OpenCV with Python By Example

Keyboard inputs

Now that we know how to capture a live video stream from the webcam, let's see how to use the keyboard to interact with the window displaying the video stream.

import argparse import cv2 def argument_parser(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Change color space of the \ input video stream using keyboard controls. The control keys are: \ Grayscale - 'g', YUV - 'y', HSV - 'h'") return parser if __name__=='__main__': args = argument_parser().parse_args() cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0) # Check if the webcam is opened correctly if not cap.isOpened(): raise IOError("Cannot open webcam") cur_char = -1 prev_char = -1 while True: # Read the current frame from webcam ret, frame = cap.read() # Resize the captured image frame = cv2.resize(frame, ...