Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications

Аннотация

This book is suitable for teaching a senior level undergraduate course in computer vision to students in both computer science and electrical engineering. The book prefers students to have either an image processing or a computer graphics course as a prerequisite so that they can spend less time learning general background mathematics and more time studying computer vision techniques. The book is also suitable for teaching graduate level courses in computer vision (by delving into the more demanding application and algorithmic areas) and as a general reference to fundamental techniques and the recent research literature. The computer vision techniques were increasingly being used in computer graphics to create image based models of real world objects, to create visual effects, and to merge real world imagery using computational photography techniques. Our decision to focus on the applications of computer vision to fun problems such as image stitching and photo-based 3D modeling from personal photos seemed to resonate well with our students.