Computer Vision
Computer Vision
Computer Vision
VISION
LECTURE 01
OUTLINE
• Vision, Visual System
• Color Vision, Computer Vision
• Image Processing Steps
• Applications
WHAT IS COMPUTER VISION
• Humans use their eyes and their brains to see and visually
sense the world around them.
• Computer vision is the science that aims to give a similar, if not
better, capability to a machine or computer.
• Computer vision is concerned with the automatic extraction,
analysis and understanding of useful information from a single
image or a sequence of images.
• It involves the development of a theoretical and algorithmic
basis to achieve automatic visual understanding.
VISION
• Vision : state of being able to see
• Vision is the process of discovering,
• What is present in the world
• and
• where it is.
• Chromatic light
• Chromatic light spans the electromagnetic energy
spectrum from approximately 0.43 to 0.79 .m
CHROMATIC LIGHT
Three basic quantities are used to describe the qulity of a
chromatic light source:
1. Radiance
2. Luminance
3. Brightness
Radiance: The total amount of energy that flows from the light
source, and it is usually measured in watts (W)
Luminance: Measured in lumens (lm), gives a measure of the
amount of energy an observer perceives from a light source.
Brightness: brightness is a subjective descriptor of light
perception that practically impossible to measure.
One of the key factors in describing color sensation.
EXAMPLE
Light emitted from a source operating in the far infrared region of
the spectrum could have significant energy (radiance), but an
observer would hardly perceive it; its luminance would be almost
zero.
ELECTROMAGNETIC
SPECTRUM
Electromagnetic spectrum: Band of radiations
Radiation: energy that travels and spreads out as it goes.
Light: light is the electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of
the electromagnetic spectrum.