How to black out everything outside a circle in Open CV
Thanks to Abid for the hint, i ended up with this approach. Everything works fine:
cv::Mat src = someMethodThatReturnsSrcImage(); // src Image
cv::Mat maskedImage; // stores masked Image
std::vector<cv::Vec3f> circles = someMethodThatReturnsCircles(src);
cv::Mat mask(srcImageForDimensions.size(),srcImageForDimensions.type()); // create an Mat that has same Dimensons as src
mask.setTo(cv::Scalar(0,0,0)); // creates black-Image
// Add all found circles to mask
for( size_t i = 0; i < circles.size(); i++ ) // iterate through all detected Circles
{
cv::Point center(cvRound(circles[i][0]), cvRound(circles[i][1])); // CVRound converts floating numbers to integer
int radius = cvRound(circles[i][2]); // Radius is the third parameter [i][0] = x [i][1]= y [i][2] = radius
cv::circle( mask, center, radius, cv::Scalar(255,255,255),-1, 8, 0 ); // Circle(img, center, radius, color, thickness=1, lineType=8, shift=0)
}
src.copyTo(maskedImage,mask); // creates masked Image and copies it to maskedImage
you can make the background the color you want
image=cv::Scalar(red_value, green_value, blue_value);
then draw your circles