ValueError: too many values to unpack (expected 2)
ValueError: too many values to unpack (expected 2) this error occured when executing below program
# USAGE# python distance_to_camera.py# import the necessary packagesimport numpy as npimport cv2def find_marker(image): # convert the image to grayscale, blur it, and detect edges gray = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) gray = cv2.GaussianBlur(gray, (5, 5), 0) edged = cv2.Canny(gray, 35, 125) # find the contours in the edged image and keep the largest one; # we'll assume that this is our piece of paper in the image (cnts, _) = cv2.findContours(edged.copy(), cv2.RETR_LIST, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE) c = max(cnts, key = cv2.contourArea) # compute the bounding box of the of the paper region and return it return cv2.minAreaRect(c)def distance_to_camera(knownWidth, focalLength, perWidth): # compute and return the distance from the maker to the camera return (knownWidth * focalLength) / perWidth# initialize the known distance from the camera to the object, which# in this case is 24 inchesKNOWN_DISTANCE = 24.0# initialize the known object width, which in this case, the piece of# paper is 12 inches wideKNOWN_WIDTH = 11.0# initialize the list of images that we'll be usingIMAGE_PATHS = ["images/2ft.png", "images/3ft.png", "images/4ft.png"]# load the furst image that contains an object that is KNOWN TO BE 2 feet# from our camera, then find the paper marker in the image, and initialize# the focal lengthimage = cv2.imread(IMAGE_PATHS[0])marker = find_marker(image)focalLength = (marker[1][0] * KNOWN_DISTANCE) / KNOWN_WIDTH# loop over the imagesfor imagePath in IMAGE_PATHS: # load the image, find the marker in the image, then compute the # distance to the marker from the camera image = cv2.imread(imagePath) marker = find_marker(image) inches = distance_to_camera(KNOWN_WIDTH, focalLength, marker[1][0]) # draw a bounding box around the image and display it box = np.int0(cv2.cv.BoxPoints(marker)) cv2.drawContours(image, [box], -1, (0, 255, 0), 2) cv2.putText(image, "%.2fft" % (inches / 12), (image.shape[1] - 200, image.shape[0] - 20), cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 2.0, (0, 255, 0), 3) cv2.imshow("image", image) cv2.waitKey(0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\vip\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\distance-to-camera\distance_to_camera.py", line 41, in <module>
marker = find_marker(image)
File "C:\Users\vip\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\distance-to-camera\distance_to_camera.py", line 16, in find_marker
(cnts, _) = cv2.findContours(edged.copy(), cv2.RETR_LIST, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
ValueError: too many values to unpack (expected 2)
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For version 3.3.0 on my machine, help(cv2.findContours) says that findContours returns 3 values: image, contours, hierarchy
Thus I would guess you need to change your call from
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For version 3.3.0 on my machine, help(cv2.findContours) says that findContours returns 3 values: image, contours, hierarchyThus I would guess you need to change your call from
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Again, that would be a guess