Choose Function to Visualize Detected Objects

R2026b

Computer Vision Toolbox™ offers several functions to visualize detected objects by inserting or overlaying shapes on image, video, and point cloud data.

The insert-related functions draw shapes and text by fusing them with image and video data. The showShape function uses MATLAB^® graphics to overlay shapes and text on top of image, video, and point cloud data and is rendered in a MATLAB axes.

This table compares the visualization functions on the basis of their support for image, video, and point cloud data.

Function	Images	Video	Point Clouds	Code Generation	Example
insertShape	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Insert Shapes on Image
insertText	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Insert Text on Image
insertObjectAnnotation	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Annotate an Image
insertMarker	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Insert Markers on Image
insertObjectMask	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Insert Multicolor Masks on Image
insertObjectKeypoints	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Insert Object Keypoints and Connections
showShape	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Show Cuboid on Detected Object in Point Cloud
plot (Point Cloud Toolbox) object function of the cylinderModel (Point Cloud Toolbox)	No	No	Yes	No	Fit Cylinder Shape on Point Cloud (Point Cloud Toolbox)
plot (Point Cloud Toolbox) object function of the sphereModel (Point Cloud Toolbox)	No	No	Yes	No	Detect Sphere in Point Cloud (Point Cloud Toolbox)
plot (Point Cloud Toolbox) object function of the planeModel (Point Cloud Toolbox)	No	No	Yes	No	Fit Plane Shape on Point Cloud (Point Cloud Toolbox)
plot (Point Cloud Toolbox) object function of the cuboidModel (Point Cloud Toolbox) object.	No	No	Yes	No	Fit Cuboid over Point Cloud Data (Point Cloud Toolbox)