So I am trying to create a Python Program to detect similar details in two images using Python's OpenCV. I have the two images and they are in my current directory, and they exist (see the code in lines 6-17). But I am getting the following error when I try running it.

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import cv2
import ospath1 = "WIN_20171207_13_51_33_Pro.jpg"
path2 = "WIN_20171207_13_51_43_Pro.jpg"if os.path.isfile(path1):img1 = cv2.imread('WIN_20171207_13_51_33_Pro.jpeg',0)
else:print ("The file " + path1 + " does not exist.")if os.path.isfile(path2):img2 = cv2.imread('WIN_20171207_13_51_43_Pro.jpeg',0)
else:print ("The file " + path2 + " does not exist.")orb = cv2.ORB_create()kpl1, des1 = orb.detectAndCompute(img1,None)
kpl2, des2 = orb.detectAndCompute(img2,None)bf = cv2.BFMatcher(cv2.NORM_HAMMING, crossCheck=True)matches = bf.match(des1, des2)
matches = sorted(matches, key=lambda x:x.distance)img3 = cv2.drawMatches(img1,kpl1,img2,kpl2,matches[:10],None, flags=2)plt.imshow (img3)
plt.show()

Here is the error I keep on getting...

Traceback (most recent call last):File "C:\Users\jweir\source\repos\BruteForceFeatureDetection\BruteForceFeatureDetection\BruteForceFeatureDetection.py", line 31, in <module>plt.imshow (img3)File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\pyplot.py", line 3080, in imshow**kwargs)File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\__init__.py", line 1710, in innerreturn func(ax, *args, **kwargs)File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\axes\_axes.py", line 5194, in imshowim.set_data(X)File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\image.py", line 600, in set_dataraise TypeError("Image data cannot be converted to float")
TypeError: Image data cannot be converted to float

Can someone please explpain to me why I am getting this error, what it means, and how to fix it.

You're not actually reading in an image.

Check out what happens if you try to display None in matplotlib:

plt.imshow(None)

Traceback (most recent call last):  File ".../example.py", line 16, in <module>  plt.imshow(None)  File ".../matplotlib/pyplot.py", line 3157, in imshow  **kwargs)  File ".../matplotlib/__init__.py", line 1898, in inner  return func(ax, *args, **kwargs)  File ".../matplotlib/axes/_axes.py", line 5124, in imshow  im.set_data(X)  File ".../matplotlib/image.py", line 596, in set_data  raise TypeError("Image data can not convert to float")  TypeError: Image data can not convert to float  

You're reading WIN_20171207_13_51_33_Pro.jpeg but you're checking if WIN_20171207_13_51_33_Pro.jpg exists. Note the different extensions. Why do you have the filename written twice (and differently)? Just simply write:

if os.path.isfile(path1):img1 = cv2.imread(path1, 0)
else:print ("The file " + path1 + " does not exist.")

Note that even if you put a bogus file into cv2.imread(), the resulting image will just be None, which doesn't error in any of the subsequent function calls until matplotlib tries to draw it. If you print(img1) after reading, you'll see it's None and not reading properly.