September 2008
Beginner to intermediate
580 pages
20h 7m
English
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More OpenCV Documentation
The primary documentation for OpenCV is the HTML documentation that ships with the source code. In addition to this, the OpenCV Wiki and the older HTML documentation are available on the Web.
Documentation Available in HTML
OpenCV ships with html-based user documentation in the …/opencv/docs subdirectory. Load the index.htm file, which contains the following links.
- CXCORE
Contains data structures, matrix algebra, data transforms, object persistence, memory management, error handling, and dynamic loading of code as well as drawing, text and basic math.
- CV
Contains image processing, image structure analysis, motion and tracking, pattern recognition, and camera calibration.
- Machine Learning (ML)
Contains many clustering, classification and data analysis functions.
- HighGUI
Contains user interface GUI and image/video storage and recall.
- CVCAM
Camera interface.
- Haartraining
How to train the boosted cascade object detector. This is in the …/opencv/apps/HaarTraining/doc/haartraining.htm file.
The …/opencv/docs directory also contains IPLMAN.pdf, which was the original manual for OpenCV. It is now defunct and should be used with caution, but it does include detailed descriptions of algorithms and of what image types may be used with a particular algorithm. Of course, the first stop for such image and algorithm details is the book you are reading now.
Documentation via the Wiki
OpenCV's documentation Wiki is more up-to-date than the html pages that ship with OpenCV and ...
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