Ball Tracker using OpenCV, Python, Raspberry Pi 3
<p>I have tried to run this script on my Raspberry Pi however I keep encountering an attribute error.
<strong>Any help or indication as to what the problem might be would be much appreciated.</strong></p>

<h1>Here is the error:</h1>

<pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/pi/ball-tracking/ball_tracking.py", line 48, in &lt;module&gt;
    frame = imutils.resize(frame, width=600)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/imutils/convenience.py", line 45, in resize
    (h, w) = image.shape[:2]
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'shape'
</code></pre>

<h1>Here is my code:</h1>

<pre><code># python ball_tracking.py --video ball_tracking_example.mp4
# python ball_tracking.py

# import the necessary packages
from collections import deque
import numpy as np
import argparse
import imutils
import cv2

# construct the argument parse and parse the arguments
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
ap.add_argument("-v", "--video",
    help="path to the (optional) video file")
ap.add_argument("-b", "--buffer", type=int, default=64,
    help="max buffer size")
args = vars(ap.parse_args())

# define the lower and upper boundaries of the "green"
# ball in the HSV color space, then initialize the
# list of tracked points
greenLower = (29, 86, 6)
greenUpper = (64, 255, 255)
pts = deque(maxlen=args["buffer"])

# if a video path was not supplied, grab the reference
# to the webcam
if not args.get("video", False):
    camera = cv2.VideoCapture(0)

# otherwise, grab a reference to the video file
else:
    camera = cv2.VideoCapture(args["video"])

# keep looping
while True:
    # grab the current frame
    (grabbed, frame) = camera.read()

    # if we are viewing a video and we did not grab a frame,
    # then we have reached the end of the video
    if args.get("video") and not grabbed:
        break

    # resize the frame, blur it, and convert it to the HSV
    # color space
    frame = imutils.resize(frame, width=600)
    # blurred = cv2.GaussianBlur(frame, (11, 11), 0)
    hsv = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)

    # construct a mask for the color "green", then perform
    # a series of dilations and erosions to remove any small
    # blobs left in the mask
    mask = cv2.inRange(hsv, greenLower, greenUpper)
    mask = cv2.erode(mask, None, iterations=2)
    mask = cv2.dilate(mask, None, iterations=2)

    # find contours in the mask and initialize the current
    # (x, y) center of the ball
    cnts = cv2.findContours(mask.copy(), cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL,
        cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)[-2]
    center = None

    # only proceed if at least one contour was found
    if len(cnts) &gt; 0:
        # find the largest contour in the mask, then use
        # it to compute the minimum enclosing circle and
        # centroid
        c = max(cnts, key=cv2.contourArea)
        ((x, y), radius) = cv2.minEnclosingCircle(c)
        M = cv2.moments(c)
        center = (int(M["m10"] / M["m00"]), int(M["m01"] / M["m00"]))

        # only proceed if the radius meets a minimum size
        if radius &gt; 10:
            # draw the circle and centroid on the frame,
            # then update the list of tracked points
            cv2.circle(frame, (int(x), int(y)), int(radius),
                (0, 255, 255), 2)
            cv2.circle(frame, center, 5, (0, 0, 255), -1)

    # update the points queue
    pts.appendleft(center)

    # loop over the set of tracked points
    for i in xrange(1, len(pts)):
        # if either of the tracked points are None, ignore
        # them
        if pts[i - 1] is None or pts[i] is None:
            continue

        # otherwise, compute the thickness of the line and
        # draw the connecting lines
        thickness = int(np.sqrt(args["buffer"] / float(i + 1)) * 2.5)
        cv2.line(frame, pts[i - 1], pts[i], (0, 0, 255), thickness)

    # show the frame to our screen
    cv2.imshow("Frame", frame)
    key = cv2.waitKey(1) &amp; 0xFF

    # if the 'q' key is pressed, stop the loop
    if key == ord("q"):
        break

# cleanup the camera and close any open windows
camera.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
</code></pre>

<p>It seems that <code>frame</code> was returned as <code>None</code> in this line as if you camera couldn't read an image:</p>

<pre><code>(grabbed, frame) = camera.read()
</code></pre>

<p>Then, when resizing a <code>None</code> object, the program blows up as we described in the error message <code>AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'shape'</code>:</p>

<pre><code>frame = imutils.resize(frame, width=600)
</code></pre>

<p>As discussed in <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21043394/opencvs-video-capture-not-returning-an-image">this thread</a>, some camera drivers may return <code>False, None</code> in the first frame. A possible workaround would be to verify whether <code>grabbed</code> is <code>False</code> and ignore this frame.</p>

<pre><code>while True:
    grabbed, frame = camera.read()

    if not grabbed:
        continue

    # the rest of the program
</code></pre>

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