A Practical Introduction to Computer Vision with OpenCV, Enhanced Edition (eBook)

Kenneth Dawson-Howe (Autor)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
240 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-84881-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Explains the theory behind basic computer vision and provides
a bridge from the theory to practical implementation using the
industry standard OpenCV libraries

Computer Vision is a rapidly expanding area and it is becoming
progressively easier for developers to make use of this field due
to the ready availability of high quality libraries (such as OpenCV
2). This text is intended to facilitate the practical use of
computer vision with the goal being to bridge the gap between the
theory and the practical implementation of computer vision. The
book will explain how to use the relevant OpenCV library routines
and will be accompanied by a full working program including the
code snippets from the text. This textbook is a heavily
illustrated, practical introduction to an exciting field, the
applications of which are becoming almost ubiquitous. We are
now surrounded by cameras, for example cameras on computers &
tablets/ cameras built into our mobile phones/ cameras
in games consoles; cameras imaging difficult modalities (such as
ultrasound, X-ray, MRI) in hospitals, and surveillance cameras.
This book is concerned with helping the next generation of computer
developers to make use of all these images in order to develop
systems which are more intuitive and interact with us in more
intelligent ways.

* Explains the theory behind basic computer vision and provides a
bridge from the theory to practical implementation using the
industry standard OpenCV libraries

* Offers an introduction to computer vision, with enough theory
to make clear how the various algorithms work but with an emphasis
on practical programming issues

* Provides enough material for a one semester course in computer
vision at senior undergraduate and Masters levels

* Includes the basics of cameras and images and image processing
to remove noise, before moving on to topics such as image
histogramming; binary imaging; video processing to detect and model
moving objects; geometric operations & camera models; edge
detection; features detection; recognition in images

* Contains a large number of vision application problems to
provide students with the opportunity to solve real problems.
Images or videos for these problems are provided in the resources
associated with this book which include an enhanced eBook

Autor

Kenneth Dawson-Howe, School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Dr. Dawson-Howe is a Lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Statistics and part of the Graphics, Vision and Visualisation (GV2) Research Group at Trinity College Dublin. He currently teaches the course Computer Vision/Vision Systems to final year undergraduate and Masters students. He has been teaching courses in the area of computer vision for over 20 years. He is co-author of the Dictionary of Computer Vision & Image Processing published by Wiley in 2005 (2nd Edition to publish December 2013).

Rezensionen

"Although there are many computer vision books on the
market that offer a more comprehensive approach to explaining the
computer vision concepts, extremely few offer such comprehensive
practical examples. In this context, the book would be very welcome
by beginner code developers." (Computing Reviews, 8
August 2014)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.4.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Schlagworte: Bild- u. Videoverarbeitung • computer vision • Electrical & Electronics Engineering • Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik • Image and Video Processing • Maschinelles Sehen
• ISBN-10: 1-118-84881-0 / 1118848810
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-84881-4 / 9781118848814