Simple EmguCV (OpenCV) on C#

Introduction

Now it has became easier to use OpenCV on C#.
In this tip, I propose a simple method to get EmguCV* (OpenCV) running in a .NET application, using a NuGet package called myEmguCV.Net.

This is a NuGet package that makes it easy to start an application with EmguCV.

^{* This version uses EmguCV wrapper for x86 version of OpenCV.}

Background

It was often difficult to use OpenCV in C#, although you can download EmguCV, and follow the steps listed on EmguCV website, it was not the simplest task.
Until now.
I have created a NuGet package containing all DLLs from EmguCV and OpenCV, so all you need to do is: on Visual Studio Express, add this Package to your Solution, add some sample code, and Run.

Overview of the Steps

1. Just create a new Visual Studio Express solution
2. Add the NuGet package myEmguCV.Net
3. Add sample code
4. Press F5 (Run)

Installing the NuGet Package

• Right click the References
• Select Manage NuGet packages
• Search for myEmguCV.Net
• Click Install
• Wait for download and installation to finish

Writing Code

After adding the myEmguCV.Net package, you can run some code for Computer Vision tasks:

For example, something like this:

using Emgu.CV;
using Emgu.CV.Structure;
//...

// Sample
Image<Hsv, byte> bitmap = new Image<Hsv, byte>(@"C:\temp\LicensePlate.bmp");

Hsv lowerLimit = new Hsv(0, 0, 200);
Hsv upperLimit = new Hsv(5, 255, 255);

var imageHSVDest = bitmap.InRange(lowerLimit, upperLimit);

CvInvoke.cvShowImage("imageHSVDest", imageHSVDest);
CvInvoke.cvWaitKey(0);

Now press F5 and then there should be a OpenCV Window with the processed output image.

Learn More

For examples of How to Use see this website, you can check out the following link:

• http://www.emgu.com/wiki/index.php/Tutorial#Examples

Points of Interest

This is a complete package containing binary DLLs, about 131MB.

Includes binaries of: OpenCV, EmguCV for .NET, x86 version

One requirement is to have installed MSVCRT 9.0 SP1 x86

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