Example of usage cv2.imread() in the darknet.py

build/darknet/x64/darknet.py

@@ -222,9 +222,11 @@ def detect(net, meta, image, thresh=.5, hier_thresh=.5, nms=.45, debug= False):
     """
     #pylint: disable= C0321
     im = load_image(image, 0, 0)
+    #import cv2
+    #custom_image = cv2.imread(image) # use: detect(,,imagePath,)
     #import scipy.misc
-    #sci_image = scipy.misc.imread(image)
+    #custom_image = scipy.misc.imread(image)
-    #im, arr = array_to_image(sci_image)		# you should comment line below: free_image(im)
+    #im, arr = array_to_image(custom_image)		# you should comment line below: free_image(im)
     if debug: print("Loaded image")
     num = c_int(0)
     if debug: print("Assigned num")

build/darknet/x64/darknet_python.cmd

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ rem download Python 2.7.14 from: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python
 rem C:\Python27\Scripts\pip install numpy
 rem C:\Python27\Scripts\pip install scikit-image
 rem C:\Python27\Scripts\pip install scipy
+rem C:\Python27\Scripts\pip install opencv-python
 
 C:\Python27\python.exe darknet.py
 
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ rem Python 3.6
 rem C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Scripts\pip install numpy
 rem C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Scripts\pip install scikit-image
 rem C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Scripts\pip install scipy
+rem C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Scripts\pip install opencv-python
 
 rem C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\python.exe darknet.py
 

darknet.py

@@ -222,9 +222,11 @@ def detect(net, meta, image, thresh=.5, hier_thresh=.5, nms=.45, debug= False):
     """
     #pylint: disable= C0321
     im = load_image(image, 0, 0)
+    #import cv2
+    #custom_image = cv2.imread(image) # use: detect(,,imagePath,)
     #import scipy.misc
-    #sci_image = scipy.misc.imread(image)
+    #custom_image = scipy.misc.imread(image)
-    #im, arr = array_to_image(sci_image)		# you should comment line below: free_image(im)
+    #im, arr = array_to_image(custom_image)		# you should comment line below: free_image(im)
     if debug: print("Loaded image")
     num = c_int(0)
     if debug: print("Assigned num")