How can I fix the cv2.polylines assertion error caused by converting points to np.int8?

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I'm drawing a rotated bounding box using OpenCV's cv2.polylines and encountering an assertion error. Here is the problematic code:

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# Get the minimum area rectangle for the contour
min_rect = cv2.minAreaRect(contour)  # Returns (center, (width, height), angle)
box = cv2.boxPoints(min_rect)  # Get four corner points of the rectangle
box = np.int8(box)  # Convert to integer coordinates

# Draw the rotated bounding box
cv2.polylines(frame, [box], True, (0, 255, 0), 2)

The error message is as follows:

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cv2.error: OpenCV(4.10.0) D:\a\opencv-python\opencv-python\opencv\modules\imgproc\src\drawing.cpp:2465: error: (-215:Assertion failed) p.checkVector(2, CV_32S) >= 0 in function 'cv::polylines'.

I believe the issue is that converting with np.int8 produces an 8-bit integer array, but cv2.polylines expects a 32-bit integer array (CV_32S). I've seen suggestions to use np.int32 or change the conversion using astype(int). How can I resolve this error?

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 1 month ago

The error occurs because the points you pass to cv2.polylines must be of type CV_32S (32-bit signed integers), but converting with np.int8 creates an 8-bit integer array. The tutorial uses np.int0 (which in this context acts like np.int32), so you should change your conversion accordingly.

Here's the corrected code:

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# Get the minimum area rectangle for the contour
min_rect = cv2.minAreaRect(contour)  # Returns (center, (width, height), angle)
box = cv2.boxPoints(min_rect)         # Get four corner points of the rectangle
box = np.int32(box)                   # Convert to 32-bit integer coordinates

# Draw the rotated bounding box
cv2.polylines(frame, [box], True, (0, 255, 0), 2)

This should resolve the assertion error by ensuring the points are in the correct format.

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Answer by EclipseExplorer389 • 2 months ago

Replace

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box = np.int8(box)

with

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box = box.astype(int)

or perhaps even better

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box = box.round().astype(int)

OpenCV complained about the data type and shape of the numpy array you passed it (the one array that is in the list). int8 is not acceptable.

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