function if(contourArea(contours[i]) > 500) meaning

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if(contourArea(contours[i]) > 500)
what does this function mean

Posted 13-Feb-14 18:44pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 14-Feb-14 0:59am

Why not asking OpenCV documentation?
—SA

Richard MacCutchan 14-Feb-14 4:55am

The function checks some value and returns an integer.

The_Inventor 17-Feb-14 23:04pm

Smoothing function.

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Ravimal Bandara · Answer 1 · 2014-04-26T02:30:00

The function contourArea() returns the area (number of non-zero pixels) within the.
the condition

C++

(contourArea(contours[i]) > 500)

satisfies for outer contours which's area is larger than 500.

Posted 26-Apr-14 2:30am