Computer Vision with Maker Tech: Detecting People With a Raspberry Pi, a Thermal Camera, and Machine Learning

© Fabio Manganiello 2021

F. ManganielloComputer Vision with Maker Techhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6821-6_1

1. Introduction to Machine Learning

Fabio Manganiello¹  

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Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

Machine learning is defined as the set of techniques to perform through a machine a task it wasn’t explicitly programmed for. It is sometimes seen as a subset of dynamic programming. If you have some prior experience with traditional programming, you’ll know that building a piece of software involves explicitly providing a machine with an unambiguous set of instructions to be executed sequentially or in parallel in order to perform a certain task. This works quite well if the purpose of your software is to calculate the commission on a purchase, or ...