captureHand.py

# I MADE THIS CODE FOR QUICKLY CAPTURING MY HAND GESTURES FOR DATASET
# YOU CAN SET THE DIRECTORY ACCORDING TO YOUR NEEDS

import cv2
import imutils
import numpy as np
from sklearn.metrics import pairwise

bg = None

# Function - To find the running average over the background
def run_avg(image, accumWeight):
    global bg
    if bg is None:
        bg = image.copy().astype("float")
        return
    cv2.accumulateWeighted(image, bg, accumWeight)

# Function - To segment the region of hand in the image
def segment(image, threshold=30):
    global bg
    diff = cv2.absdiff(bg.astype("uint8"), image)

    thresholded = cv2.threshold(diff, threshold, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)[1]

    (_, cnts, _) = cv2.findContours(thresholded.copy(), cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)

    if len(cnts) == 0:
        return
    else:
        segmented = max(cnts, key=cv2.contourArea)
        return (thresholded, segmented)

# Function - To count the number of fingers in the segmented hand region

# Main function
if __name__ == "__main__":
    accumWeight = 0.5

    camera = cv2.VideoCapture(0)

    top, right, bottom, left = 10, 350, 210, 550

    num_frames = 0
    
    imageNumber =0
    calibrated = False

    while(True):
        (grabbed, frame) = camera.read()

        frame = imutils.resize(frame, width=700)

        frame = cv2.flip(frame, 1)

        clone = frame.copy()

        (height, width) = frame.shape[:2]

        roi = frame[top:bottom, right:left]

        gray = cv2.cvtColor(roi, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
        gray = cv2.GaussianBlur(gray, (7, 7), 0)

        if num_frames < 30:
            run_avg(gray, accumWeight)
            if num_frames == 1:
            	print (">>> Please wait! calibrating...")
            elif num_frames == 29:
                print (">>> Calibration successfull...")
        else:
            hand = segment(gray)
            
            if hand is not None:
                (thresholded, segmented) = hand
                
                # show the thresholded image
                cv2.imshow("Thesholded", thresholded)
                
                # Set the directory CORRECTLY
                directory = "C:/Users/anant singh/Desktop/datasetFolder/hand0("+str(imageNumber)+").jpg"
                cv2.imwrite(directory,thresholded)
                imageNumber += 1
                print(directory)

        # draw the segmented hand
        cv2.rectangle(clone, (left, top), (right, bottom), (0,255,0), 2)

        num_frames += 1
        
        cv2.imshow("Video Feed", clone)

        keypress = cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF

        if keypress == ord("q"):
            break

# free up memory
camera.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()