10 Feature Extraction and Image Processing
a computer vision viewpoint. For further details on pattern processing in human vision, see
Bruce (1990); for more illusions see Rosenfeld (1982). One text (Kaiser, 1999) is available
on line (http://www.yorku.ca/eye/thejoy.htm) which is extremely convenient.
Many of the properties of human vision are hard to include in a computer vision system,
but let us now look at the basic components that are used to make computers see.
1.4 Computer vision systems
Given the progress in computer technology, computer vision hardware is now relatively
inexpensive; a basic computer vision system requires a camera, a camera interface and a
computer. These days, some personal computers offer the capability for a basic vision ...