Today, images and video are everywhere. Online photo-sharing sites and social networks
have them in the billions. Search engines will produce images of just about any
conceivable query. Practically all phones and computers come with built-in cameras.
It is not uncommon for people to have many gigabytes of photos and videos on their
devices.
Programming a computer and designing algorithms for understanding what is in these
images is the field of computer vision. Computer vision powers applications like image
search, robot navigation, medical image analysis, photo management, and many more.
The idea behind this book is to give an easily accessible entry point to hands-on
computer vision with enough understanding of the underlying theory and algorithms
to be a foundation for students, researchers, and enthusiasts. The Python programming
language, the language choice of this book, comes with many freely available, powerful
modules for handling images, mathematical computing, and data mining.
If you want a basic understanding of computer vision’s underlying theory and algorithms, this hands-on introduction is the ideal place to start. You’ll learn techniques for object recognition, 3D reconstruction, stereo imaging, augmented reality, and other computer vision applications as you follow clear examples written in Python.
Programming Computer Vision with Python explains computer vision in broad terms that won’t bog you down in theory. You get complete code samples with explanations on how to reproduce and build upon each example, along with exercises to help you apply what you’ve learned. This book is ideal for students, researchers, and enthusiasts with basic programming and standard mathematical skills.
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Learn techniques used in robot navigation, medical image analysis, and other computer vision applications
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Work with image mappings and transforms, such as texture warping and panorama creation
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Compute 3D reconstructions from several images of the same scene
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Organize images based on similarity or content, using clustering methods
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Build efficient image retrieval techniques to search for images based on visual content
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Use algorithms to classify image content and recognize objects
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Access the popular OpenCV library through a Python interface