Mirko Pavleski
Published © GPL3+

Simple ESP32 CAM Object detection using Open CV

This is certainly the simplest and cheapest object detection system that can serve perfectly for the presentation.

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Simple ESP32 CAM Object detection using Open CV

Things used in this project

Hardware components

ESP32 Camera module
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Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Multitool, Screwdriver
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Code

Arduino code

C/C++
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#include <WebServer.h>
#include <WiFi.h>
#include <esp32cam.h>

//THIS PROGRAM SENDS IMAGE IF IT IS PLACED IN WEB IP, BUT IF IT IS PLACED IN PYTHON IT SENDS VIDEO THROUGH THE ITERATIONS. . . (IF IT WORKS IN PYTHON)
const char* WIFI_SSID = "ESP Repeater";
const char* WIFI_PASS = "77777777";

WebServer server(80); //server on port 80

static auto loRes = esp32cam::Resolution::find(320, 240); //low resolution
static auto hiRes = esp32cam::Resolution::find(800, 600); //high resolution
//static auto hiRes = esp32cam::Resolution::find(640, 480); //high resolution (for fps rates) (IP CAM APP)

void
serveJpg() //capture image .jpg
{
  auto frame = esp32cam::capture();
  if (frame == nullptr) {
    Serial.println("Capture Fail");
    server.send(503, "", "");
    return;
  }
  Serial.printf("CAPTURE OK %dx%d %db\n", frame->getWidth(), frame->getHeight(),
                static_cast<int>(frame->size()));

  server.setContentLength(frame->size());
  server.send(200, "image/jpeg");
  WiFiClient client = server.client();
  frame->writeTo(client);  //and send to a client (in this case it will be python)
}

void
handleJpgLo()  //allows to send low resolution image
{
  if (!esp32cam::Camera.changeResolution(loRes)) {
    Serial.println("SET-LO-RES FAIL");
  }
  serveJpg();
}

void
handleJpgHi() //allows to send high resolution image
{
  if (!esp32cam::Camera.changeResolution(hiRes)) {
    Serial.println("SET-HI-RES FAIL");
  }
  serveJpg();
}

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(115200);
  Serial.println();

  {
    using namespace esp32cam;
    Config cfg;
    cfg.setPins(pins::AiThinker);
    cfg.setResolution(hiRes);
    cfg.setBufferCount(2);
    cfg.setJpeg(80);

    bool ok = Camera.begin(cfg);
    Serial.println(ok ? "CAMERA OK" : "CAMERA FAIL");
  }

  WiFi.persistent(false);
  WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
  WiFi.begin(WIFI_SSID, WIFI_PASS); //connect to the WiFi network
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    delay(500);
  }

  Serial.print("http://");
  Serial.print(WiFi.localIP());
  Serial.println("/cam-lo.jpg");//to connect IP low res

  Serial.print("http://");
  Serial.print(WiFi.localIP());
  Serial.println("/cam-hi.jpg");//to connect high res IP
  server.on("/cam-lo.jpg",handleJpgLo);//send to the server
  server.on("/cam-hi.jpg", handleJpgHi);

  server.begin();
}

void loop()
{
  server.handleClient();
}

Python code

Python
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import cv2 #opencv
import urllib.request #to open and read URL
import numpy as np

#OBJECT CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM FOR VIDEO IN IP ADDRESS

url = 'http://192.168.100.14/cam-hi.jpg'
#url = 'http://192.168.0.159/'
winName = 'ESP32 CAMERA'
cv2.namedWindow(winName,cv2.WINDOW_AUTOSIZE)
#scale_percent = 80 # percent of original size    #for image processing

classNames = []
classFile = 'coco.names'
with open(classFile,'rt') as f:
    classNames = f.read().rstrip('\n').split('\n')

configPath = 'ssd_mobilenet_v3_large_coco_2020_01_14.pbtxt'
weightsPath = 'frozen_inference_graph.pb'

net = cv2.dnn_DetectionModel(weightsPath,configPath)
net.setInputSize(320,320)
#net.setInputSize(480,480)
net.setInputScale(1.0/127.5)
net.setInputMean((127.5, 127.5, 127.5))
net.setInputSwapRB(True)

while(1):
    imgResponse = urllib.request.urlopen (url) # here open the URL
    imgNp = np.array(bytearray(imgResponse.read()),dtype=np.uint8)
    img = cv2.imdecode (imgNp,-1) #decodificamos

    img = cv2.rotate(img, cv2.ROTATE_90_CLOCKWISE) # vertical
    #img = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) #black and white

    

    classIds, confs, bbox = net.detect(img,confThreshold=0.5)
    print(classIds,bbox)

    if len(classIds) != 0:
        for classId, confidence,box in zip(classIds.flatten(),confs.flatten(),bbox):
            cv2.rectangle(img,box,color=(0,255,0),thickness = 3) #mostramos en rectangulo lo que se encuentra
            cv2.putText(img, classNames[classId-1], (box[0]+10,box[1]+30), cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_COMPLEX, 1, (0,255,0),2)


    cv2.imshow(winName,img) #  show the picture

    #wait for ESC to be pressed to end the program
    tecla = cv2.waitKey(5) & 0xFF
    if tecla == 27:
        break
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

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Mirko Pavleski

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