API - SimpleCV Application Programming Interface

• SimpleCV module
  • Image
  • Color
  • Features
  • Cameras
  • Streams
  • Display
• Installation
  • Ubuntu (10.4 or above)
  • Mac OS X (10.6 and above)
  • Windows 7/Vista
• SimpleCV Cookbook
  • Loading and Saving Images
  • Image Manipulation
  • Using a Camera, Kinect, or VirtualCamera
  • Colors and Levels
  • Features and FeatureSets
  • Blob Detection
  • Barcode Reading
  • Haar Face Detection
  • Output Streams

Installation

Easiest Method

The easiest method to install SimpleCV is with the 1-click installers located at <http://www.simplecv.org>. These installers should install all the necessary libraries you need to get SimpleCV up and running easily.

Easier Method

You will absolutely need:

• OpenCV installed for your platform <http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/InstallGuide>
• SciPY/Numpy installed for your platform <http://www.scipy.org/Download>

Once you have all the required libraries installed:

easy_install simplecv

Easy Method

If you need more specific instructions per platform there is: <http://www.simplecv.org/doc/installation.html>

Required Libraries

• OpenCV 2.2 with Python bindings <http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/>
• SciPY <http://www.scipy.org>
• Python Image Library <http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/>

Optional Libraries

Device Support:

• OpenKinect/freenect <http://openkinect.org/wiki/Main_Page>

Blob detection:

• CvBlob http://code.google.com/p/cvblob/
• cvblob-python https://github.com/oostendo/cvblob-python

Barcode reading:

• Zxing http://code.google.com/p/zxing/
• python-zxing https://github.com/oostendo/python-zxing

Videos - Tutorials and Demos

Video tutorials and demos can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/user/IngenuitasOfficial

or check out: http://www.simplecv.org

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