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+/**
+ * @function moments_demo.cpp
+ * @brief Demo code to calculate moments
+ * @author OpenCV team
+ */
+
+#include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
+#include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+using namespace cv;
+using namespace std;
+
+Mat src; Mat src_gray;
+int thresh = 100;
+int max_thresh = 255;
+RNG rng(12345);
+
+/// Function header
+void thresh_callback(int, void* );
+
+/**
+ * @function main
+ */
+int main( int argc, char** argv )
+{
+  /// Load source image and convert it to gray
+  src = imread( argv[1], 1 );
+
+  /// Convert image to gray and blur it
+  cvtColor( src, src_gray, CV_BGR2GRAY );
+  blur( src_gray, src_gray, Size(3,3) );
+
+  /// Create Window
+  char* source_window = "Source";
+  namedWindow( source_window, CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );
+  imshow( source_window, src );
+
+  createTrackbar( " Canny thresh:", "Source", &thresh, max_thresh, thresh_callback );
+  thresh_callback( 0, 0 );
+
+  waitKey(0);
+  return(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @function thresh_callback
+ */
+void thresh_callback(int, void* )
+{
+  Mat canny_output;
+  vector<vector<Point> > contours;
+  vector<Vec4i> hierarchy;
+
+  /// Detect edges using canny
+  Canny( src_gray, canny_output, thresh, thresh*2, 3 );
+  /// Find contours  
+  findContours( canny_output, contours, hierarchy, CV_RETR_TREE, CV_CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE, Point(0, 0) );
+
+  /// Get the moments
+  vector<Moments> mu(contours.size() );
+  for( int i = 0; i < contours.size(); i++ )
+     { mu[i] = moments( contours[i], false ); }
+
+  ///  Get the mass centers: 
+  vector<Point2f> mc( contours.size() );
+  for( int i = 0; i < contours.size(); i++ )
+     { mc[i] = Point2f( mu[i].m10/mu[i].m00 , mu[i].m01/mu[i].m00 ); }
+
+  /// Draw contours
+  Mat drawing = Mat::zeros( canny_output.size(), CV_8UC3 );
+  for( int i = 0; i< contours.size(); i++ )
+     { 
+       Scalar color = Scalar( rng.uniform(0, 255), rng.uniform(0,255), rng.uniform(0,255) );
+       drawContours( drawing, contours, i, color, 2, 8, hierarchy, 0, Point() ); 
+       circle( drawing, mc[i], 4, color, -1, 8, 0 );
+     }
+
+  /// Show in a window
+  namedWindow( "Contours", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );
+  imshow( "Contours", drawing );
+
+  /// Calculate the area with the moments 00 and compare with the result of the OpenCV function
+  printf("\t Info: Area and Contour Length \n");
+  for( int i = 0; i< contours.size(); i++ )
+     {
+       printf(" * Contour[%d] - Area (M_00) = %.2f - Area OpenCV: %.2f - Length: %.2f \n", i, mu[i].m00, contourArea(contours[i]), arcLength( contours[i], true ) );  
+       Scalar color = Scalar( rng.uniform(0, 255), rng.uniform(0,255), rng.uniform(0,255) );
+       drawContours( drawing, contours, i, color, 2, 8, hierarchy, 0, Point() ); 
+       circle( drawing, mc[i], 4, color, -1, 8, 0 );
+     }
+}
+