Qt Installation and Setup in Windows with OpenCV ||Embedded Object Detection Project (Part 1)

Qt Installation and Setup in Windows with OpenCV || Qt with OpenCV - Embedded Object Detection Project using Hikvision Industrial Camera (Part 1)

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Introduction to Qt

Qt is a cross-platform application development framework that can run on different operating systems such as Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.

Another important feature of Qt is its powerful and flexible GUI (Graphical User Interface) functionality.

Setting up Qt Environment with OpenCV for Windows

Downloading and Installing Qt

I am using an integrated development environment with Visual Studio because it allows me to use Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC) compiler for Windows program development.

Make sure to install a compiler version that matches your Qt version.

Here’s the download reference：Setting up Visual Studio + Qt Development Environment
My version: Qt 5.12, which also matches MSVC2015.

Installing and Configuring OpenCV

Obtain the installation package

compiled version of OpenCV 4.5:

BaiduNetdisk Resources
Enter Code：gfql

Configuring Qt Project to Use OpenCV Library

//Remember to change the path to the local path of your own opencv.
INCLUDEPATH += \
       D:\opencv\build\include\opencv2  \
       D:\opencv\build\include\opencv \
       D:\opencv\build\include \

LIBS += \
       D:\opencv\build\x64\vc14\lib\opencv_world452d.lib \
       D:\opencv\build\x64\vc14\lib\opencv_world452.lib

Executing the Executable File

Method 1: Configuring Environment Variables

D:\opencv\build\bin
D:\opencv\build\x64\vc15\bin
D:\opencv\build\x64\vc15\lib

Method 2: Copying Application Extension Files

Put the following documents under the debug/release directory of your project.

Where are these files?

opencv\build\x64\vc15\bin

What are these files?

They are dynamic link library files for the OPENCV library.

Why the debug/release directory ?

The debug/release directories are used to store the respective versions of the OpenCV library’s dynamic link library (DLL) files. To ensure that the application runs correctly, it is necessary to copy the required DLL files to the same directory as the executable file of the application.

The path to the debug directory depends on whether you have chosen shadow build.
Apparently, I didn’t choose and my version is debug.

Shadow build means the build process and generated build artifacts are kept separate from the source code directory.

Example Code

Replace “path_to_image” with the actual path to your image file.
Windows path: D://document//image//44.jpg
Linux path: /home/orin/document/image/44.jpg

#include <QApplication>
#include <opencv2/opencv.hpp>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);

    // Create OpenCV window
    cv::namedWindow("Image", cv::WINDOW_NORMAL);

    // Load image
    cv::Mat image = cv::imread("path_to_your_image.jpg");

    // Display the image
    cv::imshow("Image", image);

    // 等待键盘输入，以保持窗口打开
    cv::waitKey(0);

    return a.exec();
}

the Issue of the UI Interface Not Updating

Delete all the generated files and Keep only the source files:

This includes any build directories, object files, and executable files that were generated during the compilation process.
The source files typically have extensions like .cpp, .h, .ui (for Qt UI files).

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Conclusion

In this blog post, we have introduced the Qt framework and discussed its capabilities for cross-platform application development. We have also provided an overview of the installation and setup process for integrating Qt with OpenCV.

In the next part of this series, we will dive deeper into the implementation of the embedded object detection project using the Hikvision industrial camera. Stay tuned!

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