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GaussianBlur

Usage

Implements Gaussian blurs on an image to smooth the image and remove noise and details. Through Gaussian filtering, edges and details in the image are softened. This is applicable to scenarios such as edge detection and image preprocessing.

Interface

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cv2.GaussianBlur(src, ksize, sigmaX, sigmaY=0, borderType=cv2.BORDER_DEFAULT)

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Value Range

Input/Output

src

Input image.

Not null

Input

ksize

Size of the Gaussian kernel. The value must be a positive odd number, such as (3, 3) and (5, 5).

(Width, height). The width and height are odd numbers greater than 1.

Input

sigmaX

Gaussian standard deviation along the X direction, which controls the blur degree.

(0, inf)

Input

sigmaY

Gaussian standard deviation along the Y direction. The default value is 0. The automatically calculated value is the same as that of sigmaX.

(0, inf)

Input

borderType

Border type, which is used to process border pixels. The default value is cv2.BORDER_DEFAULT.

cv2.BORDER_DEFAULT, cv2.BORDER_REPLICATE, cv2.BORDER_REFLECT, cv2.BORDER_REFLECT_101, cv2.BORDER_WRAP, cv2.BORDER_CONSTANT, etc.

Input

Return Values

  • Success: KP_CV_SUCCESS
  • Failure: an error code

Error Codes

Error Code

Description

INVALID_PARAM_MSG

The src parameter has a null pointer.

NOT_SUPPORT_MSG

The type is not supported by borderType; the ksize value is incorrect; or src is not a unit8 image.

Example

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import numpy as np
import cv2

# Create a 5x5 image.
src = np.array([[0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
                [0, 1, 1, 1, 0], 
                [0, 1, 0, 1, 0],
                [0, 1, 1, 1, 0],
                [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]], dtype=np.uint8)

# Define the size of the Gaussian blur kernel.
ksize = (3, 3)  

# Define the standard deviation of the Gaussian blur kernel.
sigmaX = 1 
sigmaY = 1

dst = cv2.GaussianBlur(src, ksize, sigmaX, sigmaY, borderType=cv2.BORDER_DEFAULT)

print(dst)

Output:

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[[0 0 1 0 0]
 [0 0 1 0 0]
 [1 1 1 1 1]
 [0 0 1 0 0]
 [0 0 1 0 0]]