opencv-maze-solver/ALGORITHM.md

# Algorithm Explanation

- Step 001: Load the image

    <img src="debug-steps/001_Image_w500.png" alt="step 1 - image" width="500">

- Step 002: Normalize the image

    <img src="debug-steps/002_Normalized_w500.png" alt="step 2 - normalized" width="500">

- Step 003: Erode the image

    <img src="debug-steps/003_Eroded_w500.png" alt="step 3 - eroded" width="500">

- Step 004: Threshold the image

    <img src="debug-steps/004_Threshold_w500.png" alt="step 4 - threshold" width="500">

- Step 005: Dilate the image

    <img src="debug-steps/005_Dilated_w500.png" alt="step 5 - dilated" width="500">

- Step 006: Crop the image

    <img src="debug-steps/006_Cropped_w500.png" alt="step 6 - cropped" width="500">

- Step 007: Show the maze with start and end points

    <img src="debug-steps/007_Maze_w500.png" alt="step 7 - maze" width="500">

- Step 008: Create the maze bitmap

    <img src="debug-steps/008_Maze Bitmap_w500.png" alt="step 8 - maze bitmap" width="500">

- Step 009: Find the maze path

    <img src="debug-steps/009_Maze Path_w500.png" alt="step 9 - maze path" width="500">

- Step 010: Show the solution

    <img src="debug-steps/010_Solution_w500.png" alt="step 10 - solution" width="500">