Mobile computer-vision technology will soon become as ubiquitous as touch interfaces.

摘要

Kari Pulli, NVIDIA Research Anatoly Baksheev, Itseez Kirill Kornyakov, Itseez Victor Eruhimov, Itseez Computer vision is a rapidly growing field devoted to analyzing, modifying, and high-level understanding of images. Its objective is to determine what is happening in front of a camera and use that understanding to control a computer or robotic system, or to provide people with new images that are more informative or esthetically pleasing than the original camera images. Application areas for computer-vision technology include video surveillance, biometrics, automotive, photography, movie production, Web search, medicine, augmented reality gaming, new user interfaces, and many more. Modern cameras are able to focus automatically on people’s faces and trigger the shutter when they smile. Optical text-recognition systems help transform scanned documents into text that can be analyzed or read aloud by a voice synthesizer. Cars may include automated driver-assistance systems that help users park or warn them about potentially dangerous situations. Intelligent video surveillance plays an increasingly important role in monitoring the security of public areas.