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Real-Time Computer Vision with OpenCV.

The article focuses on computer vision, which is the modification, analysis, and high-level understanding of images. Topics include optical text-recognition systems, information retrieval through the use of quick response (QR) codes, and the use of computer vision in biometrics, video surveillance,...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 55; no. 6; pp. 61 - 70
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Jun2012
Subjects:
Computer vision
Image processing
Artificial intelligence
Pattern recognition systems
Imaging systems
Information processing
OpenCV (Computer program language)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article focuses on computer vision, which is the modification, analysis, and high-level understanding of images. Topics include optical text-recognition systems, information retrieval through the use of quick response (QR) codes, and the use of computer vision in biometrics, video surveillance, and augmented reality gaming. Information is provided on heterogeneous parallel computing, graphics processing units (GPUs), and the computer vision library Open CV. The article discusses the performance of the OpenCV GPU model.