OpenCV with extra modules

This blog details building an openCV using extra modules, mainly the opencv_contirb, in Windows.

Prerequisites:

1. Download and install Visual Studio 2015 and CMake.
   NOTE: By default, C++ is not installed in Visual Studio 2015. After basic installation, modify the installation by following the path : Programming Language -> C++)
2. Download and install the following Python packages to their default locations:

• 1. Python 2.7.x
• 2. Numpy
• 3. Matplotlib(required since we use it for visualizations in our project)

Static Background Removal from a video using OpenCV and Python

Background removal is an important pre-processing step required in many vision based applications. It can be used in scenarios where the background remains approximately constant across the capture and there are some movements in the foreground. For example, intrusion detection applications can determine any movement in the live captured recording and trigger an alarm.