01 - RGB Preview

This example shows how to set up a pipeline that outpus a small preview of the RGB camera, connects over XLink to transfer these to the host real-time, and displays the RGB frames on the host with OpenCV.

Demo

Setup

Please run the following command to install the required dependencies

 python3 -m pip install -U pip
 python3 -m pip install opencv-python
 python3 -m pip install -U --force-reinstall depthai

For additional information, please follow installation guide

Source code

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#!/usr/bin/env python3

import cv2
import depthai as dai

# Start defining a pipeline
pipeline = dai.Pipeline()

# Define a source - color camera
camRgb = pipeline.createColorCamera()
camRgb.setPreviewSize(300, 300)
camRgb.setBoardSocket(dai.CameraBoardSocket.RGB)
camRgb.setResolution(dai.ColorCameraProperties.SensorResolution.THE_1080_P)
camRgb.setInterleaved(False)
camRgb.setColorOrder(dai.ColorCameraProperties.ColorOrder.RGB)

# Create output
xoutRgb = pipeline.createXLinkOut()
xoutRgb.setStreamName("rgb")
camRgb.preview.link(xoutRgb.input)

# Pipeline is defined, now we can connect to the device
with dai.Device(pipeline) as device:
    # Start pipeline
    device.startPipeline()

    # Output queue will be used to get the rgb frames from the output defined above
    qRgb = device.getOutputQueue(name="rgb", maxSize=4, blocking=False)

    while True:
        inRgb = qRgb.get()  # blocking call, will wait until a new data has arrived

        # Retrieve 'bgr' (opencv format) frame
        cv2.imshow("bgr", inRgb.getCvFrame())

        if cv2.waitKey(1) == ord('q'):
            break

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