C++ Image analyzing + pressing buttons

Question

I have an idea to make a program that would analyze a running program, make a decision and push one of three buttons in that program.

I want to ask:

A) How should image analyzing work?

My idea is to take a screenshot of a window, find out where that program is ( How? ) and find out what cards do i have (Poker app) ( How? )

B) How another program can press buttons in specific area of the screen?

( I'm pretty new, so i want to learn by doing )

Thanks for any ideas or help!

I just don't know where to start after i take a screenshot. ( Got a JPG, but as i'm reading on stackoverflow bmps are better for image analyzing )

And yeah, i want to make a poker bot, odd counter and who knows what comes next to my mind. Not making it for cheating, i mean, i love poker, i don't want to cheat, i play it on my own without any bots, i just like to know how stuff works and now i want to try and make one on my own. Thanks!

I did not understand this, `My idea is to take a screenshot of a window, find out where that program is ` — Suvarna Pattayil, Mar 28 '13 at 10:09
Sorry, but if you read the FAQ before posting you would have realised that this is not a suitable question to ask here. — Roger Rowland, Mar 28 '13 at 10:14
You can take a look at this project: http://www.sikuli.org/ and see how they do. — Archie, Mar 28 '13 at 10:16

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 28 '13 at 10:16

You are definitely looking to develop a computer vision application. I would recommend that you read first a bit about it and then start developing easier applications with OpenCV, the most used library to solve computer vision problems. In the webpage you can find many examples that may help you in developing your final application. Good luck!

C++ Image analyzing + pressing buttons

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