 real = np.hstack((A[:,:cols/2],B[:,cols/2:]))
 
-cv2.imwrite('Pyramid_blending2.jpg',ls_)
+cv.imwrite('Pyramid_blending2.jpg',ls_)
-cv2.imwrite('Direct_blending.jpg',real)
+cv.imwrite('Direct_blending.jpg',real)
 @endcode
 Additional Resources
 --------------------

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_template_matching/py_template_matching.markdown

@@ -6,24 +6,24 @@ Goals
 
 In this chapter, you will learn
     -   To find objects in an image using Template Matching
-    -   You will see these functions : **cv2.matchTemplate()**, **cv2.minMaxLoc()**
+    -   You will see these functions : **cv.matchTemplate()**, **cv.minMaxLoc()**
 
 Theory
 ------
 
 Template Matching is a method for searching and finding the location of a template image in a larger
-image. OpenCV comes with a function **cv2.matchTemplate()** for this purpose. It simply slides the
+image. OpenCV comes with a function **cv.matchTemplate()** for this purpose. It simply slides the
 template image over the input image (as in 2D convolution) and compares the template and patch of
 input image under the template image. Several comparison methods are implemented in OpenCV. (You can
 check docs for more details). It returns a grayscale image, where each pixel denotes how much does
 the neighbourhood of that pixel match with template.
 
 If input image is of size (WxH) and template image is of size (wxh), output image will have a size
-of (W-w+1, H-h+1). Once you got the result, you can use **cv2.minMaxLoc()** function to find where
+of (W-w+1, H-h+1). Once you got the result, you can use **cv.minMaxLoc()** function to find where
 is the maximum/minimum value. Take it as the top-left corner of rectangle and take (w,h) as width
 and height of the rectangle. That rectangle is your region of template.
 
-@note If you are using cv2.TM_SQDIFF as comparison method, minimum value gives the best match.
+@note If you are using cv.TM_SQDIFF as comparison method, minimum value gives the best match.
 
 Template Matching in OpenCV
 ---------------------------
@@ -34,35 +34,35 @@ Here, as an example, we will search for Messi's face in his photo. So I created
 
 We will try all the comparison methods so that we can see how their results look like:
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
 img2 = img.copy()
-template = cv2.imread('template.jpg',0)
+template = cv.imread('template.jpg',0)
 w, h = template.shape[::-1]
 
 # All the 6 methods for comparison in a list
-methods = ['cv2.TM_CCOEFF', 'cv2.TM_CCOEFF_NORMED', 'cv2.TM_CCORR',
+methods = ['cv.TM_CCOEFF', 'cv.TM_CCOEFF_NORMED', 'cv.TM_CCORR',
-            'cv2.TM_CCORR_NORMED', 'cv2.TM_SQDIFF', 'cv2.TM_SQDIFF_NORMED']
+            'cv.TM_CCORR_NORMED', 'cv.TM_SQDIFF', 'cv.TM_SQDIFF_NORMED']
 
 for meth in methods:
     img = img2.copy()
     method = eval(meth)
 
     # Apply template Matching
-    res = cv2.matchTemplate(img,template,method)
+    res = cv.matchTemplate(img,template,method)
-    min_val, max_val, min_loc, max_loc = cv2.minMaxLoc(res)
+    min_val, max_val, min_loc, max_loc = cv.minMaxLoc(res)
 
     # If the method is TM_SQDIFF or TM_SQDIFF_NORMED, take minimum
-    if method in [cv2.TM_SQDIFF, cv2.TM_SQDIFF_NORMED]:
+    if method in [cv.TM_SQDIFF, cv.TM_SQDIFF_NORMED]:
         top_left = min_loc
     else:
         top_left = max_loc
     bottom_right = (top_left[0] + w, top_left[1] + h)
 
-    cv2.rectangle(img,top_left, bottom_right, 255, 2)
+    cv.rectangle(img,top_left, bottom_right, 255, 2)
 
     plt.subplot(121),plt.imshow(res,cmap = 'gray')
     plt.title('Matching Result'), plt.xticks([]), plt.yticks([])
@@ -74,56 +74,56 @@ for meth in methods:
 @endcode
 See the results below:
 
--   cv2.TM_CCOEFF
+-   cv.TM_CCOEFF
 
 ![image](images/template_ccoeff_1.jpg)
 
--   cv2.TM_CCOEFF_NORMED
+-   cv.TM_CCOEFF_NORMED
 
 ![image](images/template_ccoeffn_2.jpg)
 
--   cv2.TM_CCORR
+-   cv.TM_CCORR
 
 ![image](images/template_ccorr_3.jpg)
 
--   cv2.TM_CCORR_NORMED
+-   cv.TM_CCORR_NORMED
 
 ![image](images/template_ccorrn_4.jpg)
 
--   cv2.TM_SQDIFF
+-   cv.TM_SQDIFF
 
 ![image](images/template_sqdiff_5.jpg)
 
--   cv2.TM_SQDIFF_NORMED
+-   cv.TM_SQDIFF_NORMED
 
 ![image](images/template_sqdiffn_6.jpg)
 
-You can see that the result using **cv2.TM_CCORR** is not good as we expected.
+You can see that the result using **cv.TM_CCORR** is not good as we expected.
 
 Template Matching with Multiple Objects
 ---------------------------------------
 
 In the previous section, we searched image for Messi's face, which occurs only once in the image.
-Suppose you are searching for an object which has multiple occurances, **cv2.minMaxLoc()** won't
+Suppose you are searching for an object which has multiple occurances, **cv.minMaxLoc()** won't
 give you all the locations. In that case, we will use thresholding. So in this example, we will use
 a screenshot of the famous game **Mario** and we will find the coins in it.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img_rgb = cv2.imread('mario.png')
+img_rgb = cv.imread('mario.png')
-img_gray = cv2.cvtColor(img_rgb, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+img_gray = cv.cvtColor(img_rgb, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
-template = cv2.imread('mario_coin.png',0)
+template = cv.imread('mario_coin.png',0)
 w, h = template.shape[::-1]
 
-res = cv2.matchTemplate(img_gray,template,cv2.TM_CCOEFF_NORMED)
+res = cv.matchTemplate(img_gray,template,cv.TM_CCOEFF_NORMED)
 threshold = 0.8
 loc = np.where( res >= threshold)
 for pt in zip(*loc[::-1]):
-    cv2.rectangle(img_rgb, pt, (pt[0] + w, pt[1] + h), (0,0,255), 2)
+    cv.rectangle(img_rgb, pt, (pt[0] + w, pt[1] + h), (0,0,255), 2)
 
-cv2.imwrite('res.png',img_rgb)
+cv.imwrite('res.png',img_rgb)
 @endcode
 Result:
 

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_thresholding/py_thresholding.markdown

@@ -6,24 +6,24 @@ Goal
 
 -   In this tutorial, you will learn Simple thresholding, Adaptive thresholding, Otsu's thresholding
     etc.
--   You will learn these functions : **cv2.threshold**, **cv2.adaptiveThreshold** etc.
+-   You will learn these functions : **cv.threshold**, **cv.adaptiveThreshold** etc.
 
 Simple Thresholding
 -------------------
 
 Here, the matter is straight forward. If pixel value is greater than a threshold value, it is
 assigned one value (may be white), else it is assigned another value (may be black). The function
-used is **cv2.threshold**. First argument is the source image, which **should be a grayscale
+used is **cv.threshold**. First argument is the source image, which **should be a grayscale
 image**. Second argument is the threshold value which is used to classify the pixel values. Third
 argument is the maxVal which represents the value to be given if pixel value is more than (sometimes
 less than) the threshold value. OpenCV provides different styles of thresholding and it is decided
 by the fourth parameter of the function. Different types are:
 
--   cv2.THRESH_BINARY
+-   cv.THRESH_BINARY
--   cv2.THRESH_BINARY_INV
+-   cv.THRESH_BINARY_INV
--   cv2.THRESH_TRUNC
+-   cv.THRESH_TRUNC
--   cv2.THRESH_TOZERO
+-   cv.THRESH_TOZERO
--   cv2.THRESH_TOZERO_INV
+-   cv.THRESH_TOZERO_INV
 
 Documentation clearly explain what each type is meant for. Please check out the documentation.
 
@@ -32,16 +32,16 @@ our **thresholded image**.
 
 Code :
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('gradient.png',0)
+img = cv.imread('gradient.png',0)
-ret,thresh1 = cv2.threshold(img,127,255,cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
+ret,thresh1 = cv.threshold(img,127,255,cv.THRESH_BINARY)
-ret,thresh2 = cv2.threshold(img,127,255,cv2.THRESH_BINARY_INV)
+ret,thresh2 = cv.threshold(img,127,255,cv.THRESH_BINARY_INV)
-ret,thresh3 = cv2.threshold(img,127,255,cv2.THRESH_TRUNC)
+ret,thresh3 = cv.threshold(img,127,255,cv.THRESH_TRUNC)
-ret,thresh4 = cv2.threshold(img,127,255,cv2.THRESH_TOZERO)
+ret,thresh4 = cv.threshold(img,127,255,cv.THRESH_TOZERO)
-ret,thresh5 = cv2.threshold(img,127,255,cv2.THRESH_TOZERO_INV)
+ret,thresh5 = cv.threshold(img,127,255,cv.THRESH_TOZERO_INV)
 
 titles = ['Original Image','BINARY','BINARY_INV','TRUNC','TOZERO','TOZERO_INV']
 images = [img, thresh1, thresh2, thresh3, thresh4, thresh5]
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ results for images with varying illumination.
 It has three ‘special’ input params and only one output argument.
 
 **Adaptive Method** - It decides how thresholding value is calculated.
-    -   cv2.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_MEAN_C : threshold value is the mean of neighbourhood area.
+    -   cv.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_MEAN_C : threshold value is the mean of neighbourhood area.
-    -   cv2.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_GAUSSIAN_C : threshold value is the weighted sum of neighbourhood
+    -   cv.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_GAUSSIAN_C : threshold value is the weighted sum of neighbourhood
         values where weights are a gaussian window.
 
 **Block Size** - It decides the size of neighbourhood area.
@@ -83,18 +83,18 @@ It has three ‘special’ input params and only one output argument.
 Below piece of code compares global thresholding and adaptive thresholding for an image with varying
 illumination:
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('sudoku.png',0)
+img = cv.imread('sudoku.png',0)
-img = cv2.medianBlur(img,5)
+img = cv.medianBlur(img,5)
 
-ret,th1 = cv2.threshold(img,127,255,cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
+ret,th1 = cv.threshold(img,127,255,cv.THRESH_BINARY)
-th2 = cv2.adaptiveThreshold(img,255,cv2.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_MEAN_C,\
+th2 = cv.adaptiveThreshold(img,255,cv.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_MEAN_C,\
-            cv2.THRESH_BINARY,11,2)
+            cv.THRESH_BINARY,11,2)
-th3 = cv2.adaptiveThreshold(img,255,cv2.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_GAUSSIAN_C,\
+th3 = cv.adaptiveThreshold(img,255,cv.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_GAUSSIAN_C,\
-            cv2.THRESH_BINARY,11,2)
+            cv.THRESH_BINARY,11,2)
 
 titles = ['Original Image', 'Global Thresholding (v = 127)',
             'Adaptive Mean Thresholding', 'Adaptive Gaussian Thresholding']
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ That is what Otsu binarization does. So in simple words, it automatically calcul
 value from image histogram for a bimodal image. (For images which are not bimodal, binarization
 won’t be accurate.)
 
-For this, our cv2.threshold() function is used, but pass an extra flag, cv2.THRESH_OTSU. **For
+For this, our cv.threshold() function is used, but pass an extra flag, cv.THRESH_OTSU. **For
 threshold value, simply pass zero**. Then the algorithm finds the optimal threshold value and
 returns you as the second output, retVal. If Otsu thresholding is not used, retVal is same as the
 threshold value you used.
@@ -134,21 +134,21 @@ for a value of 127. In second case, I applied Otsu’s thresholding directly. In
 filtered image with a 5x5 gaussian kernel to remove the noise, then applied Otsu thresholding. See
 how noise filtering improves the result.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('noisy2.png',0)
+img = cv.imread('noisy2.png',0)
 
 # global thresholding
-ret1,th1 = cv2.threshold(img,127,255,cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
+ret1,th1 = cv.threshold(img,127,255,cv.THRESH_BINARY)
 
 # Otsu's thresholding
-ret2,th2 = cv2.threshold(img,0,255,cv2.THRESH_BINARY+cv2.THRESH_OTSU)
+ret2,th2 = cv.threshold(img,0,255,cv.THRESH_BINARY+cv.THRESH_OTSU)
 
 # Otsu's thresholding after Gaussian filtering
-blur = cv2.GaussianBlur(img,(5,5),0)
+blur = cv.GaussianBlur(img,(5,5),0)
-ret3,th3 = cv2.threshold(blur,0,255,cv2.THRESH_BINARY+cv2.THRESH_OTSU)
+ret3,th3 = cv.threshold(blur,0,255,cv.THRESH_BINARY+cv.THRESH_OTSU)
 
 # plot all the images and their histograms
 images = [img, 0, th1,
@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@ where
 It actually finds a value of t which lies in between two peaks such that variances to both classes
 are minimum. It can be simply implemented in Python as follows:
 @code{.py}
-img = cv2.imread('noisy2.png',0)
+img = cv.imread('noisy2.png',0)
-blur = cv2.GaussianBlur(img,(5,5),0)
+blur = cv.GaussianBlur(img,(5,5),0)
 
 # find normalized_histogram, and its cumulative distribution function
-hist = cv2.calcHist([blur],[0],None,[256],[0,256])
+hist = cv.calcHist([blur],[0],None,[256],[0,256])
 hist_norm = hist.ravel()/hist.max()
 Q = hist_norm.cumsum()
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ for i in xrange(1,256):
         thresh = i
 
 # find otsu's threshold value with OpenCV function
-ret, otsu = cv2.threshold(blur,0,255,cv2.THRESH_BINARY+cv2.THRESH_OTSU)
+ret, otsu = cv.threshold(blur,0,255,cv.THRESH_BINARY+cv.THRESH_OTSU)
 print( "{} {}".format(thresh,ret) )
 @endcode
 *(Some of the functions may be new here, but we will cover them in coming chapters)*

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_transforms/py_fourier_transform/py_fourier_transform.markdown

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ In this section, we will learn
     -   To find the Fourier Transform of images using OpenCV
     -   To utilize the FFT functions available in Numpy
     -   Some applications of Fourier Transform
-    -   We will see following functions : **cv2.dft()**, **cv2.idft()** etc
+    -   We will see following functions : **cv.dft()**, **cv.idft()** etc
 
 Theory
 ------
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ you want to bring it to center, you need to shift the result by \f$\frac{N}{2}\f
 directions. This is simply done by the function, **np.fft.fftshift()**. (It is more easier to
 analyze). Once you found the frequency transform, you can find the magnitude spectrum.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
 f = np.fft.fft2(img)
 fshift = np.fft.fftshift(f)
 magnitude_spectrum = 20*np.log(np.abs(fshift))
@@ -112,21 +112,21 @@ Better option is Gaussian Windows.
 Fourier Transform in OpenCV
 ---------------------------
 
-OpenCV provides the functions **cv2.dft()** and **cv2.idft()** for this. It returns the same result
+OpenCV provides the functions **cv.dft()** and **cv.idft()** for this. It returns the same result
 as previous, but with two channels. First channel will have the real part of the result and second
 channel will have the imaginary part of the result. The input image should be converted to
 np.float32 first. We will see how to do it.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
+img = cv.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
 
-dft = cv2.dft(np.float32(img),flags = cv2.DFT_COMPLEX_OUTPUT)
+dft = cv.dft(np.float32(img),flags = cv.DFT_COMPLEX_OUTPUT)
 dft_shift = np.fft.fftshift(dft)
 
-magnitude_spectrum = 20*np.log(cv2.magnitude(dft_shift[:,:,0],dft_shift[:,:,1]))
+magnitude_spectrum = 20*np.log(cv.magnitude(dft_shift[:,:,0],dft_shift[:,:,1]))
 
 plt.subplot(121),plt.imshow(img, cmap = 'gray')
 plt.title('Input Image'), plt.xticks([]), plt.yticks([])
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ plt.title('Magnitude Spectrum'), plt.xticks([]), plt.yticks([])
 plt.show()
 @endcode
 
-@note You can also use **cv2.cartToPolar()** which returns both magnitude and phase in a single shot
+@note You can also use **cv.cartToPolar()** which returns both magnitude and phase in a single shot
 
 So, now we have to do inverse DFT. In previous session, we created a HPF, this time we will see how
 to remove high frequency contents in the image, ie we apply LPF to image. It actually blurs the
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ mask[crow-30:crow+30, ccol-30:ccol+30] = 1
 # apply mask and inverse DFT
 fshift = dft_shift*mask
 f_ishift = np.fft.ifftshift(fshift)
-img_back = cv2.idft(f_ishift)
+img_back = cv.idft(f_ishift)
-img_back = cv2.magnitude(img_back[:,:,0],img_back[:,:,1])
+img_back = cv.magnitude(img_back[:,:,0],img_back[:,:,1])
 
 plt.subplot(121),plt.imshow(img, cmap = 'gray')
 plt.title('Input Image'), plt.xticks([]), plt.yticks([])
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ See the result:
 
 ![image](images/fft4.jpg)
 
-@note As usual, OpenCV functions **cv2.dft()** and **cv2.idft()** are faster than Numpy
+@note As usual, OpenCV functions **cv.dft()** and **cv.idft()** are faster than Numpy
 counterparts. But Numpy functions are more user-friendly. For more details about performance issues,
 see below section.
 
@@ -180,23 +180,23 @@ the array to any optimal size (by padding zeros) before finding DFT. For OpenCV,
 manually pad zeros. But for Numpy, you specify the new size of FFT calculation, and it will
 automatically pad zeros for you.
 
-So how do we find this optimal size ? OpenCV provides a function, **cv2.getOptimalDFTSize()** for
+So how do we find this optimal size ? OpenCV provides a function, **cv.getOptimalDFTSize()** for
-this. It is applicable to both **cv2.dft()** and **np.fft.fft2()**. Let's check their performance
+this. It is applicable to both **cv.dft()** and **np.fft.fft2()**. Let's check their performance
 using IPython magic command %timeit.
 @code{.py}
-In [16]: img = cv2.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
+In [16]: img = cv.imread('messi5.jpg',0)
 In [17]: rows,cols = img.shape
 In [18]: print("{} {}".format(rows,cols))
 342 548
 
-In [19]: nrows = cv2.getOptimalDFTSize(rows)
+In [19]: nrows = cv.getOptimalDFTSize(rows)
-In [20]: ncols = cv2.getOptimalDFTSize(cols)
+In [20]: ncols = cv.getOptimalDFTSize(cols)
 In [21]: print("{} {}".format(nrows,ncols))
 360 576
 @endcode
 See, the size (342,548) is modified to (360, 576). Now let's pad it with zeros (for OpenCV) and find
 their DFT calculation performance. You can do it by creating a new big zero array and copy the data
-to it, or use **cv2.copyMakeBorder()**.
+to it, or use **cv.copyMakeBorder()**.
 @code{.py}
 nimg = np.zeros((nrows,ncols))
 nimg[:rows,:cols] = img
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ OR:
 @code{.py}
 right = ncols - cols
 bottom = nrows - rows
-bordertype = cv2.BORDER_CONSTANT #just to avoid line breakup in PDF file
+bordertype = cv.BORDER_CONSTANT #just to avoid line breakup in PDF file
-nimg = cv2.copyMakeBorder(img,0,bottom,0,right,bordertype, value = 0)
+nimg = cv.copyMakeBorder(img,0,bottom,0,right,bordertype, value = 0)
 @endcode
 Now we calculate the DFT performance comparison of Numpy function:
 @code{.py}
@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ In [23]: %timeit fft2 = np.fft.fft2(img,[nrows,ncols])
 @endcode
 It shows a 4x speedup. Now we will try the same with OpenCV functions.
 @code{.py}
-In [24]: %timeit dft1= cv2.dft(np.float32(img),flags=cv2.DFT_COMPLEX_OUTPUT)
+In [24]: %timeit dft1= cv.dft(np.float32(img),flags=cv.DFT_COMPLEX_OUTPUT)
 100 loops, best of 3: 13.5 ms per loop
-In [27]: %timeit dft2= cv2.dft(np.float32(nimg),flags=cv2.DFT_COMPLEX_OUTPUT)
+In [27]: %timeit dft2= cv.dft(np.float32(nimg),flags=cv.DFT_COMPLEX_OUTPUT)
 100 loops, best of 3: 3.11 ms per loop
 @endcode
 It also shows a 4x speed-up. You can also see that OpenCV functions are around 3x faster than Numpy
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ A similar question was asked in a forum. The question is, why Laplacian is a hig
 Sobel is a HPF? etc. And the first answer given to it was in terms of Fourier Transform. Just take
 the fourier transform of Laplacian for some higher size of FFT. Analyze it:
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 mean_filter = np.ones((3,3))
 
 # creating a guassian filter
-x = cv2.getGaussianKernel(5,10)
+x = cv.getGaussianKernel(5,10)
 gaussian = x*x.T
 
 # different edge detecting filters

doc/py_tutorials/py_imgproc/py_watershed/py_watershed.markdown

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Goal
 
 In this chapter,
     -   We will learn to use marker-based image segmentation using watershed algorithm
-    -   We will see: **cv2.watershed()**
+    -   We will see: **cv.watershed()**
 
 Theory
 ------
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ We start with finding an approximate estimate of the coins. For that, we can use
 binarization.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('coins.png')
+img = cv.imread('coins.png')
-gray = cv2.cvtColor(img,cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+gray = cv.cvtColor(img,cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
-ret, thresh = cv2.threshold(gray,0,255,cv2.THRESH_BINARY_INV+cv2.THRESH_OTSU)
+ret, thresh = cv.threshold(gray,0,255,cv.THRESH_BINARY_INV+cv.THRESH_OTSU)
 @endcode
 Result:
 
@@ -78,18 +78,18 @@ obtained from subtracting sure_fg area from sure_bg area.
 @code{.py}
 # noise removal
 kernel = np.ones((3,3),np.uint8)
-opening = cv2.morphologyEx(thresh,cv2.MORPH_OPEN,kernel, iterations = 2)
+opening = cv.morphologyEx(thresh,cv.MORPH_OPEN,kernel, iterations = 2)
 
 # sure background area
-sure_bg = cv2.dilate(opening,kernel,iterations=3)
+sure_bg = cv.dilate(opening,kernel,iterations=3)
 
 # Finding sure foreground area
-dist_transform = cv2.distanceTransform(opening,cv2.DIST_L2,5)
+dist_transform = cv.distanceTransform(opening,cv.DIST_L2,5)
-ret, sure_fg = cv2.threshold(dist_transform,0.7*dist_transform.max(),255,0)
+ret, sure_fg = cv.threshold(dist_transform,0.7*dist_transform.max(),255,0)
 
 # Finding unknown region
 sure_fg = np.uint8(sure_fg)
-unknown = cv2.subtract(sure_bg,sure_fg)
+unknown = cv.subtract(sure_bg,sure_fg)
 @endcode
 See the result. In the thresholded image, we get some regions of coins which we are sure of coins
 and they are detached now. (In some cases, you may be interested in only foreground segmentation,
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Now we know for sure which are region of coins, which are background and all. So
 (it is an array of same size as that of original image, but with int32 datatype) and label the
 regions inside it. The regions we know for sure (whether foreground or background) are labelled with
 any positive integers, but different integers, and the area we don't know for sure are just left as
-zero. For this we use **cv2.connectedComponents()**. It labels background of the image with 0, then
+zero. For this we use **cv.connectedComponents()**. It labels background of the image with 0, then
 other objects are labelled with integers starting from 1.
 
 But we know that if background is marked with 0, watershed will consider it as unknown area. So we
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ want to mark it with different integer. Instead, we will mark unknown region, de
 with 0.
 @code{.py}
 # Marker labelling
-ret, markers = cv2.connectedComponents(sure_fg)
+ret, markers = cv.connectedComponents(sure_fg)
 
 # Add one to all labels so that sure background is not 0, but 1
 markers = markers+1
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ compared to unknown region.
 Now our marker is ready. It is time for final step, apply watershed. Then marker image will be
 modified. The boundary region will be marked with -1.
 @code{.py}
-markers = cv2.watershed(img,markers)
+markers = cv.watershed(img,markers)
 img[markers == -1] = [255,0,0]
 @endcode
 See the result below. For some coins, the region where they touch are segmented properly and for

doc/py_tutorials/py_ml/py_kmeans/py_kmeans_opencv/py_kmeans_opencv.markdown

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ K-Means Clustering in OpenCV {#tutorial_py_kmeans_opencv}
 Goal
 ----
 
--   Learn to use **cv2.kmeans()** function in OpenCV for data clustering
+-   Learn to use **cv.kmeans()** function in OpenCV for data clustering
 
 Understanding Parameters
 ------------------------
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ Understanding Parameters
 -#  **nclusters(K)** : Number of clusters required at end
 -#  **criteria** : It is the iteration termination criteria. When this criteria is satisfied, algorithm iteration stops. Actually, it should be a tuple of 3 parameters. They are \`( type, max_iter, epsilon )\`:
         -#  type of termination criteria. It has 3 flags as below:
-            - **cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS** - stop the algorithm iteration if specified accuracy, *epsilon*, is reached.
+            - **cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS** - stop the algorithm iteration if specified accuracy, *epsilon*, is reached.
-            - **cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_MAX_ITER** - stop the algorithm after the specified number of iterations, *max_iter*.
+            - **cv.TERM_CRITERIA_MAX_ITER** - stop the algorithm after the specified number of iterations, *max_iter*.
-            - **cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_MAX_ITER** - stop the iteration when any of the above condition is met.
+            - **cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv.TERM_CRITERIA_MAX_ITER** - stop the iteration when any of the above condition is met.
         -#  max_iter - An integer specifying maximum number of iterations.
         -#  epsilon - Required accuracy
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Understanding Parameters
     initial labellings. The algorithm returns the labels that yield the best compactness. This
     compactness is returned as output.
 -#  **flags** : This flag is used to specify how initial centers are taken. Normally two flags are
-    used for this : **cv2.KMEANS_PP_CENTERS** and **cv2.KMEANS_RANDOM_CENTERS**.
+    used for this : **cv.KMEANS_PP_CENTERS** and **cv.KMEANS_RANDOM_CENTERS**.
 
 ### Output parameters
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ t-shirt problem where you use only height of people to decide the size of t-shir
 So we start by creating data and plot it in Matplotlib
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
 x = np.random.randint(25,100,25)
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ that, whenever 10 iterations of algorithm is ran, or an accuracy of epsilon = 1.
 the algorithm and return the answer.
 @code{.py}
 # Define criteria = ( type, max_iter = 10 , epsilon = 1.0 )
-criteria = (cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_MAX_ITER, 10, 1.0)
+criteria = (cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv.TERM_CRITERIA_MAX_ITER, 10, 1.0)
 
 # Set flags (Just to avoid line break in the code)
-flags = cv2.KMEANS_RANDOM_CENTERS
+flags = cv.KMEANS_RANDOM_CENTERS
 
 # Apply KMeans
-compactness,labels,centers = cv2.kmeans(z,2,None,criteria,10,flags)
+compactness,labels,centers = cv.kmeans(z,2,None,criteria,10,flags)
 @endcode
 This gives us the compactness, labels and centers. In this case, I got centers as 60 and 207. Labels
 will have the same size as that of test data where each data will be labelled as '0','1','2' etc.
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Check image below:
 Now I am directly moving to the code:
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
 X = np.random.randint(25,50,(25,2))
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ Z = np.vstack((X,Y))
 Z = np.float32(Z)
 
 # define criteria and apply kmeans()
-criteria = (cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_MAX_ITER, 10, 1.0)
+criteria = (cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv.TERM_CRITERIA_MAX_ITER, 10, 1.0)
-ret,label,center=cv2.kmeans(Z,2,None,criteria,10,cv2.KMEANS_RANDOM_CENTERS)
+ret,label,center=cv.kmeans(Z,2,None,criteria,10,cv.KMEANS_RANDOM_CENTERS)
 
 # Now separate the data, Note the flatten()
 A = Z[label.ravel()==0]
@@ -161,27 +161,27 @@ specified number of colors. And again we need to reshape it back to the shape of
 Below is the code:
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
-img = cv2.imread('home.jpg')
+img = cv.imread('home.jpg')
 Z = img.reshape((-1,3))
 
 # convert to np.float32
 Z = np.float32(Z)
 
 # define criteria, number of clusters(K) and apply kmeans()
-criteria = (cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_MAX_ITER, 10, 1.0)
+criteria = (cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv.TERM_CRITERIA_MAX_ITER, 10, 1.0)
 K = 8
-ret,label,center=cv2.kmeans(Z,K,None,criteria,10,cv2.KMEANS_RANDOM_CENTERS)
+ret,label,center=cv.kmeans(Z,K,None,criteria,10,cv.KMEANS_RANDOM_CENTERS)
 
 # Now convert back into uint8, and make original image
 center = np.uint8(center)
 res = center[label.flatten()]
 res2 = res.reshape((img.shape))
 
-cv2.imshow('res2',res2)
+cv.imshow('res2',res2)
-cv2.waitKey(0)
+cv.waitKey(0)
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 See the result below for K=8:
 

doc/py_tutorials/py_ml/py_knn/py_knn_opencv/py_knn_opencv.markdown

@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ pixels. It is the simplest feature set we can create. We use first 250 samples o
 train_data, and next 250 samples as test_data. So let's prepare them first.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('digits.png')
+img = cv.imread('digits.png')
-gray = cv2.cvtColor(img,cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+gray = cv.cvtColor(img,cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
 
 # Now we split the image to 5000 cells, each 20x20 size
 cells = [np.hsplit(row,100) for row in np.vsplit(gray,50)]
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ train_labels = np.repeat(k,250)[:,np.newaxis]
 test_labels = train_labels.copy()
 
 # Initiate kNN, train the data, then test it with test data for k=1
-knn = cv2.ml.KNearest_create()
+knn = cv.ml.KNearest_create()
-knn.train(train, cv2.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, train_labels)
+knn.train(train, cv.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, train_labels)
 ret,result,neighbours,dist = knn.findNearest(test,k=5)
 
 # Now we check the accuracy of classification
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ There are 20000 samples available, so we take first 10000 data as training sampl
 10000 as test samples. We should change the alphabets to ascii characters because we can't work with
 alphabets directly.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ responses, trainData = np.hsplit(train,[1])
 labels, testData = np.hsplit(test,[1])
 
 # Initiate the kNN, classify, measure accuracy.
-knn = cv2.ml.KNearest_create()
+knn = cv.ml.KNearest_create()
-knn.train(trainData, cv2.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, responses)
+knn.train(trainData, cv.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, responses)
 ret, result, neighbours, dist = knn.findNearest(testData, k=5)
 
 correct = np.count_nonzero(result == labels)

doc/py_tutorials/py_ml/py_knn/py_knn_understanding/py_knn_understanding.markdown

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ We do all these with the help of Random Number Generator in Numpy.
 Then we plot it with the help of Matplotlib. Red families are shown as Red Triangles and Blue
 families are shown as Blue Squares.
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ So let's see how it works. New comer is marked in green color.
 newcomer = np.random.randint(0,100,(1,2)).astype(np.float32)
 plt.scatter(newcomer[:,0],newcomer[:,1],80,'g','o')
 
-knn = cv2.ml.KNearest_create()
+knn = cv.ml.KNearest_create()
-knn.train(trainData, cv2.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, responses)
+knn.train(trainData, cv.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, responses)
 ret, results, neighbours ,dist = knn.findNearest(newcomer, 3)
 
 print( "result:  {}\n".format(results) )

doc/py_tutorials/py_objdetect/py_face_detection/py_face_detection.markdown

@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ First we need to load the required XML classifiers. Then load our input image (o
 grayscale mode.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
-face_cascade = cv2.CascadeClassifier('haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml')
+face_cascade = cv.CascadeClassifier('haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml')
-eye_cascade = cv2.CascadeClassifier('haarcascade_eye.xml')
+eye_cascade = cv.CascadeClassifier('haarcascade_eye.xml')
 
-img = cv2.imread('sachin.jpg')
+img = cv.imread('sachin.jpg')
-gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+gray = cv.cvtColor(img, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
 @endcode
 Now we find the faces in the image. If faces are found, it returns the positions of detected faces
 as Rect(x,y,w,h). Once we get these locations, we can create a ROI for the face and apply eye
@@ -108,16 +108,16 @@ detection on this ROI (since eyes are always on the face !!! ).
 @code{.py}
 faces = face_cascade.detectMultiScale(gray, 1.3, 5)
 for (x,y,w,h) in faces:
-    cv2.rectangle(img,(x,y),(x+w,y+h),(255,0,0),2)
+    cv.rectangle(img,(x,y),(x+w,y+h),(255,0,0),2)
     roi_gray = gray[y:y+h, x:x+w]
     roi_color = img[y:y+h, x:x+w]
     eyes = eye_cascade.detectMultiScale(roi_gray)
     for (ex,ey,ew,eh) in eyes:
-        cv2.rectangle(roi_color,(ex,ey),(ex+ew,ey+eh),(0,255,0),2)
+        cv.rectangle(roi_color,(ex,ey),(ex+ew,ey+eh),(0,255,0),2)
 
-cv2.imshow('img',img)
+cv.imshow('img',img)
-cv2.waitKey(0)
+cv.waitKey(0)
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 Result looks like below:
 

doc/py_tutorials/py_photo/py_hdr/py_hdr.markdown

@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Pay attention for the data types, as the images should be 1-channel or 3-channel
 8-bit (np.uint8) and the exposure times need to be float32 and in seconds.
 
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 
 # Loading exposure images into a list
 img_fn = ["img0.jpg", "img1.jpg", "img2.jpg", "img3.jpg"]
-img_list = [cv2.imread(fn) for fn in img_fn]
+img_list = [cv.imread(fn) for fn in img_fn]
 exposure_times = np.array([15.0, 2.5, 0.25, 0.0333], dtype=np.float32)
 @endcode
 
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ full dynamic range of all exposure images.
 
 @code{.py}
 # Merge exposures to HDR image
-merge_debvec = cv2.createMergeDebevec()
+merge_debvec = cv.createMergeDebevec()
 hdr_debvec = merge_debvec.process(img_list, times=exposure_times.copy())
-merge_robertson = cv2.createMergeRobertson()
+merge_robertson = cv.createMergeRobertson()
 hdr_robertson = merge_robertson.process(img_list, times=exposure_times.copy())
 @endcode
 
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ we will later have to clip the data in order to avoid overflow.
 
 @code{.py}
 # Tonemap HDR image
-tonemap1 = cv2.createTonemapDurand(gamma=2.2)
+tonemap1 = cv.createTonemapDurand(gamma=2.2)
 res_debvec = tonemap1.process(hdr_debvec.copy())
-tonemap2 = cv2.createTonemapDurand(gamma=1.3)
+tonemap2 = cv.createTonemapDurand(gamma=1.3)
 res_robertson = tonemap2.process(hdr_robertson.copy())
 @endcode
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ range of [0..1].
 
 @code{.py}
 # Exposure fusion using Mertens
-merge_mertens = cv2.createMergeMertens()
+merge_mertens = cv.createMergeMertens()
 res_mertens = merge_mertens.process(img_list)
 @endcode
 
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ res_debvec_8bit = np.clip(res_debvec*255, 0, 255).astype('uint8')
 res_robertson_8bit = np.clip(res_robertson*255, 0, 255).astype('uint8')
 res_mertens_8bit = np.clip(res_mertens*255, 0, 255).astype('uint8')
 
-cv2.imwrite("ldr_debvec.jpg", res_debvec_8bit)
+cv.imwrite("ldr_debvec.jpg", res_debvec_8bit)
-cv2.imwrite("ldr_robertson.jpg", res_robertson_8bit)
+cv.imwrite("ldr_robertson.jpg", res_robertson_8bit)
-cv2.imwrite("fusion_mertens.jpg", res_mertens_8bit)
+cv.imwrite("fusion_mertens.jpg", res_mertens_8bit)
 @endcode
 
 Results
@@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ function and use it for the HDR merge.
 
 @code{.py}
 # Estimate camera response function (CRF)
-cal_debvec = cv2.createCalibrateDebevec()
+cal_debvec = cv.createCalibrateDebevec()
 crf_debvec = cal_debvec.process(img_list, times=exposure_times)
 hdr_debvec = merge_debvec.process(img_list, times=exposure_times.copy(), response=crf_debvec.copy())
-cal_robertson = cv2.createCalibrateRobertson()
+cal_robertson = cv.createCalibrateRobertson()
 crf_robertson = cal_robertson.process(img_list, times=exposure_times)
 hdr_robertson = merge_robertson.process(img_list, times=exposure_times.copy(), response=crf_robertson.copy())
 @endcode

doc/py_tutorials/py_photo/py_inpainting/py_inpainting.markdown

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ shown below (taken from [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inpainting)):
 ![image](images/inpaint_basics.jpg)
 
 Several algorithms were designed for this purpose and OpenCV provides two of them. Both can be
-accessed by the same function, **cv2.inpaint()**
+accessed by the same function, **cv.inpaint()**
 
 First algorithm is based on the paper **"An Image Inpainting Technique Based on the Fast Marching
 Method"** by Alexandru Telea in 2004. It is based on Fast Marching Method. Consider a region in the
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ known pixels in the neigbourhood. Selection of the weights is an important matte
 given to those pixels lying near to the point, near to the normal of the boundary and those lying on
 the boundary contours. Once a pixel is inpainted, it moves to next nearest pixel using Fast Marching
 Method. FMM ensures those pixels near the known pixels are inpainted first, so that it just works
-like a manual heuristic operation. This algorithm is enabled by using the flag, cv2.INPAINT_TELEA.
+like a manual heuristic operation. This algorithm is enabled by using the flag, cv.INPAINT_TELEA.
 
 Second algorithm is based on the paper **"Navier-Stokes, Fluid Dynamics, and Image and Video
 Inpainting"** by Bertalmio, Marcelo, Andrea L. Bertozzi, and Guillermo Sapiro in 2001. This
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ are meant to be continuous). It continues isophotes (lines joining points with s
 like contours joins points with same elevation) while matching gradient vectors at the boundary of
 the inpainting region. For this, some methods from fluid dynamics are used. Once they are obtained,
 color is filled to reduce minimum variance in that area. This algorithm is enabled by using the
-flag, cv2.INPAINT_NS.
+flag, cv.INPAINT_NS.
 
 Code
 ----
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ the area which is to be inpainted. Everything else is simple. My image is degrad
 strokes (I added manually). I created a corresponding strokes with Paint tool.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
-img = cv2.imread('messi_2.jpg')
+img = cv.imread('messi_2.jpg')
-mask = cv2.imread('mask2.png',0)
+mask = cv.imread('mask2.png',0)
 
-dst = cv2.inpaint(img,mask,3,cv2.INPAINT_TELEA)
+dst = cv.inpaint(img,mask,3,cv.INPAINT_TELEA)
 
-cv2.imshow('dst',dst)
+cv.imshow('dst',dst)
-cv2.waitKey(0)
+cv.waitKey(0)
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 See the result below. First image shows degraded input. Second image is the mask. Third image is the
 result of first algorithm and last image is the result of second algorithm.

doc/py_tutorials/py_photo/py_non_local_means/py_non_local_means.markdown

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Goal
 In this chapter,
 
 -   You will learn about Non-local Means Denoising algorithm to remove noise in the image.
--   You will see different functions like **cv2.fastNlMeansDenoising()**,
+-   You will see different functions like **cv.fastNlMeansDenoising()**,
-    **cv2.fastNlMeansDenoisingColored()** etc.
+    **cv.fastNlMeansDenoisingColored()** etc.
 
 Theory
 ------
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ Image Denoising in OpenCV
 
 OpenCV provides four variations of this technique.
 
--#  **cv2.fastNlMeansDenoising()** - works with a single grayscale images
+-#  **cv.fastNlMeansDenoising()** - works with a single grayscale images
-2.  **cv2.fastNlMeansDenoisingColored()** - works with a color image.
+2.  **cv.fastNlMeansDenoisingColored()** - works with a color image.
-3.  **cv2.fastNlMeansDenoisingMulti()** - works with image sequence captured in short period of time
+3.  **cv.fastNlMeansDenoisingMulti()** - works with image sequence captured in short period of time
     (grayscale images)
-4.  **cv2.fastNlMeansDenoisingColoredMulti()** - same as above, but for color images.
+4.  **cv.fastNlMeansDenoisingColoredMulti()** - same as above, but for color images.
 
 Common arguments are:
     -   h : parameter deciding filter strength. Higher h value removes noise better, but removes
@@ -69,18 +69,18 @@ Please visit first link in additional resources for more details on these parame
 
 We will demonstrate 2 and 3 here. Rest is left for you.
 
-### 1. cv2.fastNlMeansDenoisingColored()
+### 1. cv.fastNlMeansDenoisingColored()
 
 As mentioned above it is used to remove noise from color images. (Noise is expected to be gaussian).
 See the example below:
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-img = cv2.imread('die.png')
+img = cv.imread('die.png')
 
-dst = cv2.fastNlMeansDenoisingColored(img,None,10,10,7,21)
+dst = cv.fastNlMeansDenoisingColored(img,None,10,10,7,21)
 
 plt.subplot(121),plt.imshow(img)
 plt.subplot(122),plt.imshow(dst)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ result:
 
 ![image](images/nlm_result1.jpg)
 
-### 2. cv2.fastNlMeansDenoisingMulti()
+### 2. cv.fastNlMeansDenoisingMulti()
 
 Now we will apply the same method to a video. The first argument is the list of noisy frames. Second
 argument imgToDenoiseIndex specifies which frame we need to denoise, for that we pass the index of
@@ -102,16 +102,16 @@ input. Let imgToDenoiseIndex = 2 and temporalWindowSize = 3. Then frame-1, frame
 used to denoise frame-2. Let's see an example.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
 
-cap = cv2.VideoCapture('vtest.avi')
+cap = cv.VideoCapture('vtest.avi')
 
 # create a list of first 5 frames
 img = [cap.read()[1] for i in xrange(5)]
 
 # convert all to grayscale
-gray = [cv2.cvtColor(i, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) for i in img]
+gray = [cv.cvtColor(i, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) for i in img]
 
 # convert all to float64
 gray = [np.float64(i) for i in gray]
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ noisy = [i+noise for i in gray]
 noisy = [np.uint8(np.clip(i,0,255)) for i in noisy]
 
 # Denoise 3rd frame considering all the 5 frames
-dst = cv2.fastNlMeansDenoisingMulti(noisy, 2, 5, None, 4, 7, 35)
+dst = cv.fastNlMeansDenoisingMulti(noisy, 2, 5, None, 4, 7, 35)
 
 plt.subplot(131),plt.imshow(gray[2],'gray')
 plt.subplot(132),plt.imshow(noisy[2],'gray')

doc/py_tutorials/py_setup/py_setup_in_fedora/py_setup_in_fedora.markdown

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ $ yum install numpy opencv*
 @endcode
 Open Python IDLE (or IPython) and type following codes in Python terminal.
 @code{.py}
->>> import cv2
+>>> import cv2 as cv
->>> print( cv2.__version__ )
+>>> print( cv.__version__ )
 @endcode
 If the results are printed out without any errors, congratulations !!! You have installed
 OpenCV-Python successfully.
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ But you will have to do this every time you install OpenCV.
     @code{.sh}
     export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
     @endcode
-Thus OpenCV installation is finished. Open a terminal and try import cv2.
+Thus OpenCV installation is finished. Open a terminal and try 'import cv2 as cv'.
 
 To build the documentation, just enter following commands:
 @code{.sh}

doc/py_tutorials/py_setup/py_setup_in_ubuntu/py_setup_in_ubuntu.markdown

@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ $ sudo apt-get install python-opencv
 Open Python IDLE (or IPython) and type following codes in Python terminal.
 
 ```
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
-print(cv2.__version__)
+print(cv.__version__)
 ```
 
 If the results are printed out without any errors, congratulations !!!
@@ -160,6 +160,6 @@ All files are installed in "/usr/local/" folder.
 Open a terminal and try import "cv2".
 
 ```
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
-print(cv2.__version__)
+print(cv.__version__)
 ```

doc/py_tutorials/py_setup/py_setup_in_windows/py_setup_in_windows.markdown

@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ Installing OpenCV from prebuilt binaries
 
 -#  Open Python IDLE and type following codes in Python terminal.
     @code
-        >>> import cv2
+        >>> import cv2 as cv
-        >>> print( cv2.__version__ )
+        >>> print( cv.__version__ )
     @endcode
 
 If the results are printed out without any errors, congratulations !!! You have installed
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Building OpenCV from source
 
     ![image](images/Capture8.png)
 
--#  Open Python IDLE and enter import cv2. If no error, it is installed correctly.
+-#  Open Python IDLE and enter 'import cv2 as cv'. If no error, it is installed correctly.
 
 @note We have installed with no other support like TBB, Eigen, Qt, Documentation etc. It would be
 difficult to explain it here. A more detailed video will be added soon or you can just hack around.

doc/py_tutorials/py_video/py_bg_subtraction/py_bg_subtraction.markdown

@@ -37,31 +37,31 @@ the time proportions that those colours stay in the scene. The probable backgrou
 ones which stay longer and more static.
 
 While coding, we need to create a background object using the function,
-**cv2.createBackgroundSubtractorMOG()**. It has some optional parameters like length of history,
+**cv.createBackgroundSubtractorMOG()**. It has some optional parameters like length of history,
 number of gaussian mixtures, threshold etc. It is all set to some default values. Then inside the
 video loop, use backgroundsubtractor.apply() method to get the foreground mask.
 
 See a simple example below:
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
-cap = cv2.VideoCapture('vtest.avi')
+cap = cv.VideoCapture('vtest.avi')
 
-fgbg = cv2.createBackgroundSubtractorMOG()
+fgbg = cv.createBackgroundSubtractorMOG()
 
 while(1):
     ret, frame = cap.read()
 
     fgmask = fgbg.apply(frame)
 
-    cv2.imshow('frame',fgmask)
+    cv.imshow('frame',fgmask)
-    k = cv2.waitKey(30) & 0xff
+    k = cv.waitKey(30) & 0xff
     if k == 27:
         break
 
 cap.release()
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 ( All the results are shown at the end for comparison).
 
@@ -80,24 +80,24 @@ detecting shadows or not. If detectShadows = True (which is so by default), it
 detects and marks shadows, but decreases the speed. Shadows will be marked in gray color.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
-cap = cv2.VideoCapture('vtest.avi')
+cap = cv.VideoCapture('vtest.avi')
 
-fgbg = cv2.createBackgroundSubtractorMOG2()
+fgbg = cv.createBackgroundSubtractorMOG2()
 
 while(1):
     ret, frame = cap.read()
 
     fgmask = fgbg.apply(frame)
 
-    cv2.imshow('frame',fgmask)
+    cv.imshow('frame',fgmask)
-    k = cv2.waitKey(30) & 0xff
+    k = cv.waitKey(30) & 0xff
     if k == 27:
         break
 
 cap.release()
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 (Results given at the end)
 
@@ -120,26 +120,26 @@ frames.
 It would be better to apply morphological opening to the result to remove the noises.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
-cap = cv2.VideoCapture('vtest.avi')
+cap = cv.VideoCapture('vtest.avi')
 
-kernel = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_ELLIPSE,(3,3))
+kernel = cv.getStructuringElement(cv.MORPH_ELLIPSE,(3,3))
-fgbg = cv2.createBackgroundSubtractorGMG()
+fgbg = cv.createBackgroundSubtractorGMG()
 
 while(1):
     ret, frame = cap.read()
 
     fgmask = fgbg.apply(frame)
-    fgmask = cv2.morphologyEx(fgmask, cv2.MORPH_OPEN, kernel)
+    fgmask = cv.morphologyEx(fgmask, cv.MORPH_OPEN, kernel)
 
-    cv2.imshow('frame',fgmask)
+    cv.imshow('frame',fgmask)
-    k = cv2.waitKey(30) & 0xff
+    k = cv.waitKey(30) & 0xff
     if k == 27:
         break
 
 cap.release()
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 Results
 -------

doc/py_tutorials/py_video/py_lucas_kanade/py_lucas_kanade.markdown

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Goal
 In this chapter,
     -   We will understand the concepts of optical flow and its estimation using Lucas-Kanade
         method.
-    -   We will use functions like **cv2.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK()** to track feature points in a
+    -   We will use functions like **cv.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK()** to track feature points in a
         video.
 
 Optical Flow
@@ -84,19 +84,19 @@ Lucas-Kanade there, we get optical flow along with the scale.
 Lucas-Kanade Optical Flow in OpenCV
 -----------------------------------
 
-OpenCV provides all these in a single function, **cv2.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK()**. Here, we create a
+OpenCV provides all these in a single function, **cv.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK()**. Here, we create a
 simple application which tracks some points in a video. To decide the points, we use
-**cv2.goodFeaturesToTrack()**. We take the first frame, detect some Shi-Tomasi corner points in it,
+**cv.goodFeaturesToTrack()**. We take the first frame, detect some Shi-Tomasi corner points in it,
 then we iteratively track those points using Lucas-Kanade optical flow. For the function
-**cv2.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK()** we pass the previous frame, previous points and next frame. It
+**cv.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK()** we pass the previous frame, previous points and next frame. It
 returns next points along with some status numbers which has a value of 1 if next point is found,
 else zero. We iteratively pass these next points as previous points in next step. See the code
 below:
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
-cap = cv2.VideoCapture('slow.flv')
+cap = cv.VideoCapture('slow.flv')
 
 # params for ShiTomasi corner detection
 feature_params = dict( maxCorners = 100,
@@ -107,25 +107,25 @@ feature_params = dict( maxCorners = 100,
 # Parameters for lucas kanade optical flow
 lk_params = dict( winSize  = (15,15),
                   maxLevel = 2,
-                  criteria = (cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS | cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 10, 0.03))
+                  criteria = (cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS | cv.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 10, 0.03))
 
 # Create some random colors
 color = np.random.randint(0,255,(100,3))
 
 # Take first frame and find corners in it
 ret, old_frame = cap.read()
-old_gray = cv2.cvtColor(old_frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+old_gray = cv.cvtColor(old_frame, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
-p0 = cv2.goodFeaturesToTrack(old_gray, mask = None, **feature_params)
+p0 = cv.goodFeaturesToTrack(old_gray, mask = None, **feature_params)
 
 # Create a mask image for drawing purposes
 mask = np.zeros_like(old_frame)
 
 while(1):
     ret,frame = cap.read()
-    frame_gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+    frame_gray = cv.cvtColor(frame, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
 
     # calculate optical flow
-    p1, st, err = cv2.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(old_gray, frame_gray, p0, None, **lk_params)
+    p1, st, err = cv.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(old_gray, frame_gray, p0, None, **lk_params)
 
     # Select good points
     good_new = p1[st==1]
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@ while(1):
     for i,(new,old) in enumerate(zip(good_new,good_old)):
         a,b = new.ravel()
         c,d = old.ravel()
-        mask = cv2.line(mask, (a,b),(c,d), color[i].tolist(), 2)
+        mask = cv.line(mask, (a,b),(c,d), color[i].tolist(), 2)
-        frame = cv2.circle(frame,(a,b),5,color[i].tolist(),-1)
+        frame = cv.circle(frame,(a,b),5,color[i].tolist(),-1)
-    img = cv2.add(frame,mask)
+    img = cv.add(frame,mask)
 
-    cv2.imshow('frame',img)
+    cv.imshow('frame',img)
-    k = cv2.waitKey(30) & 0xff
+    k = cv.waitKey(30) & 0xff
     if k == 27:
         break
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ while(1):
     old_gray = frame_gray.copy()
     p0 = good_new.reshape(-1,1,2)
 
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 cap.release()
 @endcode
 (This code doesn't check how correct are the next keypoints. So even if any feature point disappears
@@ -176,37 +176,37 @@ array with optical flow vectors, \f$(u,v)\f$. We find their magnitude and direct
 result for better visualization. Direction corresponds to Hue value of the image. Magnitude
 corresponds to Value plane. See the code below:
 @code{.py}
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
-cap = cv2.VideoCapture("vtest.avi")
+cap = cv.VideoCapture("vtest.avi")
 
 ret, frame1 = cap.read()
-prvs = cv2.cvtColor(frame1,cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+prvs = cv.cvtColor(frame1,cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
 hsv = np.zeros_like(frame1)
 hsv[...,1] = 255
 
 while(1):
     ret, frame2 = cap.read()
-    next = cv2.cvtColor(frame2,cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+    next = cv.cvtColor(frame2,cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
 
-    flow = cv2.calcOpticalFlowFarneback(prvs,next, None, 0.5, 3, 15, 3, 5, 1.2, 0)
+    flow = cv.calcOpticalFlowFarneback(prvs,next, None, 0.5, 3, 15, 3, 5, 1.2, 0)
 
-    mag, ang = cv2.cartToPolar(flow[...,0], flow[...,1])
+    mag, ang = cv.cartToPolar(flow[...,0], flow[...,1])
     hsv[...,0] = ang*180/np.pi/2
-    hsv[...,2] = cv2.normalize(mag,None,0,255,cv2.NORM_MINMAX)
+    hsv[...,2] = cv.normalize(mag,None,0,255,cv.NORM_MINMAX)
-    bgr = cv2.cvtColor(hsv,cv2.COLOR_HSV2BGR)
+    bgr = cv.cvtColor(hsv,cv.COLOR_HSV2BGR)
 
-    cv2.imshow('frame2',bgr)
+    cv.imshow('frame2',bgr)
-    k = cv2.waitKey(30) & 0xff
+    k = cv.waitKey(30) & 0xff
     if k == 27:
         break
     elif k == ord('s'):
-        cv2.imwrite('opticalfb.png',frame2)
+        cv.imwrite('opticalfb.png',frame2)
-        cv2.imwrite('opticalhsv.png',bgr)
+        cv.imwrite('opticalhsv.png',bgr)
     prvs = next
 
 cap.release()
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 @endcode
 See the result below:
 

doc/py_tutorials/py_video/py_meanshift/py_meanshift.markdown

@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ algorithm moves our window to the new location with maximum density.
 To use meanshift in OpenCV, first we need to setup the target, find its histogram so that we can
 backproject the target on each frame for calculation of meanshift. We also need to provide initial
 location of window. For histogram, only Hue is considered here. Also, to avoid false values due to
-low light, low light values are discarded using **cv2.inRange()** function.
+low light, low light values are discarded using **cv.inRange()** function.
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
-cap = cv2.VideoCapture('slow.flv')
+cap = cv.VideoCapture('slow.flv')
 
 # take first frame of the video
 ret,frame = cap.read()
@@ -55,39 +55,39 @@ track_window = (c,r,w,h)
 
 # set up the ROI for tracking
 roi = frame[r:r+h, c:c+w]
-hsv_roi =  cv2.cvtColor(roi, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+hsv_roi =  cv.cvtColor(roi, cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
-mask = cv2.inRange(hsv_roi, np.array((0., 60.,32.)), np.array((180.,255.,255.)))
+mask = cv.inRange(hsv_roi, np.array((0., 60.,32.)), np.array((180.,255.,255.)))
-roi_hist = cv2.calcHist([hsv_roi],[0],mask,[180],[0,180])
+roi_hist = cv.calcHist([hsv_roi],[0],mask,[180],[0,180])
-cv2.normalize(roi_hist,roi_hist,0,255,cv2.NORM_MINMAX)
+cv.normalize(roi_hist,roi_hist,0,255,cv.NORM_MINMAX)
 
 # Setup the termination criteria, either 10 iteration or move by atleast 1 pt
-term_crit = ( cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS | cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 10, 1 )
+term_crit = ( cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS | cv.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 10, 1 )
 
 while(1):
     ret ,frame = cap.read()
 
     if ret == True:
-        hsv = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+        hsv = cv.cvtColor(frame, cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
-        dst = cv2.calcBackProject([hsv],[0],roi_hist,[0,180],1)
+        dst = cv.calcBackProject([hsv],[0],roi_hist,[0,180],1)
 
         # apply meanshift to get the new location
-        ret, track_window = cv2.meanShift(dst, track_window, term_crit)
+        ret, track_window = cv.meanShift(dst, track_window, term_crit)
 
         # Draw it on image
         x,y,w,h = track_window
-        img2 = cv2.rectangle(frame, (x,y), (x+w,y+h), 255,2)
+        img2 = cv.rectangle(frame, (x,y), (x+w,y+h), 255,2)
-        cv2.imshow('img2',img2)
+        cv.imshow('img2',img2)
 
-        k = cv2.waitKey(60) & 0xff
+        k = cv.waitKey(60) & 0xff
         if k == 27:
             break
         else:
-            cv2.imwrite(chr(k)+".jpg",img2)
+            cv.imwrite(chr(k)+".jpg",img2)
 
     else:
         break
 
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 cap.release()
 @endcode
 Three frames in a video I used is given below:
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ It is almost same as meanshift, but it returns a rotated rectangle (that is our
 parameters (used to be passed as search window in next iteration). See the code below:
 @code{.py}
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
-cap = cv2.VideoCapture('slow.flv')
+cap = cv.VideoCapture('slow.flv')
 
 # take first frame of the video
 ret,frame = cap.read()
@@ -129,40 +129,40 @@ track_window = (c,r,w,h)
 
 # set up the ROI for tracking
 roi = frame[r:r+h, c:c+w]
-hsv_roi =  cv2.cvtColor(roi, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+hsv_roi =  cv.cvtColor(roi, cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
-mask = cv2.inRange(hsv_roi, np.array((0., 60.,32.)), np.array((180.,255.,255.)))
+mask = cv.inRange(hsv_roi, np.array((0., 60.,32.)), np.array((180.,255.,255.)))
-roi_hist = cv2.calcHist([hsv_roi],[0],mask,[180],[0,180])
+roi_hist = cv.calcHist([hsv_roi],[0],mask,[180],[0,180])
-cv2.normalize(roi_hist,roi_hist,0,255,cv2.NORM_MINMAX)
+cv.normalize(roi_hist,roi_hist,0,255,cv.NORM_MINMAX)
 
 # Setup the termination criteria, either 10 iteration or move by atleast 1 pt
-term_crit = ( cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS | cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 10, 1 )
+term_crit = ( cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS | cv.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 10, 1 )
 
 while(1):
     ret ,frame = cap.read()
 
     if ret == True:
-        hsv = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+        hsv = cv.cvtColor(frame, cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
-        dst = cv2.calcBackProject([hsv],[0],roi_hist,[0,180],1)
+        dst = cv.calcBackProject([hsv],[0],roi_hist,[0,180],1)
 
         # apply meanshift to get the new location
-        ret, track_window = cv2.CamShift(dst, track_window, term_crit)
+        ret, track_window = cv.CamShift(dst, track_window, term_crit)
 
         # Draw it on image
-        pts = cv2.boxPoints(ret)
+        pts = cv.boxPoints(ret)
         pts = np.int0(pts)
-        img2 = cv2.polylines(frame,[pts],True, 255,2)
+        img2 = cv.polylines(frame,[pts],True, 255,2)
-        cv2.imshow('img2',img2)
+        cv.imshow('img2',img2)
 
-        k = cv2.waitKey(60) & 0xff
+        k = cv.waitKey(60) & 0xff
         if k == 27:
             break
         else:
-            cv2.imwrite(chr(k)+".jpg",img2)
+            cv.imwrite(chr(k)+".jpg",img2)
 
     else:
         break
 
-cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+cv.destroyAllWindows()
 cap.release()
 @endcode
 Three frames of the result is shown below:

doc/tutorials/core/adding_images/adding_images.markdown

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Now we need to generate the `g(x)` image. For this, the function **addWeighted()
 
 @add_toggle_python
 @snippet python/tutorial_code/core/AddingImages/adding_images.py blend_images
-Numpy version of above line (but cv2 function is around 2x faster):
+Numpy version of above line (but cv function is around 2x faster):
 \code{.py}
     dst = np.uint8(alpha*(img1)+beta*(img2))
 \endcode

doc/tutorials/core/mat-mask-operations/mat_mask_operations.markdown

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ At first we make sure that the input images data in unsigned 8 bit format.
 
 At first we make sure that the input images data in unsigned 8 bit format.
 @code{.py}
-my_image = cv2.cvtColor(my_image, cv2.CV_8U)
+my_image = cv.cvtColor(my_image, cv.CV_8U)
 @endcode
 
 @end_toggle

modules/python/test/test_algorithm_rw.py

@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@
 '''
 Algorithm serializaion test
 '''
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests
 
 class algorithm_rw_test(NewOpenCVTests):
     def test_algorithm_rw(self):
         # some arbitrary non-default parameters
-        gold = cv2.AKAZE_create(descriptor_size=1, descriptor_channels=2, nOctaves=3, threshold=4.0)
+        gold = cv.AKAZE_create(descriptor_size=1, descriptor_channels=2, nOctaves=3, threshold=4.0)
-        gold.write(cv2.FileStorage("params.yml", 1), "AKAZE")
+        gold.write(cv.FileStorage("params.yml", 1), "AKAZE")
 
-        fs = cv2.FileStorage("params.yml", 0)
+        fs = cv.FileStorage("params.yml", 0)
-        algorithm = cv2.AKAZE_create()
+        algorithm = cv.AKAZE_create()
         algorithm.read(fs.getNode("AKAZE"))
 
         self.assertEqual(algorithm.getDescriptorSize(), 1)

modules/python/test/test_calibration.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ reads distorted images, calculates the calibration and write undistorted images
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests
 
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ class calibration_test(NewOpenCVTests):
                 continue
 
             h, w = img.shape[:2]
-            found, corners = cv2.findChessboardCorners(img, pattern_size)
+            found, corners = cv.findChessboardCorners(img, pattern_size)
             if found:
-                term = (cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 30, 0.1)
+                term = (cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 30, 0.1)
-                cv2.cornerSubPix(img, corners, (5, 5), (-1, -1), term)
+                cv.cornerSubPix(img, corners, (5, 5), (-1, -1), term)
 
             if not found:
                 continue
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class calibration_test(NewOpenCVTests):
             obj_points.append(pattern_points)
 
         # calculate camera distortion
-        rms, camera_matrix, dist_coefs, _rvecs, _tvecs = cv2.calibrateCamera(obj_points, img_points, (w, h), None, None, flags = 0)
+        rms, camera_matrix, dist_coefs, _rvecs, _tvecs = cv.calibrateCamera(obj_points, img_points, (w, h), None, None, flags = 0)
 
         eps = 0.01
         normCamEps = 10.0
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ class calibration_test(NewOpenCVTests):
            1.21234330e-03,  -1.40825372e-04, 1.54865844e-01]
 
         self.assertLess(abs(rms - 0.196334638034), eps)
-        self.assertLess(cv2.norm(camera_matrix - cameraMatrixTest, cv2.NORM_L1), normCamEps)
+        self.assertLess(cv.norm(camera_matrix - cameraMatrixTest, cv.NORM_L1), normCamEps)
-        self.assertLess(cv2.norm(dist_coefs - distCoeffsTest, cv2.NORM_L1), normDistEps)
+        self.assertLess(cv.norm(dist_coefs - distCoeffsTest, cv.NORM_L1), normDistEps)
 
 
 

modules/python/test/test_camshift.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if PY3:
     xrange = range
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from tst_scene_render import TestSceneRender
 
 from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests, intersectionRate
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ class camshift_test(NewOpenCVTests):
         while True:
             framesCounter += 1
             self.frame = self.render.getNextFrame()
-            hsv = cv2.cvtColor(self.frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+            hsv = cv.cvtColor(self.frame, cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
-            mask = cv2.inRange(hsv, np.array((0., 60., 32.)), np.array((180., 255., 255.)))
+            mask = cv.inRange(hsv, np.array((0., 60., 32.)), np.array((180., 255., 255.)))
 
             if self.selection:
                 x0, y0, x1, y1 = self.render.getCurrentRect() + 50
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ class camshift_test(NewOpenCVTests):
 
                 hsv_roi = hsv[y0:y1, x0:x1]
                 mask_roi = mask[y0:y1, x0:x1]
-                hist = cv2.calcHist( [hsv_roi], [0], mask_roi, [16], [0, 180] )
+                hist = cv.calcHist( [hsv_roi], [0], mask_roi, [16], [0, 180] )
-                cv2.normalize(hist, hist, 0, 255, cv2.NORM_MINMAX)
+                cv.normalize(hist, hist, 0, 255, cv.NORM_MINMAX)
                 self.hist = hist.reshape(-1)
                 self.selection = False
 
             if self.track_window and self.track_window[2] > 0 and self.track_window[3] > 0:
                 self.selection = None
-                prob = cv2.calcBackProject([hsv], [0], self.hist, [0, 180], 1)
+                prob = cv.calcBackProject([hsv], [0], self.hist, [0, 180], 1)
                 prob &= mask
-                term_crit = ( cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS | cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 10, 1 )
+                term_crit = ( cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS | cv.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 10, 1 )
-                _track_box, self.track_window = cv2.CamShift(prob, self.track_window, term_crit)
+                _track_box, self.track_window = cv.CamShift(prob, self.track_window, term_crit)
 
             trackingRect = np.array(self.track_window)
             trackingRect[2] += trackingRect[0]

modules/python/test/test_dft.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Test for disctrete fourier transform (dft)
 # Python 2/3 compatibility
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 import sys
 
@@ -24,26 +24,26 @@ class dft_test(NewOpenCVTests):
         refDftShift = np.fft.fftshift(refDft)
         refMagnitide = np.log(1.0 + np.abs(refDftShift))
 
-        testDft = cv2.dft(np.float32(img),flags = cv2.DFT_COMPLEX_OUTPUT)
+        testDft = cv.dft(np.float32(img),flags = cv.DFT_COMPLEX_OUTPUT)
         testDftShift = np.fft.fftshift(testDft)
-        testMagnitude = np.log(1.0 + cv2.magnitude(testDftShift[:,:,0], testDftShift[:,:,1]))
+        testMagnitude = np.log(1.0 + cv.magnitude(testDftShift[:,:,0], testDftShift[:,:,1]))
 
-        refMagnitide = cv2.normalize(refMagnitide, 0.0, 1.0, cv2.NORM_MINMAX)
+        refMagnitide = cv.normalize(refMagnitide, 0.0, 1.0, cv.NORM_MINMAX)
-        testMagnitude = cv2.normalize(testMagnitude, 0.0, 1.0, cv2.NORM_MINMAX)
+        testMagnitude = cv.normalize(testMagnitude, 0.0, 1.0, cv.NORM_MINMAX)
 
-        self.assertLess(cv2.norm(refMagnitide - testMagnitude), eps)
+        self.assertLess(cv.norm(refMagnitide - testMagnitude), eps)
 
         #test inverse transform
         img_back = np.fft.ifft2(refDft)
         img_back = np.abs(img_back)
 
-        img_backTest = cv2.idft(testDft)
+        img_backTest = cv.idft(testDft)
-        img_backTest = cv2.magnitude(img_backTest[:,:,0], img_backTest[:,:,1])
+        img_backTest = cv.magnitude(img_backTest[:,:,0], img_backTest[:,:,1])
 
-        img_backTest = cv2.normalize(img_backTest, 0.0, 1.0, cv2.NORM_MINMAX)
+        img_backTest = cv.normalize(img_backTest, 0.0, 1.0, cv.NORM_MINMAX)
-        img_back = cv2.normalize(img_back, 0.0, 1.0, cv2.NORM_MINMAX)
+        img_back = cv.normalize(img_back, 0.0, 1.0, cv.NORM_MINMAX)
 
-        self.assertLess(cv2.norm(img_back - img_backTest), eps)
+        self.assertLess(cv.norm(img_back - img_backTest), eps)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

modules/python/test/test_digits.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 # built-in modules
 from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool
 
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 import numpy as np
 from numpy.linalg import norm
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ def split2d(img, cell_size, flatten=True):
     return cells
 
 def deskew(img):
-    m = cv2.moments(img)
+    m = cv.moments(img)
     if abs(m['mu02']) < 1e-2:
         return img.copy()
     skew = m['mu11']/m['mu02']
     M = np.float32([[1, skew, -0.5*SZ*skew], [0, 1, 0]])
-    img = cv2.warpAffine(img, M, (SZ, SZ), flags=cv2.WARP_INVERSE_MAP | cv2.INTER_LINEAR)
+    img = cv.warpAffine(img, M, (SZ, SZ), flags=cv.WARP_INVERSE_MAP | cv.INTER_LINEAR)
     return img
 
 class StatModel(object):
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ class StatModel(object):
 class KNearest(StatModel):
     def __init__(self, k = 3):
         self.k = k
-        self.model = cv2.ml.KNearest_create()
+        self.model = cv.ml.KNearest_create()
 
     def train(self, samples, responses):
-        self.model.train(samples, cv2.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, responses)
+        self.model.train(samples, cv.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, responses)
 
     def predict(self, samples):
         _retval, results, _neigh_resp, _dists = self.model.findNearest(samples, self.k)
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@ class KNearest(StatModel):
 
 class SVM(StatModel):
     def __init__(self, C = 1, gamma = 0.5):
-        self.model = cv2.ml.SVM_create()
+        self.model = cv.ml.SVM_create()
         self.model.setGamma(gamma)
         self.model.setC(C)
-        self.model.setKernel(cv2.ml.SVM_RBF)
+        self.model.setKernel(cv.ml.SVM_RBF)
-        self.model.setType(cv2.ml.SVM_C_SVC)
+        self.model.setType(cv.ml.SVM_C_SVC)
 
     def train(self, samples, responses):
-        self.model.train(samples, cv2.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, responses)
+        self.model.train(samples, cv.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, responses)
 
     def predict(self, samples):
         return self.model.predict(samples)[1].ravel()
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ def preprocess_simple(digits):
 def preprocess_hog(digits):
     samples = []
     for img in digits:
-        gx = cv2.Sobel(img, cv2.CV_32F, 1, 0)
+        gx = cv.Sobel(img, cv.CV_32F, 1, 0)
-        gy = cv2.Sobel(img, cv2.CV_32F, 0, 1)
+        gy = cv.Sobel(img, cv.CV_32F, 0, 1)
-        mag, ang = cv2.cartToPolar(gx, gy)
+        mag, ang = cv.cartToPolar(gx, gy)
         bin_n = 16
         bin = np.int32(bin_n*ang/(2*np.pi))
         bin_cells = bin[:10,:10], bin[10:,:10], bin[:10,10:], bin[10:,10:]
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ class digits_test(NewOpenCVTests):
           [ 0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 47,  0],
           [ 0,  1,  0,  1,  0,  0,  0,  0,  1, 45]]
 
-        self.assertLess(cv2.norm(confusionMatrixes[0] - confusionKNN, cv2.NORM_L1), normEps)
+        self.assertLess(cv.norm(confusionMatrixes[0] - confusionKNN, cv.NORM_L1), normEps)
-        self.assertLess(cv2.norm(confusionMatrixes[1] - confusionSVM, cv2.NORM_L1), normEps)
+        self.assertLess(cv.norm(confusionMatrixes[1] - confusionSVM, cv.NORM_L1), normEps)
 
         self.assertLess(errors[0] - 0.034, eps)
         self.assertLess(errors[1] - 0.018, eps)

modules/python/test/test_facedetect.py

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ face detection using haar cascades
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 def detect(img, cascade):
     rects = cascade.detectMultiScale(img, scaleFactor=1.3, minNeighbors=4, minSize=(30, 30),
-                                     flags=cv2.CASCADE_SCALE_IMAGE)
+                                     flags=cv.CASCADE_SCALE_IMAGE)
     if len(rects) == 0:
         return []
     rects[:,2:] += rects[:,:2]
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ class facedetect_test(NewOpenCVTests):
         cascade_fn = self.repoPath + '/data/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml'
         nested_fn  = self.repoPath + '/data/haarcascades/haarcascade_eye.xml'
 
-        cascade = cv2.CascadeClassifier(cascade_fn)
+        cascade = cv.CascadeClassifier(cascade_fn)
-        nested = cv2.CascadeClassifier(nested_fn)
+        nested = cv.CascadeClassifier(nested_fn)
 
         samples = ['samples/data/lena.jpg', 'cv/cascadeandhog/images/mona-lisa.png']
 
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ class facedetect_test(NewOpenCVTests):
         for sample in samples:
 
             img = self.get_sample(  sample)
-            gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+            gray = cv.cvtColor(img, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
-            gray = cv2.GaussianBlur(gray, (5, 5), 5.1)
+            gray = cv.GaussianBlur(gray, (5, 5), 5.1)
 
             rects = detect(gray, cascade)
             faces.append(rects)

modules/python/test/test_feature_homography.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PlaneTracker class in plane_tracker.py
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import sys
 PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
 
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ def intersectionRate(s1, s2):
     x1, y1, x2, y2 = s1
     s1 = np.array([[x1, y1], [x2,y1], [x2, y2], [x1, y2]])
 
-    area, _intersection = cv2.intersectConvexConvex(s1, np.array(s2))
+    area, _intersection = cv.intersectConvexConvex(s1, np.array(s2))
-    return 2 * area / (cv2.contourArea(s1) + cv2.contourArea(np.array(s2)))
+    return 2 * area / (cv.contourArea(s1) + cv.contourArea(np.array(s2)))
 
 from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests
 
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ TrackedTarget = namedtuple('TrackedTarget', 'target, p0, p1, H, quad')
 
 class PlaneTracker:
     def __init__(self):
-        self.detector = cv2.AKAZE_create(threshold = 0.003)
+        self.detector = cv.AKAZE_create(threshold = 0.003)
-        self.matcher = cv2.FlannBasedMatcher(flann_params, {})  # bug : need to pass empty dict (#1329)
+        self.matcher = cv.FlannBasedMatcher(flann_params, {})  # bug : need to pass empty dict (#1329)
         self.targets = []
         self.frame_points = []
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class PlaneTracker:
             p0 = [target.keypoints[m.trainIdx].pt for m in matches]
             p1 = [self.frame_points[m.queryIdx].pt for m in matches]
             p0, p1 = np.float32((p0, p1))
-            H, status = cv2.findHomography(p0, p1, cv2.RANSAC, 3.0)
+            H, status = cv.findHomography(p0, p1, cv.RANSAC, 3.0)
             status = status.ravel() != 0
             if status.sum() < MIN_MATCH_COUNT:
                 continue
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class PlaneTracker:
 
             x0, y0, x1, y1 = target.rect
             quad = np.float32([[x0, y0], [x1, y0], [x1, y1], [x0, y1]])
-            quad = cv2.perspectiveTransform(quad.reshape(1, -1, 2), H).reshape(-1, 2)
+            quad = cv.perspectiveTransform(quad.reshape(1, -1, 2), H).reshape(-1, 2)
 
             track = TrackedTarget(target=target, p0=p0, p1=p1, H=H, quad=quad)
             tracked.append(track)

modules/python/test/test_fitline.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Robust line fitting.
 ==================
 
-Example of using cv2.fitLine function for fitting line
+Example of using cv.fitLine function for fitting line
 to points in presence of outliers.
 
 Switch through different M-estimator functions and see,
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import sys
 PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests
 
@@ -53,17 +53,17 @@ class fitline_test(NewOpenCVTests):
         lines = []
 
         for name in dist_func_names:
-            func = getattr(cv2, name)
+            func = getattr(cv, name)
-            vx, vy, cx, cy = cv2.fitLine(np.float32(points), func, 0, 0.01, 0.01)
+            vx, vy, cx, cy = cv.fitLine(np.float32(points), func, 0, 0.01, 0.01)
             line = [float(vx), float(vy), float(cx), float(cy)]
             lines.append(line)
 
         eps = 0.05
 
-        refVec =  (np.float32(p1) - p0) / cv2.norm(np.float32(p1) - p0)
+        refVec =  (np.float32(p1) - p0) / cv.norm(np.float32(p1) - p0)
 
         for i in range(len(lines)):
-            self.assertLessEqual(cv2.norm(refVec - lines[i][0:2], cv2.NORM_L2), eps)
+            self.assertLessEqual(cv.norm(refVec - lines[i][0:2], cv.NORM_L2), eps)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

modules/python/test/test_gaussian_mix.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if PY3:
 
 import numpy as np
 from numpy import random
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 def make_gaussians(cluster_n, img_size):
     points = []
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ class gaussian_mix_test(NewOpenCVTests):
 
         points, ref_distrs = make_gaussians(cluster_n, img_size)
 
-        em = cv2.ml.EM_create()
+        em = cv.ml.EM_create()
         em.setClustersNumber(cluster_n)
-        em.setCovarianceMatrixType(cv2.ml.EM_COV_MAT_GENERIC)
+        em.setCovarianceMatrixType(cv.ml.EM_COV_MAT_GENERIC)
         em.trainEM(points)
         means = em.getMeans()
         covs = em.getCovs()  # Known bug: https://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/4232
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ class gaussian_mix_test(NewOpenCVTests):
 
         for i in range(cluster_n):
             for j in range(cluster_n):
-                if (cv2.norm(means[i] - ref_distrs[j][0], cv2.NORM_L2) / cv2.norm(ref_distrs[j][0], cv2.NORM_L2) < meanEps and
+                if (cv.norm(means[i] - ref_distrs[j][0], cv.NORM_L2) / cv.norm(ref_distrs[j][0], cv.NORM_L2) < meanEps and
-                    cv2.norm(covs[i] - ref_distrs[j][1], cv2.NORM_L2) / cv2.norm(ref_distrs[j][1], cv2.NORM_L2) < covEps):
+                    cv.norm(covs[i] - ref_distrs[j][1], cv.NORM_L2) / cv.norm(ref_distrs[j][1], cv.NORM_L2) < covEps):
                     matches_count += 1
 
         self.assertEqual(matches_count, cluster_n)

modules/python/test/test_goodfeatures.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Python 2/3 compatibility
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 
 from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ class TestGoodFeaturesToTrack_test(NewOpenCVTests):
         threshes = [ x / 100. for x in range(1,10) ]
         numPoints = 20000
 
-        results = dict([(t, cv2.goodFeaturesToTrack(arr, numPoints, t, 2, useHarrisDetector=True)) for t in threshes])
+        results = dict([(t, cv.goodFeaturesToTrack(arr, numPoints, t, 2, useHarrisDetector=True)) for t in threshes])
         # Check that GoodFeaturesToTrack has not modified input image
         self.assertTrue(arr.tostring() == original.tostring())
         # Check for repeatability
         for i in range(1):
-            results2 = dict([(t, cv2.goodFeaturesToTrack(arr, numPoints, t, 2, useHarrisDetector=True)) for t in threshes])
+            results2 = dict([(t, cv.goodFeaturesToTrack(arr, numPoints, t, 2, useHarrisDetector=True)) for t in threshes])
             for t in threshes:
                 self.assertTrue(len(results2[t]) == len(results[t]))
                 for i in range(len(results[t])):
-                    self.assertTrue(cv2.norm(results[t][i][0] - results2[t][i][0]) == 0)
+                    self.assertTrue(cv.norm(results[t][i][0] - results2[t][i][0]) == 0)
 
         for t0,t1 in zip(threshes, threshes[1:]):
             r0 = results[t0]
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class TestGoodFeaturesToTrack_test(NewOpenCVTests):
             self.assertTrue(len(r0) > len(r1))
             # Increasing thresh should monly truncate result list
             for i in range(len(r1)):
-                self.assertTrue(cv2.norm(r1[i][0] - r0[i][0])==0)
+                self.assertTrue(cv.norm(r1[i][0] - r0[i][0])==0)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

modules/python/test/test_grabcut.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Interactive Image Segmentation using GrabCut algorithm.
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import sys
 
 from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class grabcut_test(NewOpenCVTests):
 
     def scaleMask(self, mask):
 
-        return np.where((mask==cv2.GC_FGD) + (mask==cv2.GC_PR_FGD),255,0).astype('uint8')
+        return np.where((mask==cv.GC_FGD) + (mask==cv.GC_PR_FGD),255,0).astype('uint8')
 
     def test_grabcut(self):
 
@@ -42,27 +42,27 @@ class grabcut_test(NewOpenCVTests):
         mask = np.zeros(img.shape[:2], dtype = np.uint8)
         bgdModel = np.zeros((1,65),np.float64)
         fgdModel = np.zeros((1,65),np.float64)
-        cv2.grabCut(img, mask, rect, bgdModel, fgdModel, 0, cv2.GC_INIT_WITH_RECT)
+        cv.grabCut(img, mask, rect, bgdModel, fgdModel, 0, cv.GC_INIT_WITH_RECT)
-        cv2.grabCut(img, mask, rect, bgdModel, fgdModel, 2, cv2.GC_EVAL)
+        cv.grabCut(img, mask, rect, bgdModel, fgdModel, 2, cv.GC_EVAL)
 
         if mask_prob is None:
             mask_prob = mask.copy()
-            cv2.imwrite(self.extraTestDataPath + '/cv/grabcut/mask_probpy.png', mask_prob)
+            cv.imwrite(self.extraTestDataPath + '/cv/grabcut/mask_probpy.png', mask_prob)
         if exp_mask1 is None:
             exp_mask1 = self.scaleMask(mask)
-            cv2.imwrite(self.extraTestDataPath + '/cv/grabcut/exp_mask1py.png', exp_mask1)
+            cv.imwrite(self.extraTestDataPath + '/cv/grabcut/exp_mask1py.png', exp_mask1)
 
         self.assertEqual(self.verify(self.scaleMask(mask), exp_mask1), True)
 
         mask = mask_prob
         bgdModel = np.zeros((1,65),np.float64)
         fgdModel = np.zeros((1,65),np.float64)
-        cv2.grabCut(img, mask, rect, bgdModel, fgdModel, 0, cv2.GC_INIT_WITH_MASK)
+        cv.grabCut(img, mask, rect, bgdModel, fgdModel, 0, cv.GC_INIT_WITH_MASK)
-        cv2.grabCut(img, mask, rect, bgdModel, fgdModel, 1, cv2.GC_EVAL)
+        cv.grabCut(img, mask, rect, bgdModel, fgdModel, 1, cv.GC_EVAL)
 
         if exp_mask2 is None:
             exp_mask2 = self.scaleMask(mask)
-            cv2.imwrite(self.extraTestDataPath + '/cv/grabcut/exp_mask2py.png', exp_mask2)
+            cv.imwrite(self.extraTestDataPath + '/cv/grabcut/exp_mask2py.png', exp_mask2)
 
         self.assertEqual(self.verify(self.scaleMask(mask), exp_mask2), True)
 

modules/python/test/test_houghcircles.py

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
 '''
-This example illustrates how to use cv2.HoughCircles() function.
+This example illustrates how to use cv.HoughCircles() function.
 '''
 
 # Python 2/3 compatibility
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 import sys
 from numpy import pi, sin, cos
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ def circleApproximation(circle):
 
 def convContoursIntersectiponRate(c1, c2):
 
-    s1 = cv2.contourArea(c1)
+    s1 = cv.contourArea(c1)
-    s2 = cv2.contourArea(c2)
+    s2 = cv.contourArea(c2)
 
-    s, _ = cv2.intersectConvexConvex(c1, c2)
+    s, _ = cv.intersectConvexConvex(c1, c2)
 
     return 2*s/(s1+s2)
 
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ class houghcircles_test(NewOpenCVTests):
         fn = "samples/data/board.jpg"
 
         src = self.get_sample(fn, 1)
-        img = cv2.cvtColor(src, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+        img = cv.cvtColor(src, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
-        img = cv2.medianBlur(img, 5)
+        img = cv.medianBlur(img, 5)
 
-        circles = cv2.HoughCircles(img, cv2.HOUGH_GRADIENT, 1, 10, np.array([]), 100, 30, 1, 30)[0]
+        circles = cv.HoughCircles(img, cv.HOUGH_GRADIENT, 1, 10, np.array([]), 100, 30, 1, 30)[0]
 
         testCircles = [[38, 181, 17.6],
         [99.7, 166, 13.12],

modules/python/test/test_houghlines.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ This example illustrates how to use Hough Transform to find lines
 # Python 2/3 compatibility
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import numpy as np
 import sys
 import math
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests
 
 def linesDiff(line1, line2):
 
-    norm1 = cv2.norm(line1 - line2, cv2.NORM_L2)
+    norm1 = cv.norm(line1 - line2, cv.NORM_L2)
     line3 = line1[2:4] + line1[0:2]
-    norm2 = cv2.norm(line3 - line2, cv2.NORM_L2)
+    norm2 = cv.norm(line3 - line2, cv.NORM_L2)
 
     return min(norm1, norm2)
 
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ class houghlines_test(NewOpenCVTests):
         fn = "/samples/data/pic1.png"
 
         src = self.get_sample(fn)
-        dst = cv2.Canny(src, 50, 200)
+        dst = cv.Canny(src, 50, 200)
 
-        lines = cv2.HoughLinesP(dst, 1, math.pi/180.0, 40, np.array([]), 50, 10)[:,0,:]
+        lines = cv.HoughLinesP(dst, 1, math.pi/180.0, 40, np.array([]), 50, 10)[:,0,:]
 
         eps = 5
         testLines = [

modules/python/test/test_kmeans.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ K-means clusterization test
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from numpy import random
 import sys
 PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ class kmeans_test(NewOpenCVTests):
 
         points, _, clusterSizes = make_gaussians(cluster_n, img_size)
 
-        term_crit = (cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS, 30, 0.1)
+        term_crit = (cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS, 30, 0.1)
-        _ret, labels, centers = cv2.kmeans(points, cluster_n, None, term_crit, 10, 0)
+        _ret, labels, centers = cv.kmeans(points, cluster_n, None, term_crit, 10, 0)
 
         self.assertEqual(len(centers), cluster_n)
 

modules/python/test/test_legacy.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests
 
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ class Hackathon244Tests(NewOpenCVTests):
     def test_int_array(self):
         a = np.array([-1, 2, -3, 4, -5])
         absa0 = np.abs(a)
-        self.assertTrue(cv2.norm(a, cv2.NORM_L1) == 15)
+        self.assertTrue(cv.norm(a, cv.NORM_L1) == 15)
-        absa1 = cv2.absdiff(a, 0)
+        absa1 = cv.absdiff(a, 0)
-        self.assertEqual(cv2.norm(absa1, absa0, cv2.NORM_INF), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(cv.norm(absa1, absa0, cv.NORM_INF), 0)
 
     def test_imencode(self):
         a = np.zeros((480, 640), dtype=np.uint8)
-        flag, ajpg = cv2.imencode("img_q90.jpg", a, [cv2.IMWRITE_JPEG_QUALITY, 90])
+        flag, ajpg = cv.imencode("img_q90.jpg", a, [cv.IMWRITE_JPEG_QUALITY, 90])
         self.assertEqual(flag, True)
         self.assertEqual(ajpg.dtype, np.uint8)
         self.assertGreater(ajpg.shape[0], 1)
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ class Hackathon244Tests(NewOpenCVTests):
 
     def test_projectPoints(self):
         objpt = np.float64([[1,2,3]])
-        imgpt0, jac0 = cv2.projectPoints(objpt, np.zeros(3), np.zeros(3), np.eye(3), np.float64([]))
+        imgpt0, jac0 = cv.projectPoints(objpt, np.zeros(3), np.zeros(3), np.eye(3), np.float64([]))
-        imgpt1, jac1 = cv2.projectPoints(objpt, np.zeros(3), np.zeros(3), np.eye(3), None)
+        imgpt1, jac1 = cv.projectPoints(objpt, np.zeros(3), np.zeros(3), np.eye(3), None)
         self.assertEqual(imgpt0.shape, (objpt.shape[0], 1, 2))
         self.assertEqual(imgpt1.shape, imgpt0.shape)
         self.assertEqual(jac0.shape, jac1.shape)
@@ -37,17 +37,17 @@ class Hackathon244Tests(NewOpenCVTests):
         pattern_points = np.zeros((np.prod(pattern_size), 3), np.float32)
         pattern_points[:,:2] = np.indices(pattern_size).T.reshape(-1, 2)
         pattern_points *= 10
-        (retval, out, inliers) = cv2.estimateAffine3D(pattern_points, pattern_points)
+        (retval, out, inliers) = cv.estimateAffine3D(pattern_points, pattern_points)
         self.assertEqual(retval, 1)
-        if cv2.norm(out[2,:]) < 1e-3:
+        if cv.norm(out[2,:]) < 1e-3:
             out[2,2]=1
-        self.assertLess(cv2.norm(out, np.float64([[1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1, 0]])), 1e-3)
+        self.assertLess(cv.norm(out, np.float64([[1, 0, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1, 0]])), 1e-3)
-        self.assertEqual(cv2.countNonZero(inliers), pattern_size[0]*pattern_size[1])
+        self.assertEqual(cv.countNonZero(inliers), pattern_size[0]*pattern_size[1])
 
     def test_fast(self):
-        fd = cv2.FastFeatureDetector_create(30, True)
+        fd = cv.FastFeatureDetector_create(30, True)
         img = self.get_sample("samples/data/right02.jpg", 0)
-        img = cv2.medianBlur(img, 3)
+        img = cv.medianBlur(img, 3)
         keypoints = fd.detect(img)
         self.assertTrue(600 <= len(keypoints) <= 700)
         for kpt in keypoints:
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ class Hackathon244Tests(NewOpenCVTests):
         np.random.seed(244)
         a = np.random.randn(npt,2).astype('float32')*50 + 150
 
-        be = cv2.fitEllipse(a)
+        be = cv.fitEllipse(a)
-        br = cv2.minAreaRect(a)
+        br = cv.minAreaRect(a)
-        mc, mr = cv2.minEnclosingCircle(a)
+        mc, mr = cv.minEnclosingCircle(a)
 
         be0 = ((150.2511749267578, 150.77322387695312), (158.024658203125, 197.57696533203125), 37.57804489135742)
         br0 = ((161.2974090576172, 154.41793823242188), (199.2301483154297, 207.7177734375), -9.164555549621582)

modules/python/test/test_letter_recog.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ and the remaining 10000 - to test the classifier.
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 def load_base(fn):
     a = np.loadtxt(fn, np.float32, delimiter=',', converters={ 0 : lambda ch : ord(ch)-ord('A') })
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ class LetterStatModel(object):
 
 class RTrees(LetterStatModel):
     def __init__(self):
-        self.model = cv2.ml.RTrees_create()
+        self.model = cv.ml.RTrees_create()
 
     def train(self, samples, responses):
         #sample_n, var_n = samples.shape
         self.model.setMaxDepth(20)
-        self.model.train(samples, cv2.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, responses.astype(int))
+        self.model.train(samples, cv.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, responses.astype(int))
 
     def predict(self, samples):
         _ret, resp = self.model.predict(samples)
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ class RTrees(LetterStatModel):
 
 class KNearest(LetterStatModel):
     def __init__(self):
-        self.model = cv2.ml.KNearest_create()
+        self.model = cv.ml.KNearest_create()
 
     def train(self, samples, responses):
-        self.model.train(samples, cv2.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, responses)
+        self.model.train(samples, cv.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, responses)
 
     def predict(self, samples):
         _retval, results, _neigh_resp, _dists = self.model.findNearest(samples, k = 10)
@@ -82,17 +82,17 @@ class KNearest(LetterStatModel):
 
 class Boost(LetterStatModel):
     def __init__(self):
-        self.model = cv2.ml.Boost_create()
+        self.model = cv.ml.Boost_create()
 
     def train(self, samples, responses):
         _sample_n, var_n = samples.shape
         new_samples = self.unroll_samples(samples)
         new_responses = self.unroll_responses(responses)
-        var_types = np.array([cv2.ml.VAR_NUMERICAL] * var_n + [cv2.ml.VAR_CATEGORICAL, cv2.ml.VAR_CATEGORICAL], np.uint8)
+        var_types = np.array([cv.ml.VAR_NUMERICAL] * var_n + [cv.ml.VAR_CATEGORICAL, cv.ml.VAR_CATEGORICAL], np.uint8)
 
         self.model.setWeakCount(15)
         self.model.setMaxDepth(10)
-        self.model.train(cv2.ml.TrainData_create(new_samples, cv2.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, new_responses.astype(int), varType = var_types))
+        self.model.train(cv.ml.TrainData_create(new_samples, cv.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, new_responses.astype(int), varType = var_types))
 
     def predict(self, samples):
         new_samples = self.unroll_samples(samples)
@@ -103,14 +103,14 @@ class Boost(LetterStatModel):
 
 class SVM(LetterStatModel):
     def __init__(self):
-        self.model = cv2.ml.SVM_create()
+        self.model = cv.ml.SVM_create()
 
     def train(self, samples, responses):
-        self.model.setType(cv2.ml.SVM_C_SVC)
+        self.model.setType(cv.ml.SVM_C_SVC)
         self.model.setC(1)
-        self.model.setKernel(cv2.ml.SVM_RBF)
+        self.model.setKernel(cv.ml.SVM_RBF)
         self.model.setGamma(.1)
-        self.model.train(samples, cv2.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, responses.astype(int))
+        self.model.train(samples, cv.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, responses.astype(int))
 
     def predict(self, samples):
         _ret, resp = self.model.predict(samples)
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class SVM(LetterStatModel):
 
 class MLP(LetterStatModel):
     def __init__(self):
-        self.model = cv2.ml.ANN_MLP_create()
+        self.model = cv.ml.ANN_MLP_create()
 
     def train(self, samples, responses):
         _sample_n, var_n = samples.shape
@@ -127,13 +127,13 @@ class MLP(LetterStatModel):
         layer_sizes = np.int32([var_n, 100, 100, self.class_n])
 
         self.model.setLayerSizes(layer_sizes)
-        self.model.setTrainMethod(cv2.ml.ANN_MLP_BACKPROP)
+        self.model.setTrainMethod(cv.ml.ANN_MLP_BACKPROP)
         self.model.setBackpropMomentumScale(0)
         self.model.setBackpropWeightScale(0.001)
-        self.model.setTermCriteria((cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 20, 0.01))
+        self.model.setTermCriteria((cv.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 20, 0.01))
-        self.model.setActivationFunction(cv2.ml.ANN_MLP_SIGMOID_SYM, 2, 1)
+        self.model.setActivationFunction(cv.ml.ANN_MLP_SIGMOID_SYM, 2, 1)
 
-        self.model.train(samples, cv2.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, np.float32(new_responses))
+        self.model.train(samples, cv.ml.ROW_SAMPLE, np.float32(new_responses))
 
     def predict(self, samples):
         _ret, resp = self.model.predict(samples)

modules/python/test/test_lk_homography.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ between frames. Finds homography between reference and current views.
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 #local modules
 from tst_scene_render import TestSceneRender
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests, isPointInRect
 
 lk_params = dict( winSize  = (19, 19),
                   maxLevel = 2,
-                  criteria = (cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS | cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 10, 0.03))
+                  criteria = (cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS | cv.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 10, 0.03))
 
 feature_params = dict( maxCorners = 1000,
                        qualityLevel = 0.01,
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ feature_params = dict( maxCorners = 1000,
                        blockSize = 19 )
 
 def checkedTrace(img0, img1, p0, back_threshold = 1.0):
-    p1, _st, _err = cv2.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(img0, img1, p0, None, **lk_params)
+    p1, _st, _err = cv.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(img0, img1, p0, None, **lk_params)
-    p0r, _st, _err = cv2.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(img1, img0, p1, None, **lk_params)
+    p0r, _st, _err = cv.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(img1, img0, p1, None, **lk_params)
     d = abs(p0-p0r).reshape(-1, 2).max(-1)
     status = d < back_threshold
     return p1, status
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ class lk_homography_test(NewOpenCVTests):
             self.get_sample('samples/data/box.png'), noise = 0.1, speed = 1.0)
 
         frame = self.render.getNextFrame()
-        frame_gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+        frame_gray = cv.cvtColor(frame, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
         self.frame0 = frame.copy()
-        self.p0 = cv2.goodFeaturesToTrack(frame_gray, **feature_params)
+        self.p0 = cv.goodFeaturesToTrack(frame_gray, **feature_params)
 
         isForegroundHomographyFound = False
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class lk_homography_test(NewOpenCVTests):
         while self.framesCounter < 200:
             self.framesCounter += 1
             frame = self.render.getNextFrame()
-            frame_gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+            frame_gray = cv.cvtColor(frame, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
             if self.p0 is not None:
                 p2, trace_status = checkedTrace(self.gray1, frame_gray, self.p1)
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class lk_homography_test(NewOpenCVTests):
                 if len(self.p0) < 4:
                     self.p0 = None
                     continue
-                _H, status = cv2.findHomography(self.p0, self.p1, cv2.RANSAC, 5.0)
+                _H, status = cv.findHomography(self.p0, self.p1, cv.RANSAC, 5.0)
 
                 goodPointsInRect = 0
                 goodPointsOutsideRect = 0
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class lk_homography_test(NewOpenCVTests):
                     isForegroundHomographyFound = True
                     self.assertGreater(float(goodPointsInRect) / (self.numFeaturesInRectOnStart + 1), 0.6)
             else:
-                self.p0 = cv2.goodFeaturesToTrack(frame_gray, **feature_params)
+                self.p0 = cv.goodFeaturesToTrack(frame_gray, **feature_params)
 
         self.assertEqual(isForegroundHomographyFound, True)
 

modules/python/test/test_lk_track.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ between frames.
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 #local modules
 from tst_scene_render import TestSceneRender
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests, intersectionRate, isPointInRect
 
 lk_params = dict( winSize  = (15, 15),
                   maxLevel = 2,
-                  criteria = (cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS | cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 10, 0.03))
+                  criteria = (cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS | cv.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 10, 0.03))
 
 feature_params = dict( maxCorners = 500,
                        qualityLevel = 0.3,
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def getRectFromPoints(points):
 
     distances = []
     for point in points:
-        distances.append(cv2.norm(point, cv2.NORM_L2))
+        distances.append(cv.norm(point, cv.NORM_L2))
 
     x0, y0 = points[np.argmin(distances)]
     x1, y1 = points[np.argmax(distances)]
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ class lk_track_test(NewOpenCVTests):
 
         while True:
             frame = self.render.getNextFrame()
-            frame_gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+            frame_gray = cv.cvtColor(frame, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
 
             if len(self.tracks) > 0:
                 img0, img1 = self.prev_gray, frame_gray
                 p0 = np.float32([tr[-1][0] for tr in self.tracks]).reshape(-1, 1, 2)
-                p1, _st, _err = cv2.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(img0, img1, p0, None, **lk_params)
+                p1, _st, _err = cv.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(img0, img1, p0, None, **lk_params)
-                p0r, _st, _err = cv2.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(img1, img0, p1, None, **lk_params)
+                p0r, _st, _err = cv.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(img1, img0, p1, None, **lk_params)
                 d = abs(p0-p0r).reshape(-1, 2).max(-1)
                 good = d < 1
                 new_tracks = []
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ class lk_track_test(NewOpenCVTests):
                 mask = np.zeros_like(frame_gray)
                 mask[:] = 255
                 for x, y in [np.int32(tr[-1][0]) for tr in self.tracks]:
-                    cv2.circle(mask, (x, y), 5, 0, -1)
+                    cv.circle(mask, (x, y), 5, 0, -1)
-                p = cv2.goodFeaturesToTrack(frame_gray, mask = mask, **feature_params)
+                p = cv.goodFeaturesToTrack(frame_gray, mask = mask, **feature_params)
                 if p is not None:
                     for x, y in np.float32(p).reshape(-1, 2):
                         self.tracks.append([[(x, y), self.frame_idx]])

modules/python/test/test_misc.py

@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests
 
 class Bindings(NewOpenCVTests):
 
     def test_inheritance(self):
-        bm = cv2.StereoBM_create()
+        bm = cv.StereoBM_create()
         bm.getPreFilterCap() # from StereoBM
         bm.getBlockSize() # from SteroMatcher
 
-        boost = cv2.ml.Boost_create()
+        boost = cv.ml.Boost_create()
         boost.getBoostType() # from ml::Boost
         boost.getMaxDepth() # from ml::DTrees
         boost.isClassifier() # from ml::StatModel

modules/python/test/test_morphology.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import sys
 PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests
 
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ class morphology_test(NewOpenCVTests):
             str_name = 'MORPH_' + cur_str_mode.upper()
             oper_name = 'MORPH_' + op.upper()
 
-            st = cv2.getStructuringElement(getattr(cv2, str_name), (sz, sz))
+            st = cv.getStructuringElement(getattr(cv, str_name), (sz, sz))
-            return cv2.morphologyEx(img, getattr(cv2, oper_name), st, iterations=iters)
+            return cv.morphologyEx(img, getattr(cv, oper_name), st, iterations=iters)
 
         for mode in modes:
             res = update(mode)

modules/python/test/test_mser.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MSER detector test
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class mser_test(NewOpenCVTests):
         ]
         thresharr = [ 0, 70, 120, 180, 255 ]
         kDelta = 5
-        mserExtractor = cv2.MSER_create()
+        mserExtractor = cv.MSER_create()
         mserExtractor.setDelta(kDelta)
         np.random.seed(10)
 
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ class mser_test(NewOpenCVTests):
             mserExtractor.setMinArea(kMinArea)
             mserExtractor.setMaxArea(kMaxArea)
             if invert:
-                cv2.bitwise_not(src, src)
+                cv.bitwise_not(src, src)
             if binarize:
-                _, src = cv2.threshold(src, thresh, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
+                _, src = cv.threshold(src, thresh, 255, cv.THRESH_BINARY)
             if blur:
-                src = cv2.GaussianBlur(src, (5, 5), 1.5, 1.5)
+                src = cv.GaussianBlur(src, (5, 5), 1.5, 1.5)
             minRegs = 7 if use_big_image else 2
             maxRegs = 1000 if use_big_image else 20
             if binarize and (thresh == 0 or thresh == 255):

modules/python/test/test_peopledetect.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ example to detect upright people in images using HOG features
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 
 def inside(r, q):
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests, intersectionRate
 class peopledetect_test(NewOpenCVTests):
     def test_peopledetect(self):
 
-        hog = cv2.HOGDescriptor()
+        hog = cv.HOGDescriptor()
-        hog.setSVMDetector( cv2.HOGDescriptor_getDefaultPeopleDetector() )
+        hog.setSVMDetector( cv.HOGDescriptor_getDefaultPeopleDetector() )
 
         dirPath = 'samples/data/'
         samples = ['basketball1.png', 'basketball2.png']

modules/python/test/test_shape.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests
 
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ class shape_test(NewOpenCVTests):
 
     def test_computeDistance(self):
 
-        a = self.get_sample('samples/data/shape_sample/1.png', cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
+        a = self.get_sample('samples/data/shape_sample/1.png', cv.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
-        b = self.get_sample('samples/data/shape_sample/2.png', cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
+        b = self.get_sample('samples/data/shape_sample/2.png', cv.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
 
-        _, ca, _ = cv2.findContours(a, cv2.RETR_CCOMP, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_TC89_KCOS)
+        _, ca, _ = cv.findContours(a, cv.RETR_CCOMP, cv.CHAIN_APPROX_TC89_KCOS)
-        _, cb, _ = cv2.findContours(b, cv2.RETR_CCOMP, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_TC89_KCOS)
+        _, cb, _ = cv.findContours(b, cv.RETR_CCOMP, cv.CHAIN_APPROX_TC89_KCOS)
 
-        hd = cv2.createHausdorffDistanceExtractor()
+        hd = cv.createHausdorffDistanceExtractor()
-        sd = cv2.createShapeContextDistanceExtractor()
+        sd = cv.createShapeContextDistanceExtractor()
 
         d1 = hd.computeDistance(ca[0], cb[0])
         d2 = sd.computeDistance(ca[0], cb[0])

modules/python/test/test_squares.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if PY3:
     xrange = range
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 
 def angle_cos(p0, p1, p2):
@@ -22,20 +22,20 @@ def angle_cos(p0, p1, p2):
     return abs( np.dot(d1, d2) / np.sqrt( np.dot(d1, d1)*np.dot(d2, d2) ) )
 
 def find_squares(img):
-    img = cv2.GaussianBlur(img, (5, 5), 0)
+    img = cv.GaussianBlur(img, (5, 5), 0)
     squares = []
-    for gray in cv2.split(img):
+    for gray in cv.split(img):
         for thrs in xrange(0, 255, 26):
             if thrs == 0:
-                bin = cv2.Canny(gray, 0, 50, apertureSize=5)
+                bin = cv.Canny(gray, 0, 50, apertureSize=5)
-                bin = cv2.dilate(bin, None)
+                bin = cv.dilate(bin, None)
             else:
-                _retval, bin = cv2.threshold(gray, thrs, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
+                _retval, bin = cv.threshold(gray, thrs, 255, cv.THRESH_BINARY)
-            bin, contours, _hierarchy = cv2.findContours(bin, cv2.RETR_LIST, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
+            bin, contours, _hierarchy = cv.findContours(bin, cv.RETR_LIST, cv.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
             for cnt in contours:
-                cnt_len = cv2.arcLength(cnt, True)
+                cnt_len = cv.arcLength(cnt, True)
-                cnt = cv2.approxPolyDP(cnt, 0.02*cnt_len, True)
+                cnt = cv.approxPolyDP(cnt, 0.02*cnt_len, True)
-                if len(cnt) == 4 and cv2.contourArea(cnt) > 1000 and cv2.isContourConvex(cnt):
+                if len(cnt) == 4 and cv.contourArea(cnt) > 1000 and cv.isContourConvex(cnt):
                     cnt = cnt.reshape(-1, 2)
                     max_cos = np.max([angle_cos( cnt[i], cnt[(i+1) % 4], cnt[(i+2) % 4] ) for i in xrange(4)])
                     if max_cos < 0.1 and filterSquares(squares, cnt):
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ def find_squares(img):
     return squares
 
 def intersectionRate(s1, s2):
-    area, _intersection = cv2.intersectConvexConvex(np.array(s1), np.array(s2))
+    area, _intersection = cv.intersectConvexConvex(np.array(s1), np.array(s2))
-    return 2 * area / (cv2.contourArea(np.array(s1)) + cv2.contourArea(np.array(s2)))
+    return 2 * area / (cv.contourArea(np.array(s1)) + cv.contourArea(np.array(s2)))
 
 def filterSquares(squares, square):
 

modules/python/test/test_stitching.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests
 
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ class stitching_test(NewOpenCVTests):
         img1 = self.get_sample('stitching/a1.png')
         img2 = self.get_sample('stitching/a2.png')
 
-        stitcher = cv2.createStitcher(False)
+        stitcher = cv.createStitcher(False)
         (_result, pano) = stitcher.stitch((img1, img2))
 
-        #cv2.imshow("pano", pano)
+        #cv.imshow("pano", pano)
-        #cv2.waitKey()
+        #cv.waitKey()
 
         self.assertAlmostEqual(pano.shape[0], 685, delta=100, msg="rows: %r" % list(pano.shape))
         self.assertAlmostEqual(pano.shape[1], 1025, delta=100, msg="cols: %r" % list(pano.shape))

modules/python/test/test_texture_flow.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '''
 Texture flow direction estimation.
 
-Sample shows how cv2.cornerEigenValsAndVecs function can be used
+Sample shows how cv.cornerEigenValsAndVecs function can be used
 to estimate image texture flow direction.
 '''
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ to estimate image texture flow direction.
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import sys
 
 from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ class texture_flow_test(NewOpenCVTests):
 
         img = self.get_sample('samples/data/chessboard.png')
 
-        gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+        gray = cv.cvtColor(img, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
         h, w = img.shape[:2]
 
-        eigen = cv2.cornerEigenValsAndVecs(gray, 5, 3)
+        eigen = cv.cornerEigenValsAndVecs(gray, 5, 3)
         eigen = eigen.reshape(h, w, 3, 2)  # [[e1, e2], v1, v2]
         flow = eigen[:,:,2]
 
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ class texture_flow_test(NewOpenCVTests):
             textureVectors.append(np.int32(flow[y, x]*d))
 
         for i in range(len(textureVectors)):
-            self.assertTrue(cv2.norm(textureVectors[i], cv2.NORM_L2) < eps
+            self.assertTrue(cv.norm(textureVectors[i], cv.NORM_L2) < eps
-            or abs(cv2.norm(textureVectors[i], cv2.NORM_L2) - d) < eps)
+            or abs(cv.norm(textureVectors[i], cv.NORM_L2) - d) < eps)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     NewOpenCVTests.bootstrap()

modules/python/test/test_umat.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests
 
@@ -11,39 +11,39 @@ class UMat(NewOpenCVTests):
     def test_umat_construct(self):
         data = np.random.random([512, 512])
         # UMat constructors
-        data_um = cv2.UMat(data)  # from ndarray
+        data_um = cv.UMat(data)  # from ndarray
-        data_sub_um = cv2.UMat(data_um, [128, 256], [128, 256])  # from UMat
+        data_sub_um = cv.UMat(data_um, [128, 256], [128, 256])  # from UMat
-        data_dst_um = cv2.UMat(128, 128, cv2.CV_64F)  # from size/type
+        data_dst_um = cv.UMat(128, 128, cv.CV_64F)  # from size/type
         # test continuous and submatrix flags
         assert data_um.isContinuous() and not data_um.isSubmatrix()
         assert not data_sub_um.isContinuous() and data_sub_um.isSubmatrix()
         # test operation on submatrix
-        cv2.multiply(data_sub_um, 2., dst=data_dst_um)
+        cv.multiply(data_sub_um, 2., dst=data_dst_um)
         assert np.allclose(2. * data[128:256, 128:256], data_dst_um.get())
 
     def test_umat_handle(self):
-        a_um = cv2.UMat(256, 256, cv2.CV_32F)
+        a_um = cv.UMat(256, 256, cv.CV_32F)
-        _ctx_handle = cv2.UMat.context()  # obtain context handle
+        _ctx_handle = cv.UMat.context()  # obtain context handle
-        _queue_handle = cv2.UMat.queue()  # obtain queue handle
+        _queue_handle = cv.UMat.queue()  # obtain queue handle
-        _a_handle = a_um.handle(cv2.ACCESS_READ)  # obtain buffer handle
+        _a_handle = a_um.handle(cv.ACCESS_READ)  # obtain buffer handle
         _offset = a_um.offset  # obtain buffer offset
 
     def test_umat_matching(self):
         img1 = self.get_sample("samples/data/right01.jpg")
         img2 = self.get_sample("samples/data/right02.jpg")
 
-        orb = cv2.ORB_create()
+        orb = cv.ORB_create()
 
-        img1, img2 = cv2.UMat(img1), cv2.UMat(img2)
+        img1, img2 = cv.UMat(img1), cv.UMat(img2)
         ps1, descs_umat1 = orb.detectAndCompute(img1, None)
         ps2, descs_umat2 = orb.detectAndCompute(img2, None)
 
-        self.assertIsInstance(descs_umat1, cv2.UMat)
+        self.assertIsInstance(descs_umat1, cv.UMat)
-        self.assertIsInstance(descs_umat2, cv2.UMat)
+        self.assertIsInstance(descs_umat2, cv.UMat)
         self.assertGreater(len(ps1), 0)
         self.assertGreater(len(ps2), 0)
 
-        bf = cv2.BFMatcher(cv2.NORM_HAMMING, crossCheck=True)
+        bf = cv.BFMatcher(cv.NORM_HAMMING, crossCheck=True)
 
         res_umats = bf.match(descs_umat1, descs_umat2)
         res = bf.match(descs_umat1.get(), descs_umat2.get())
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ class UMat(NewOpenCVTests):
         self.assertEqual(len(res_umats), len(res))
 
     def test_umat_optical_flow(self):
-        img1 = self.get_sample("samples/data/right01.jpg", cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
+        img1 = self.get_sample("samples/data/right01.jpg", cv.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
-        img2 = self.get_sample("samples/data/right02.jpg", cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
+        img2 = self.get_sample("samples/data/right02.jpg", cv.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
         # Note, that if you want to see performance boost by OCL implementation - you need enough data
         # For example you can increase maxCorners param to 10000 and increase img1 and img2 in such way:
         # img = np.hstack([np.vstack([img] * 6)] * 6)
@@ -63,19 +63,19 @@ class UMat(NewOpenCVTests):
                               minDistance=7,
                               blockSize=7)
 
-        p0 = cv2.goodFeaturesToTrack(img1, mask=None, **feature_params)
+        p0 = cv.goodFeaturesToTrack(img1, mask=None, **feature_params)
-        p0_umat = cv2.goodFeaturesToTrack(cv2.UMat(img1), mask=None, **feature_params)
+        p0_umat = cv.goodFeaturesToTrack(cv.UMat(img1), mask=None, **feature_params)
         self.assertEqual(p0_umat.get().shape, p0.shape)
 
         p0 = np.array(sorted(p0, key=lambda p: tuple(p[0])))
-        p0_umat = cv2.UMat(np.array(sorted(p0_umat.get(), key=lambda p: tuple(p[0]))))
+        p0_umat = cv.UMat(np.array(sorted(p0_umat.get(), key=lambda p: tuple(p[0]))))
         self.assertTrue(np.allclose(p0_umat.get(), p0))
 
-        _p1_mask_err = cv2.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(img1, img2, p0, None)
+        _p1_mask_err = cv.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(img1, img2, p0, None)
 
-        _p1_mask_err_umat0 = map(cv2.UMat.get, cv2.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(img1, img2, p0_umat, None))
+        _p1_mask_err_umat0 = map(cv.UMat.get, cv.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(img1, img2, p0_umat, None))
-        _p1_mask_err_umat1 = map(cv2.UMat.get, cv2.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(cv2.UMat(img1), img2, p0_umat, None))
+        _p1_mask_err_umat1 = map(cv.UMat.get, cv.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(cv.UMat(img1), img2, p0_umat, None))
-        _p1_mask_err_umat2 = map(cv2.UMat.get, cv2.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(img1, cv2.UMat(img2), p0_umat, None))
+        _p1_mask_err_umat2 = map(cv.UMat.get, cv.calcOpticalFlowPyrLK(img1, cv.UMat(img2), p0_umat, None))
 
         # # results of OCL optical flow differs from CPU implementation, so result can not be easily compared
         # for p1_mask_err_umat in [p1_mask_err_umat0, p1_mask_err_umat1, p1_mask_err_umat2]:

modules/python/test/test_watershed.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Watershed segmentation test
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 from tests_common import NewOpenCVTests
 
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ class watershed_test(NewOpenCVTests):
             self.assertEqual(0, 1, 'Missing test data')
 
         colors = np.int32( list(np.ndindex(3, 3, 3)) ) * 122
-        cv2.watershed(img, np.int32(markers))
+        cv.watershed(img, np.int32(markers))
         segments = colors[np.maximum(markers, 0)]
 
         if refSegments is None:
             refSegments = segments.copy()
-            cv2.imwrite(self.extraTestDataPath + '/cv/watershed/wshed_segments.png', refSegments)
+            cv.imwrite(self.extraTestDataPath + '/cv/watershed/wshed_segments.png', refSegments)
 
-        self.assertLess(cv2.norm(segments - refSegments, cv2.NORM_L1) / 255.0, 50)
+        self.assertLess(cv.norm(segments - refSegments, cv.NORM_L1) / 255.0, 50)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     NewOpenCVTests.bootstrap()

modules/python/test/tests_common.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import random
 import argparse
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 # Python 3 moved urlopen to urllib.requests
 try:
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class NewOpenCVTests(unittest.TestCase):
     # github repository url
     repoUrl = 'https://raw.github.com/opencv/opencv/master'
 
-    def get_sample(self, filename, iscolor = cv2.IMREAD_COLOR):
+    def get_sample(self, filename, iscolor = cv.IMREAD_COLOR):
         if not filename in self.image_cache:
             filedata = None
             if NewOpenCVTests.repoPath is not None:
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ class NewOpenCVTests(unittest.TestCase):
                         filedata = f.read()
             if filedata is None:
                 return None#filedata = urlopen(NewOpenCVTests.repoUrl + '/' + filename).read()
-            self.image_cache[filename] = cv2.imdecode(np.fromstring(filedata, dtype=np.uint8), iscolor)
+            self.image_cache[filename] = cv.imdecode(np.fromstring(filedata, dtype=np.uint8), iscolor)
         return self.image_cache[filename]
 
     def setUp(self):
-        cv2.setRNGSeed(10)
+        cv.setRNGSeed(10)
         self.image_cache = {}
 
     def hashimg(self, im):
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class NewOpenCVTests(unittest.TestCase):
         parser.add_argument('--data', help='<not used> use data files from local folder (path to folder), '
                                             'if not set, data files will be downloaded from docs.opencv.org')
         args, other = parser.parse_known_args()
-        print("Testing OpenCV", cv2.__version__)
+        print("Testing OpenCV", cv.__version__)
         print("Local repo path:", args.repo)
         NewOpenCVTests.repoPath = args.repo
         try:
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ def intersectionRate(s1, s2):
     x1, y1, x2, y2 = s2
     s2 = np.array([[x1, y1], [x2,y1], [x2, y2], [x1, y2]])
 
-    area, _intersection = cv2.intersectConvexConvex(s1, s2)
+    area, _intersection = cv.intersectConvexConvex(s1, s2)
-    return 2 * area / (cv2.contourArea(s1) + cv2.contourArea(s2))
+    return 2 * area / (cv.contourArea(s1) + cv.contourArea(s2))
 
 def isPointInRect(p, rect):
     if rect[0] <= p[0] and rect[1] <=p[1] and p[0] <= rect[2] and p[1] <= rect[3]:

modules/python/test/tst_scene_render.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 import numpy as np
 from numpy import pi, sin, cos
 
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 defaultSize = 512
 
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ class TestSceneRender():
             self.currentRect = self.initialRect + np.int( 30*cos(self.time) + 50*sin(self.time/3))
             if self.deformation:
                 self.currentRect[1:3] += int(self.h/20*cos(self.time))
-            cv2.fillConvexPoly(img, self.currentRect, (0, 0, 255))
+            cv.fillConvexPoly(img, self.currentRect, (0, 0, 255))
 
         self.time += self.timeStep
 
         if self.noise:
             noise = np.zeros(self.sceneBg.shape, np.int8)
-            cv2.randn(noise, np.zeros(3), np.ones(3)*255*self.noise)
+            cv.randn(noise, np.zeros(3), np.ones(3)*255*self.noise)
-            img = cv2.add(img, noise, dtype=cv2.CV_8UC3)
+            img = cv.add(img, noise, dtype=cv.CV_8UC3)
         return img
 
     def resetTime(self):
@@ -104,16 +104,16 @@ class TestSceneRender():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 
-    backGr = cv2.imread('../../../samples/data/lena.jpg')
+    backGr = cv.imread('../../../samples/data/lena.jpg')
 
     render = TestSceneRender(backGr, noise = 0.5)
 
     while True:
 
         img = render.getNextFrame()
-        cv2.imshow('img', img)
+        cv.imshow('img', img)
 
-        ch = cv2.waitKey(3)
+        ch = cv.waitKey(3)
         if ch == 27:
             break
-    cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+    cv.destroyAllWindows()

samples/dnn/googlenet_python.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 from cv2 import dnn
 import timeit
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def get_class_list():
     with open('synset_words.txt', 'rt') as f:
         return [x[x.find(" ") + 1:] for x in f]
 
-blob = dnn.blobFromImage(cv2.imread('space_shuttle.jpg'), 1, (224, 224), (104, 117, 123), False)
+blob = dnn.blobFromImage(cv.imread('space_shuttle.jpg'), 1, (224, 224), (104, 117, 123), False)
 print("Input:", blob.shape, blob.dtype)
 
 net = dnn.readNetFromCaffe('bvlc_googlenet.prototxt', 'bvlc_googlenet.caffemodel')

samples/python/_coverage.py

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ Utility for measuring python opencv API coverage by samples.
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 from glob import glob
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 import re
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    cv2_callable = set(['cv2.'+name for name in dir(cv2) if callable( getattr(cv2, name) )])
+    cv2_callable = set(['cv.'+name for name in dir(cv) if callable( getattr(cv, name) )])
 
     found = set()
     for fn in glob('*.py'):
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         f.write('\n'.join(sorted(cv2_unused)))
 
     r = 1.0 * len(cv2_used) / len(cv2_callable)
-    print('\ncv2 api coverage: %d / %d  (%.1f%%)' % ( len(cv2_used), len(cv2_callable), r*100 ))
+    print('\ncv api coverage: %d / %d  (%.1f%%)' % ( len(cv2_used), len(cv2_callable), r*100 ))

samples/python/asift.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ USAGE
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 # built-in modules
 import itertools as it
@@ -51,18 +51,18 @@ def affine_skew(tilt, phi, img, mask=None):
         A = np.float32([[c,-s], [ s, c]])
         corners = [[0, 0], [w, 0], [w, h], [0, h]]
         tcorners = np.int32( np.dot(corners, A.T) )
-        x, y, w, h = cv2.boundingRect(tcorners.reshape(1,-1,2))
+        x, y, w, h = cv.boundingRect(tcorners.reshape(1,-1,2))
         A = np.hstack([A, [[-x], [-y]]])
-        img = cv2.warpAffine(img, A, (w, h), flags=cv2.INTER_LINEAR, borderMode=cv2.BORDER_REPLICATE)
+        img = cv.warpAffine(img, A, (w, h), flags=cv.INTER_LINEAR, borderMode=cv.BORDER_REPLICATE)
     if tilt != 1.0:
         s = 0.8*np.sqrt(tilt*tilt-1)
-        img = cv2.GaussianBlur(img, (0, 0), sigmaX=s, sigmaY=0.01)
+        img = cv.GaussianBlur(img, (0, 0), sigmaX=s, sigmaY=0.01)
-        img = cv2.resize(img, (0, 0), fx=1.0/tilt, fy=1.0, interpolation=cv2.INTER_NEAREST)
+        img = cv.resize(img, (0, 0), fx=1.0/tilt, fy=1.0, interpolation=cv.INTER_NEAREST)
         A[0] /= tilt
     if phi != 0.0 or tilt != 1.0:
         h, w = img.shape[:2]
-        mask = cv2.warpAffine(mask, A, (w, h), flags=cv2.INTER_NEAREST)
+        mask = cv.warpAffine(mask, A, (w, h), flags=cv.INTER_NEAREST)
-    Ai = cv2.invertAffineTransform(A)
+    Ai = cv.invertAffineTransform(A)
     return img, mask, Ai
 
 
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         fn1 = '../data/aero1.jpg'
         fn2 = '../data/aero3.jpg'
 
-    img1 = cv2.imread(fn1, 0)
+    img1 = cv.imread(fn1, 0)
-    img2 = cv2.imread(fn2, 0)
+    img2 = cv.imread(fn2, 0)
     detector, matcher = init_feature(feature_name)
 
     if img1 is None:
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     print('using', feature_name)
 
-    pool=ThreadPool(processes = cv2.getNumberOfCPUs())
+    pool=ThreadPool(processes = cv.getNumberOfCPUs())
     kp1, desc1 = affine_detect(detector, img1, pool=pool)
     kp2, desc2 = affine_detect(detector, img2, pool=pool)
     print('img1 - %d features, img2 - %d features' % (len(kp1), len(kp2)))
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             raw_matches = matcher.knnMatch(desc1, trainDescriptors = desc2, k = 2) #2
         p1, p2, kp_pairs = filter_matches(kp1, kp2, raw_matches)
         if len(p1) >= 4:
-            H, status = cv2.findHomography(p1, p2, cv2.RANSAC, 5.0)
+            H, status = cv.findHomography(p1, p2, cv.RANSAC, 5.0)
             print('%d / %d  inliers/matched' % (np.sum(status), len(status)))
             # do not draw outliers (there will be a lot of them)
             kp_pairs = [kpp for kpp, flag in zip(kp_pairs, status) if flag]
@@ -159,5 +159,5 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
 
     match_and_draw('affine find_obj')
-    cv2.waitKey()
+    cv.waitKey()
-    cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+    cv.destroyAllWindows()

samples/python/browse.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if PY3:
     xrange = range
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 # built-in modules
 import sys
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if len(sys.argv) > 1:
         fn = sys.argv[1]
         print('loading %s ...' % fn)
-        img = cv2.imread(fn)
+        img = cv.imread(fn)
         if img is None:
             print('Failed to load fn:', fn)
             sys.exit(1)
@@ -45,21 +45,21 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         img = np.zeros((sz, sz), np.uint8)
         track = np.cumsum(np.random.rand(500000, 2)-0.5, axis=0)
         track = np.int32(track*10 + (sz/2, sz/2))
-        cv2.polylines(img, [track], 0, 255, 1, cv2.LINE_AA)
+        cv.polylines(img, [track], 0, 255, 1, cv.LINE_AA)
 
 
     small = img
     for i in xrange(3):
-        small = cv2.pyrDown(small)
+        small = cv.pyrDown(small)
 
     def onmouse(event, x, y, flags, param):
         h, _w = img.shape[:2]
         h1, _w1 = small.shape[:2]
         x, y = 1.0*x*h/h1, 1.0*y*h/h1
-        zoom = cv2.getRectSubPix(img, (800, 600), (x+0.5, y+0.5))
+        zoom = cv.getRectSubPix(img, (800, 600), (x+0.5, y+0.5))
-        cv2.imshow('zoom', zoom)
+        cv.imshow('zoom', zoom)
 
-    cv2.imshow('preview', small)
+    cv.imshow('preview', small)
-    cv2.setMouseCallback('preview', onmouse)
+    cv.setMouseCallback('preview', onmouse)
-    cv2.waitKey()
+    cv.waitKey()
-    cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+    cv.destroyAllWindows()

samples/python/calibrate.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ default values:
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 # local modules
 from common import splitfn
@@ -53,27 +53,27 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     obj_points = []
     img_points = []
-    h, w = cv2.imread(img_names[0], 0).shape[:2]  # TODO: use imquery call to retrieve results
+    h, w = cv.imread(img_names[0], 0).shape[:2]  # TODO: use imquery call to retrieve results
 
     def processImage(fn):
         print('processing %s... ' % fn)
-        img = cv2.imread(fn, 0)
+        img = cv.imread(fn, 0)
         if img is None:
             print("Failed to load", fn)
             return None
 
         assert w == img.shape[1] and h == img.shape[0], ("size: %d x %d ... " % (img.shape[1], img.shape[0]))
-        found, corners = cv2.findChessboardCorners(img, pattern_size)
+        found, corners = cv.findChessboardCorners(img, pattern_size)
         if found:
-            term = (cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 30, 0.1)
+            term = (cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS + cv.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 30, 0.1)
-            cv2.cornerSubPix(img, corners, (5, 5), (-1, -1), term)
+            cv.cornerSubPix(img, corners, (5, 5), (-1, -1), term)
 
         if debug_dir:
-            vis = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)
+            vis = cv.cvtColor(img, cv.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)
-            cv2.drawChessboardCorners(vis, pattern_size, corners, found)
+            cv.drawChessboardCorners(vis, pattern_size, corners, found)
             path, name, ext = splitfn(fn)
             outfile = os.path.join(debug_dir, name + '_chess.png')
-            cv2.imwrite(outfile, vis)
+            cv.imwrite(outfile, vis)
 
         if not found:
             print('chessboard not found')
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         obj_points.append(pattern_points)
 
     # calculate camera distortion
-    rms, camera_matrix, dist_coefs, rvecs, tvecs = cv2.calibrateCamera(obj_points, img_points, (w, h), None, None)
+    rms, camera_matrix, dist_coefs, rvecs, tvecs = cv.calibrateCamera(obj_points, img_points, (w, h), None, None)
 
     print("\nRMS:", rms)
     print("camera matrix:\n", camera_matrix)
@@ -110,20 +110,20 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         img_found = os.path.join(debug_dir, name + '_chess.png')
         outfile = os.path.join(debug_dir, name + '_undistorted.png')
 
-        img = cv2.imread(img_found)
+        img = cv.imread(img_found)
         if img is None:
             continue
 
         h, w = img.shape[:2]
-        newcameramtx, roi = cv2.getOptimalNewCameraMatrix(camera_matrix, dist_coefs, (w, h), 1, (w, h))
+        newcameramtx, roi = cv.getOptimalNewCameraMatrix(camera_matrix, dist_coefs, (w, h), 1, (w, h))
 
-        dst = cv2.undistort(img, camera_matrix, dist_coefs, None, newcameramtx)
+        dst = cv.undistort(img, camera_matrix, dist_coefs, None, newcameramtx)
 
         # crop and save the image
         x, y, w, h = roi
         dst = dst[y:y+h, x:x+w]
 
         print('Undistorted image written to: %s' % outfile)
-        cv2.imwrite(outfile, dst)
+        cv.imwrite(outfile, dst)
 
-    cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+    cv.destroyAllWindows()

samples/python/camshift.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if PY3:
     xrange = range
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 # local module
 import video
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ class App(object):
     def __init__(self, video_src):
         self.cam = video.create_capture(video_src, presets['cube'])
         _ret, self.frame = self.cam.read()
-        cv2.namedWindow('camshift')
+        cv.namedWindow('camshift')
-        cv2.setMouseCallback('camshift', self.onmouse)
+        cv.setMouseCallback('camshift', self.onmouse)
 
         self.selection = None
         self.drag_start = None
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class App(object):
         self.track_window = None
 
     def onmouse(self, event, x, y, flags, param):
-        if event == cv2.EVENT_LBUTTONDOWN:
+        if event == cv.EVENT_LBUTTONDOWN:
             self.drag_start = (x, y)
             self.track_window = None
         if self.drag_start:
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class App(object):
             xmax = max(x, self.drag_start[0])
             ymax = max(y, self.drag_start[1])
             self.selection = (xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax)
-        if event == cv2.EVENT_LBUTTONUP:
+        if event == cv.EVENT_LBUTTONUP:
             self.drag_start = None
             self.track_window = (xmin, ymin, xmax - xmin, ymax - ymin)
 
@@ -70,52 +70,52 @@ class App(object):
         img = np.zeros((256, bin_count*bin_w, 3), np.uint8)
         for i in xrange(bin_count):
             h = int(self.hist[i])
-            cv2.rectangle(img, (i*bin_w+2, 255), ((i+1)*bin_w-2, 255-h), (int(180.0*i/bin_count), 255, 255), -1)
+            cv.rectangle(img, (i*bin_w+2, 255), ((i+1)*bin_w-2, 255-h), (int(180.0*i/bin_count), 255, 255), -1)
-        img = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_HSV2BGR)
+        img = cv.cvtColor(img, cv.COLOR_HSV2BGR)
-        cv2.imshow('hist', img)
+        cv.imshow('hist', img)
 
     def run(self):
         while True:
             _ret, self.frame = self.cam.read()
             vis = self.frame.copy()
-            hsv = cv2.cvtColor(self.frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+            hsv = cv.cvtColor(self.frame, cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
-            mask = cv2.inRange(hsv, np.array((0., 60., 32.)), np.array((180., 255., 255.)))
+            mask = cv.inRange(hsv, np.array((0., 60., 32.)), np.array((180., 255., 255.)))
 
             if self.selection:
                 x0, y0, x1, y1 = self.selection
                 hsv_roi = hsv[y0:y1, x0:x1]
                 mask_roi = mask[y0:y1, x0:x1]
-                hist = cv2.calcHist( [hsv_roi], [0], mask_roi, [16], [0, 180] )
+                hist = cv.calcHist( [hsv_roi], [0], mask_roi, [16], [0, 180] )
-                cv2.normalize(hist, hist, 0, 255, cv2.NORM_MINMAX)
+                cv.normalize(hist, hist, 0, 255, cv.NORM_MINMAX)
                 self.hist = hist.reshape(-1)
                 self.show_hist()
 
                 vis_roi = vis[y0:y1, x0:x1]
-                cv2.bitwise_not(vis_roi, vis_roi)
+                cv.bitwise_not(vis_roi, vis_roi)
                 vis[mask == 0] = 0
 
             if self.track_window and self.track_window[2] > 0 and self.track_window[3] > 0:
                 self.selection = None
-                prob = cv2.calcBackProject([hsv], [0], self.hist, [0, 180], 1)
+                prob = cv.calcBackProject([hsv], [0], self.hist, [0, 180], 1)
                 prob &= mask
-                term_crit = ( cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS | cv2.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 10, 1 )
+                term_crit = ( cv.TERM_CRITERIA_EPS | cv.TERM_CRITERIA_COUNT, 10, 1 )
-                track_box, self.track_window = cv2.CamShift(prob, self.track_window, term_crit)
+                track_box, self.track_window = cv.CamShift(prob, self.track_window, term_crit)
 
                 if self.show_backproj:
                     vis[:] = prob[...,np.newaxis]
                 try:
-                    cv2.ellipse(vis, track_box, (0, 0, 255), 2)
+                    cv.ellipse(vis, track_box, (0, 0, 255), 2)
                 except:
                     print(track_box)
 
-            cv2.imshow('camshift', vis)
+            cv.imshow('camshift', vis)
 
-            ch = cv2.waitKey(5)
+            ch = cv.waitKey(5)
             if ch == 27:
                 break
             if ch == ord('b'):
                 self.show_backproj = not self.show_backproj
-        cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+        cv.destroyAllWindows()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

samples/python/coherence.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if PY3:
     xrange = range
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 def coherence_filter(img, sigma = 11, str_sigma = 11, blend = 0.5, iter_n = 4):
     h, w = img.shape[:2]
@@ -26,19 +26,19 @@ def coherence_filter(img, sigma = 11, str_sigma = 11, blend = 0.5, iter_n = 4):
     for i in xrange(iter_n):
         print(i)
 
-        gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+        gray = cv.cvtColor(img, cv.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
-        eigen = cv2.cornerEigenValsAndVecs(gray, str_sigma, 3)
+        eigen = cv.cornerEigenValsAndVecs(gray, str_sigma, 3)
         eigen = eigen.reshape(h, w, 3, 2)  # [[e1, e2], v1, v2]
         x, y = eigen[:,:,1,0], eigen[:,:,1,1]
 
-        gxx = cv2.Sobel(gray, cv2.CV_32F, 2, 0, ksize=sigma)
+        gxx = cv.Sobel(gray, cv.CV_32F, 2, 0, ksize=sigma)
-        gxy = cv2.Sobel(gray, cv2.CV_32F, 1, 1, ksize=sigma)
+        gxy = cv.Sobel(gray, cv.CV_32F, 1, 1, ksize=sigma)
-        gyy = cv2.Sobel(gray, cv2.CV_32F, 0, 2, ksize=sigma)
+        gyy = cv.Sobel(gray, cv.CV_32F, 0, 2, ksize=sigma)
         gvv = x*x*gxx + 2*x*y*gxy + y*y*gyy
         m = gvv < 0
 
-        ero = cv2.erode(img, None)
+        ero = cv.erode(img, None)
-        dil = cv2.dilate(img, None)
+        dil = cv.dilate(img, None)
         img1 = ero
         img1[m] = dil[m]
         img = np.uint8(img*(1.0 - blend) + img1*blend)
@@ -53,33 +53,33 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     except:
         fn = '../data/baboon.jpg'
 
-    src = cv2.imread(fn)
+    src = cv.imread(fn)
 
     def nothing(*argv):
         pass
 
     def update():
-        sigma = cv2.getTrackbarPos('sigma', 'control')*2+1
+        sigma = cv.getTrackbarPos('sigma', 'control')*2+1
-        str_sigma = cv2.getTrackbarPos('str_sigma', 'control')*2+1
+        str_sigma = cv.getTrackbarPos('str_sigma', 'control')*2+1
-        blend = cv2.getTrackbarPos('blend', 'control') / 10.0
+        blend = cv.getTrackbarPos('blend', 'control') / 10.0
         print('sigma: %d  str_sigma: %d  blend_coef: %f' % (sigma, str_sigma, blend))
         dst = coherence_filter(src, sigma=sigma, str_sigma = str_sigma, blend = blend)
-        cv2.imshow('dst', dst)
+        cv.imshow('dst', dst)
 
-    cv2.namedWindow('control', 0)
+    cv.namedWindow('control', 0)
-    cv2.createTrackbar('sigma', 'control', 9, 15, nothing)
+    cv.createTrackbar('sigma', 'control', 9, 15, nothing)
-    cv2.createTrackbar('blend', 'control', 7, 10, nothing)
+    cv.createTrackbar('blend', 'control', 7, 10, nothing)
-    cv2.createTrackbar('str_sigma', 'control', 9, 15, nothing)
+    cv.createTrackbar('str_sigma', 'control', 9, 15, nothing)
 
 
     print('Press SPACE to update the image\n')
 
-    cv2.imshow('src', src)
+    cv.imshow('src', src)
     update()
     while True:
-        ch = cv2.waitKey()
+        ch = cv.waitKey()
         if ch == ord(' '):
             update()
         if ch == 27:
             break
-    cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+    cv.destroyAllWindows()

samples/python/color_histogram.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Keys:
 '''
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 # built-in modules
 import sys
@@ -24,16 +24,16 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     hsv_map[:,:,0] = h
     hsv_map[:,:,1] = s
     hsv_map[:,:,2] = 255
-    hsv_map = cv2.cvtColor(hsv_map, cv2.COLOR_HSV2BGR)
+    hsv_map = cv.cvtColor(hsv_map, cv.COLOR_HSV2BGR)
-    cv2.imshow('hsv_map', hsv_map)
+    cv.imshow('hsv_map', hsv_map)
 
-    cv2.namedWindow('hist', 0)
+    cv.namedWindow('hist', 0)
     hist_scale = 10
 
     def set_scale(val):
         global hist_scale
         hist_scale = val
-    cv2.createTrackbar('scale', 'hist', hist_scale, 32, set_scale)
+    cv.createTrackbar('scale', 'hist', hist_scale, 32, set_scale)
 
     try:
         fn = sys.argv[1]
@@ -43,20 +43,20 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     while True:
         flag, frame = cam.read()
-        cv2.imshow('camera', frame)
+        cv.imshow('camera', frame)
 
-        small = cv2.pyrDown(frame)
+        small = cv.pyrDown(frame)
 
-        hsv = cv2.cvtColor(small, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
+        hsv = cv.cvtColor(small, cv.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
         dark = hsv[...,2] < 32
         hsv[dark] = 0
-        h = cv2.calcHist([hsv], [0, 1], None, [180, 256], [0, 180, 0, 256])
+        h = cv.calcHist([hsv], [0, 1], None, [180, 256], [0, 180, 0, 256])
 
         h = np.clip(h*0.005*hist_scale, 0, 1)
         vis = hsv_map*h[:,:,np.newaxis] / 255.0
-        cv2.imshow('hist', vis)
+        cv.imshow('hist', vis)
 
-        ch = cv2.waitKey(1)
+        ch = cv.waitKey(1)
         if ch == 27:
             break
-    cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+    cv.destroyAllWindows()

samples/python/common.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if PY3:
     from functools import reduce
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 # built-in modules
 import os
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def lookat(eye, target, up = (0, 0, 1)):
     return R, tvec
 
 def mtx2rvec(R):
-    w, u, vt = cv2.SVDecomp(R - np.eye(3))
+    w, u, vt = cv.SVDecomp(R - np.eye(3))
     p = vt[0] + u[:,0]*w[0]    # same as np.dot(R, vt[0])
     c = np.dot(vt[0], p)
     s = np.dot(vt[1], p)
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ def mtx2rvec(R):
 
 def draw_str(dst, target, s):
     x, y = target
-    cv2.putText(dst, s, (x+1, y+1), cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_PLAIN, 1.0, (0, 0, 0), thickness = 2, lineType=cv2.LINE_AA)
+    cv.putText(dst, s, (x+1, y+1), cv.FONT_HERSHEY_PLAIN, 1.0, (0, 0, 0), thickness = 2, lineType=cv.LINE_AA)
-    cv2.putText(dst, s, (x, y), cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_PLAIN, 1.0, (255, 255, 255), lineType=cv2.LINE_AA)
+    cv.putText(dst, s, (x, y), cv.FONT_HERSHEY_PLAIN, 1.0, (255, 255, 255), lineType=cv.LINE_AA)
 
 class Sketcher:
     def __init__(self, windowname, dests, colors_func):
@@ -91,21 +91,21 @@ class Sketcher:
         self.colors_func = colors_func
         self.dirty = False
         self.show()
-        cv2.setMouseCallback(self.windowname, self.on_mouse)
+        cv.setMouseCallback(self.windowname, self.on_mouse)
 
     def show(self):
-        cv2.imshow(self.windowname, self.dests[0])
+        cv.imshow(self.windowname, self.dests[0])
 
     def on_mouse(self, event, x, y, flags, param):
         pt = (x, y)
-        if event == cv2.EVENT_LBUTTONDOWN:
+        if event == cv.EVENT_LBUTTONDOWN:
             self.prev_pt = pt
-        elif event == cv2.EVENT_LBUTTONUP:
+        elif event == cv.EVENT_LBUTTONUP:
             self.prev_pt = None
 
-        if self.prev_pt and flags & cv2.EVENT_FLAG_LBUTTON:
+        if self.prev_pt and flags & cv.EVENT_FLAG_LBUTTON:
             for dst, color in zip(self.dests, self.colors_func()):
-                cv2.line(dst, self.prev_pt, pt, color, 5)
+                cv.line(dst, self.prev_pt, pt, color, 5)
             self.dirty = True
             self.prev_pt = pt
             self.show()
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def nothing(*arg, **kw):
     pass
 
 def clock():
-    return cv2.getTickCount() / cv2.getTickFrequency()
+    return cv.getTickCount() / cv.getTickFrequency()
 
 @contextmanager
 def Timer(msg):
@@ -166,16 +166,16 @@ class RectSelector:
     def __init__(self, win, callback):
         self.win = win
         self.callback = callback
-        cv2.setMouseCallback(win, self.onmouse)
+        cv.setMouseCallback(win, self.onmouse)
         self.drag_start = None
         self.drag_rect = None
     def onmouse(self, event, x, y, flags, param):
         x, y = np.int16([x, y]) # BUG
-        if event == cv2.EVENT_LBUTTONDOWN:
+        if event == cv.EVENT_LBUTTONDOWN:
             self.drag_start = (x, y)
             return
         if self.drag_start:
-            if flags & cv2.EVENT_FLAG_LBUTTON:
+            if flags & cv.EVENT_FLAG_LBUTTON:
                 xo, yo = self.drag_start
                 x0, y0 = np.minimum([xo, yo], [x, y])
                 x1, y1 = np.maximum([xo, yo], [x, y])
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class RectSelector:
         if not self.drag_rect:
             return False
         x0, y0, x1, y1 = self.drag_rect
-        cv2.rectangle(vis, (x0, y0), (x1, y1), (0, 255, 0), 2)
+        cv.rectangle(vis, (x0, y0), (x1, y1), (0, 255, 0), 2)
         return True
     @property
     def dragging(self):
@@ -234,4 +234,4 @@ def mdot(*args):
 def draw_keypoints(vis, keypoints, color = (0, 255, 255)):
     for kp in keypoints:
         x, y = kp.pt
-        cv2.circle(vis, (int(x), int(y)), 2, color)
+        cv.circle(vis, (int(x), int(y)), 2, color)

samples/python/contours.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if PY3:
     xrange = range
 
 import numpy as np
-import cv2
+import cv2 as cv
 
 def make_image():
     img = np.zeros((500, 500), np.uint8)
@@ -33,19 +33,19 @@ def make_image():
                 c, s = np.cos(angle), np.sin(angle)
                 x1, y1 = np.int32([dx+100+j*10-80*c, dy+100-90*s])
                 x2, y2 = np.int32([dx+100+j*10-30*c, dy+100-30*s])
-                cv2.line(img, (x1, y1), (x2, y2), white)
+                cv.line(img, (x1, y1), (x2, y2), white)
 
-        cv2.ellipse( img, (dx+150, dy+100), (100,70), 0, 0, 360, white, -1 )
+        cv.ellipse( img, (dx+150, dy+100), (100,70), 0, 0, 360, white, -1 )
-        cv2.ellipse( img, (dx+115, dy+70), (30,20), 0, 0, 360, black, -1 )
+        cv.ellipse( img, (dx+115, dy+70), (30,20), 0, 0, 360, black, -1 )
-        cv2.ellipse( img, (dx+185, dy+70), (30,20), 0, 0, 360, black, -1 )
+        cv.ellipse( img, (dx+185, dy+70), (30,20), 0, 0, 360, black, -1 )
-        cv2.ellipse( img, (dx+115, dy+70), (15,15), 0, 0, 360, white, -1 )
+        cv.ellipse( img, (dx+115, dy+70), (15,15), 0, 0, 360, white, -1 )
-        cv2.ellipse( img, (dx+185, dy+70), (15,15), 0, 0, 360, white, -1 )
+        cv.ellipse( img, (dx+185, dy+70), (15,15), 0, 0, 360, white, -1 )
-        cv2.ellipse( img, (dx+115, dy+70), (5,5), 0, 0, 360, black, -1 )
+        cv.ellipse( img, (dx+115, dy+70), (5,5), 0, 0, 360, black, -1 )
-        cv2.ellipse( img, (dx+185, dy+70), (5,5), 0, 0, 360, black, -1 )
+        cv.ellipse( img, (dx+185, dy+70), (5,5), 0, 0, 360, black, -1 )
-        cv2.ellipse( img, (dx+150, dy+100), (10,5), 0, 0, 360, black, -1 )
+        cv.ellipse( img, (dx+150, dy+100), (10,5), 0, 0, 360, black, -1 )
-        cv2.ellipse( img, (dx+150, dy+150), (40,10), 0, 0, 360, black, -1 )
+        cv.ellipse( img, (dx+150, dy+150), (40,10), 0, 0, 360, black, -1 )
-        cv2.ellipse( img, (dx+27, dy+100), (20,35), 0, 0, 360, white, -1 )
+        cv.ellipse( img, (dx+27, dy+100), (20,35), 0, 0, 360, white, -1 )
-        cv2.ellipse( img, (dx+273, dy+100), (20,35), 0, 0, 360, white, -1 )
+        cv.ellipse( img, (dx+273, dy+100), (20,35), 0, 0, 360, white, -1 )
     return img
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
@@ -54,17 +54,17 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     img = make_image()
     h, w = img.shape[:2]
 
-    _, contours0, hierarchy = cv2.findContours( img.copy(), cv2.RETR_TREE, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
+    _, contours0, hierarchy = cv.findContours( img.copy(), cv.RETR_TREE, cv.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
-    contours = [cv2.approxPolyDP(cnt, 3, True) for cnt in contours0]
+    contours = [cv.approxPolyDP(cnt, 3, True) for cnt in contours0]
 
     def update(levels):
         vis = np.zeros((h, w, 3), np.uint8)
         levels = levels - 3
-        cv2.drawContours( vis, contours, (-1, 2)[levels <= 0], (128,255,255),
+        cv.drawContours( vis, contours, (-1, 2)[levels <= 0], (128,255,255),
-            3, cv2.LINE_AA, hierarchy, abs(levels) )
+            3, cv.LINE_AA, hierarchy, abs(levels) )
-        cv2.imshow('contours', vis)
+        cv.imshow('contours', vis)
     update(3)
-    cv2.createTrackbar( "levels+3", "contours", 3, 7, update )
+    cv.createTrackbar( "levels+3", "contours", 3, 7, update )
-    cv2.imshow('image', img)
+    cv.imshow('image', img)
-    cv2.waitKey()
+    cv.waitKey()
-    cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+    cv.destroyAllWindows()