[Image-SIG] "classical" image processing

[Paul Brian]

Thank you.

Both look interesting.

yours
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paul brian
shiningrose.co.uk
07796 375 120
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Grosskurth" <alan.grosskurth at utoronto.ca>
To: <image-sig at python.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Image-SIG] "classical" image processing


> On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 04:23:08PM +0100, Paul Brian wrote:
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction for more information on
analysing
> > an image for the existence or non existence of objects in the image -
such
> > as blocks on a table or cars in a car park.  I understand this is mostly
> > about edge analysis.
>
> I think what you are talking about falls more under the field of
> "computer vision" or "image understanding". I quick google search will
> yield quite a bit of information. There are also many textbooks
> written on the subject.
>
> As far as libraries go, I have not seen much in the way of computer
> vision for Python. The two libraries that I do know about are both
> written in C++:
>
>    Intel's Open Source Computer Vision Library
>    http://www.intel.com/research/mrl/research/opencv/
>
>    LTI-Lib
>    http://ltilib.sourceforge.net/
>
> > I am afraid this has cropped up recently and I am just interested in how
> > difficult it really is.
>
> I think this all depends on how much prior knowledge you have about
> the structure of the image, and the shapes of the things you are
> looking for.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Alan
>
>