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In order to access an external camera, you first need to install the OpenCV library and set up your development environment. Then, you can follow these steps to call the external camera:<\/p>\n

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  1. Import the OpenCV library.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    import<\/span> cv2\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      \n
    1. Create a VideoCapture object to connect to the camera.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0<\/span>)  # \u53c2\u65700\u8868\u793a\u8fde\u63a5\u7b2c\u4e00\u4e2a\u6444\u50cf\u5934<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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      1. Read each frame of the camera in a loop.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        while<\/span> True<\/span>:\r\n    ret, frame = cap.read()  # \u8bfb\u53d6\u4e00\u5e27\u56fe\u50cf<\/span>\r\n    cv2.imshow('Frame'<\/span>, frame)  # \u663e\u793a\u5f53\u524d\u5e27\u56fe\u50cf<\/span>\r\n\r\n    if<\/span> cv2.waitKey(1<\/span>) & 0xFF<\/span> == ord<\/span>('q'<\/span>):  # \u6309\u4e0b'q'\u952e\u9000\u51fa\u5faa\u73af<\/span>\r\n        break<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
          \n
        1. Release the camera resources and close the window.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          cap.release()\r\ncv2.destroyAllWindows()\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
          Complete code example:<\/p>\n
          import<\/span> cv2\r\n\r\ncap = cv2.VideoCapture(0<\/span>)\r\n\r\nwhile<\/span> True<\/span>:\r\n    ret, frame = cap.read()\r\n    cv2.imshow('Frame'<\/span>, frame)\r\n\r\n    if<\/span> cv2.waitKey(1<\/span>) & 0xFF<\/span> == ord<\/span>('q'<\/span>):\r\n        break<\/span>\r\n\r\ncap.release()\r\ncv2.destroyAllWindows()\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
          When the code is running, a window will open displaying the image captured by the camera. Pressing the ‘q’ key can exit the program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
          In order to access an external camera, you first need to install the OpenCV library and set up your development environment. 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