I'm pretty new to opencv. I snagged some code from the web and am doing template matching with saved images with no problem.

I can also take snapshots from the cam and save them, etc.

Where I run into issues is trying to combine the two. For this exercise I'm just trying to locate an icon on my phone. Although the code runs, I'm not getting the results I'm after. Here is my horrible attempt to make this happen. Where am I going wrong?

import cv2
import numpy as np

cam = cv2.VideoCapture('http://192.168.1.99/videostream.cgi?user=admin&pwd=snoozer')

cv2.namedWindow("test")

while True:
    ret, frame = cam.read()
    cv2.imshow("test", frame)
    if not ret:
        break
    k = cv2.waitKey(1)

    if k%6 == 27:
        # ESC pressed
        print("Escape hit, closing...")mport cv2

cam = cv2.VideoCapture('http://192.168.1.99/videostream.cgi?user=admin&pwd=snoozer')

cv2.namedWindow("test")

while True:
    ret, frame = cam.read()
    cv2.imshow("test", frame)
    elif k%6 == 32:
        # SPACE pressed
    image = cam.read()
        gray_frame = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
    template = cv2.imread('newopencvicon.png',0)
    w, h = template.shape[::-1]
    res = cv2.matchTemplate(gray_frame, template, cv2.TM_CCOEFF_NORMED)
    threshold = .7
    loc = np.where(res >= threshold)

    cv2.startWindowThread()
    for pt in zip(*loc[::-1]):

        ctrpntx = pt[0]   w/2
        ctrpnty = pt[1]   h/2
        cv2.circle(image, (int(ctrpntx),int(ctrpnty)), int(w/2), (255,0,255), 5)

    cv2.namedWindow("Found It!")
    cv2.imshow('Found It!', frame)
    cv2.imwrite('result.png',frame)

    cv2.waitKey(0)
    if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
        cv2.destroyAllWindows()
        sys.exit()
cam.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

I'm sure there's a LOT wrong here and probably some unnecessary things, but this is a First Pancake and a learning exercise for me.