2. • Image Understanding
• Appeared in 1960s
• A sensor modality for robotics
• Computer emulation of human vision
• Inverse of Computer Graphics
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3. Goal of computer vision is to write computer programs that
can interpret images.
The image data can take many forms, such as a video
sequence, depth images, views from multiple cameras, or
multi-dimensional data from a medical scanner
10. Identifying characters in images of printed or handwritten
text, usually with a view to encoding the text in a format
more amenable to editing or indexing
(eg. ASCII)
18. Simpler and faster processes – fast computers replace
lengthy visual checks
Reliability – cameras and computers, as opposed to a
human eye, never get tired. The human factor is
eliminated.
Accuracy – your final products will be, thanks to
computer vision, flawless
A wide range of use – ranging from banks to medical
care
Cost reduction – you save time on people and devices,
faulty products are eliminated
19. The field of computer vision has vastly
improved since it began in the 1960s.
Computers can now quickly and accurately
recognize thousands of faces, as well as a
growing number of other objects. Although
computer vision currently lacks the subtlety,
versatility, and general capabilities of human
vision, the gap is steadily closing.