11.1. Overview
The Open Source Computer Vision Library (OpenCV for short [1, 14] is a collection of C and C++ source code and executables that span a wide range of computer vision algorithms. The code is optimized and intended for real-time vision applications. Popular application areas supported by OpenCV algorithms in decreasing order of coverage are human-computer interaction; video security; robotics and image retrieval; and factory inspection/machine vision. Look for a full handbook on OpenCV due from Springer in 2004 [12]. OpenCV supports Windows and Linux, but the code is well behaved and has been ported to many other platforms. Tested compilers include Intel's compiler version 6.0 or higher, MSVC++ 6.0 or higher, Borland C++ 5.5 or higher, ...
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