Calculating volume from a photo
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Hi! I want to ask is there a way to calculate the volume of wine inside the wine glass like in this photo? Or do I need more photos of this wine glass from different perspectives?
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Image Analyst
on 6 Oct 2014
We can't see your photo. But if you assume the glass is round, and if you've calibrated spatially, then you should be able to calculate approximate volume. You may need to throw in a small fudge factor to account for the refraction near the edges. To do that you could fill the glass with known volumes, then measure the area in pixels and calculate the volume. Prepare a function to transform the pixel volume into an actual volume in milliliters.
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Image Analyst
on 6 Oct 2014
If you put a ruler at the same plane as the glass, and assume the glass is round, and assume the vanishing point issue is minimal over the range of camera distances we're dealing with (from front to back of the glass), then you can get the width at each row and convert it to a volume of a disc with V = (lineSpacing)*pi*Diameter^2/4. Then do that for every line in the wine to get a rough volume. Of course if you have an angle view so that you're seeing the top surface of the glass, it gets a lot more complicated - not so straightforward as if you have a perfectly perpendicular viewpoint. That's why I said to calibrate by getting a transfer function of true volume vs. pixel area.
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