flow_utils.py

import numpy as np

TAG_CHAR = np.array([202021.25], np.float32)


def readFlow(fn):
    """ Read .flo file in Middlebury format"""
    # Code adapted from:
    # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28013200/reading-middlebury-flow-files-with-python-bytes-array-numpy

    # WARNING: this will work on little-endian architectures (eg Intel x86) only!
    # print 'fn = %s'%(fn)
    with open(fn, 'rb') as f:
        magic = np.fromfile(f, np.float32, count=1)
        if 202021.25 != magic:
            print('Magic number incorrect. Invalid .flo file')
            return None
        else:
            w = np.fromfile(f, np.int32, count=1)
            h = np.fromfile(f, np.int32, count=1)
            # print 'Reading %d x %d flo file\n' % (w, h)
            data = np.fromfile(f, np.float32, count=2 * int(w) * int(h))
            # Reshape data into 3D array (columns, rows, bands)
            # The reshape here is for visualization, the original code is (w,h,2)
            return np.resize(data, (int(h), int(w), 2))


def writeFlow(filename, uv, v=None):
    """ Write optical flow to file.

    If v is None, uv is assumed to contain both u and v channels,
    stacked in depth.
    Original code by Deqing Sun, adapted from Daniel Scharstein.
    """
    nBands = 2

    if v is None:
        assert (uv.ndim == 3)
        assert (uv.shape[2] == 2)
        u = uv[:, :, 0]
        v = uv[:, :, 1]
    else:
        u = uv

    assert (u.shape == v.shape)
    height, width = u.shape
    f = open(filename, 'wb')
    # write the header
    f.write(TAG_CHAR)
    np.array(width).astype(np.int32).tofile(f)
    np.array(height).astype(np.int32).tofile(f)
    # arrange into matrix form
    tmp = np.zeros((height, width * nBands))
    tmp[:, np.arange(width) * 2] = u
    tmp[:, np.arange(width) * 2 + 1] = v
    tmp.astype(np.float32).tofile(f)
    f.close()