opencv/samples/cpp/tutorial_code/ImgTrans/Sobel_Demo.cpp

/**
 * @file Sobel_Demo.cpp
 * @brief Sample code using Sobel and/orScharr OpenCV functions to make a simple Edge Detector
 * @author OpenCV team
 */

#include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"
#include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

using namespace cv;

/**
 * @function main
 */
int main( int, char** argv )
{

  Mat src, src_gray;
  Mat grad;
  const char* window_name = "Sobel Demo - Simple Edge Detector";
  int scale = 1;
  int delta = 0;
  int ddepth = CV_16S;

  /// Load an image
  src = imread( argv[1] );

  if( !src.data )
    { return -1; }

  GaussianBlur( src, src, Size(3,3), 0, 0, BORDER_DEFAULT );

  /// Convert it to gray
  cvtColor( src, src_gray, COLOR_RGB2GRAY );

  /// Create window
  namedWindow( window_name, WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );

  /// Generate grad_x and grad_y
  Mat grad_x, grad_y;
  Mat abs_grad_x, abs_grad_y;

  /// Gradient X
  //Scharr( src_gray, grad_x, ddepth, 1, 0, scale, delta, BORDER_DEFAULT );
  Sobel( src_gray, grad_x, ddepth, 1, 0, 3, scale, delta, BORDER_DEFAULT );
  convertScaleAbs( grad_x, abs_grad_x );

  /// Gradient Y
  //Scharr( src_gray, grad_y, ddepth, 0, 1, scale, delta, BORDER_DEFAULT );
  Sobel( src_gray, grad_y, ddepth, 0, 1, 3, scale, delta, BORDER_DEFAULT );
  convertScaleAbs( grad_y, abs_grad_y );

  /// Total Gradient (approximate)
  addWeighted( abs_grad_x, 0.5, abs_grad_y, 0.5, 0, grad );

  imshow( window_name, grad );

  waitKey(0);

  return 0;
}