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Introduction

Abstract

This is where we start, by looking at the human visual system to investigate what is meant by vision, how a computer can be made to sense pictorial data and how we can process an image. In this book , the processing languages are Python and Matlab and this Chapter includes an introduction to both systems. The overview of this chapter is shown in Table 1.1; you will find a similar overview at the start of each chapter. References/citations are collected at the end of each chapter.

Keywords

CCD; CMOS; Cones; Framestore; Human eye; Human vision system; Illusions; Journals; Lateral Geniculate Nucleus; Matlab; Neural processing; Pixel sensors; Python; Rods; Textbooks; Web links

1.1. Overview

This is where we ...

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