Using OpenMP with OpenCV

After installing OpenMP it is time to use it on OpenCV. Before going into depth I found a working example about this issue. Let’s try to use it…

Edge finding example from http://derindelimavi.blogspot.com:

Include files/libraries needed:

// OpenCV
#include "cv.h"
#include "highgui.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
// OpenMP
#include <omp.h>

The usage of OpenMP in code:

void EdgeOpenMP(IplImage *src,IplImage *dst,int thresh)
{
 int height    = src->height;
 int width     = src->width;
 int step      = src->widthStep;
 uchar *data1      = (uchar *)src->imageData;
 uchar *data2      = (uchar *)dst->imageData;

 int i=step;
 #pragma omp parallel for
 for(i=step+1;i<height*width;i++){
 if(abs(data1[i]-data1[i-1])>thresh || abs(data1[i]-data1[i-step])>thresh)
 data2[i]=255;
 else
 data2[i]=0;

 }
}

void Edge(IplImage *src,IplImage *dst,int thresh)
{
 int height    = src->height;
 int width     = src->width;
 int step      = src->widthStep;
 uchar *data1      = (uchar *)src->imageData;
 uchar *data2      = (uchar *)dst->imageData;

 int i=step;
 for(i=step+1;i<height*width;i++){
 if(abs(data1[i]-data1[i-1])>thresh || abs(data1[i]-data1[i-step])>thresh)
 data2[i]=255;
 else
 data2[i]=0;
 }
}

Compile:

“g++ -I/usr/include/opencv -o openmp_test openmp_test.cpp-lcxcore -lcv -lhighgui -lcvaux -fopenmp”

./openmp_test
Name of picture to process :
baboon.jpg
Time for finding edges  = 1680.77 ms
Time for finding edges with OpenMP  = 2011.76 ms
Performance (%) = % 83.5

Output:

Important note:

In my case you can say that OpenMP takes longer time for finding edges infact it is not the case since my computer has only one CPU we cannot see the real performance of OpenMP…But if you have multi core CPU you can observe the real results…

This post’s example was taken from a really good blog about OpenCV which is http://derindelimavi.blogspot.com/.

Code used in my example:

http://derin-deli-mavi.googlecode.com/files/OpenMP_OpenCv.zip

References:

[1.] http://derindelimavi.blogspot.com/2008/09/openmp-ve-opencv-ile-kenar-bulma.html

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