8 Computer Vision Basics

DOI: 10.1201/9781003348689-8

Learning Outcomes

After reading this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Understand the CV tasks such as pre-processing, feature extraction, and image classification.
  • Understand the basic concepts behind CV and image processing.
  • Identify the tools, techniques, and datasets used for image processing and CV applications.

8.1 Introduction

Computer vision is a technology solution that can assist computers in seeing and fully comprehending image content such as photographs and videos. It is primarily an unsolved problem due to a lack of understanding of physiological vision as well as the complexity of human vision in a dynamic and nearly infinitely different physical world. It is a broad field ...

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