Why is the CvBlobDetector in openCV in the legacy lib? - opencv

Question

Is there a newer blob detection/tracking library?
Is it not a good library?
Isn't legacy supposed to be old and not useful code?
Does anybody know?

Answer 1

Here is newer blob detector:
http://opencv.itseez.com/modules/features2d/doc/common_interfaces_of_feature_detectors.html#SimpleBlobDetector

Answer 2

Here is my code which i used to track the blob in Emgucv 3.1 Version
//MCvFont font = new MCvFont(Emgu.CV.CvEnum.FontFace.HersheySimplex, 0.5, 0.5);
using (CvTracks tracks = new CvTracks())
using (ImageViewer viewer = new ImageViewer())
using (Capture capture = new Capture())
using (Mat fgMask = new Mat())
{
//BGStatModel<Bgr> bgModel = new BGStatModel<Bgr>(capture.QueryFrame(), Emgu.CV.CvEnum.BG_STAT_TYPE.GAUSSIAN_BG_MODEL);
BackgroundSubtractorMOG2 bgModel = new BackgroundSubtractorMOG2(0, 0, true);
//BackgroundSubstractorMOG bgModel = new BackgroundSubstractorMOG(0, 0, 0, 0);
capture.ImageGrabbed += delegate(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Mat frame = new Mat();
capture.Retrieve(frame);
bgModel.Apply(frame, fgMask);
using (CvBlobDetector detector = new CvBlobDetector())
using (CvBlobs blobs = new CvBlobs())
{
detector.Detect(fgMask.ToImage<Gray, Byte>(), blobs);
blobs.FilterByArea(100, int.MaxValue);
tracks.Update(blobs, 20.0, 10, 0);
Image<Bgr, Byte> result = new Image<Bgr, byte>(frame.Size);
using (Image<Gray, Byte> blobMask = detector.DrawBlobsMask(blobs))
{
frame.CopyTo(result, blobMask);
}
//CvInvoke.cvCopy(frame, result, blobMask);
foreach (KeyValuePair<uint, CvTrack> pair in tracks)
{
if (pair.Value.Inactive == 0) //only draw the active tracks.
{
CvBlob b = blobs[pair.Value.BlobLabel];
Bgr color = detector.MeanColor(b, frame.ToImage<Bgr, Byte>());
result.Draw(pair.Key.ToString(), pair.Value.BoundingBox.Location, Emgu.CV.CvEnum.FontFace.HersheySimplex, 0.5, color);
result.Draw(pair.Value.BoundingBox, color, 2);
Point[] contour = b.GetContour();
result.Draw(contour, new Bgr(0, 0, 255), 1);
}
}
viewer.Image = frame.ToImage<Bgr, Byte>().ConcateVertical(fgMask.ToImage<Bgr, Byte>().ConcateHorizontal(result));
}
};
capture.Start();
viewer.ShowDialog();
}