"What does it mean, to see? The plain man?s answer (and Aristotle's, too) would be, to know what is where by looking."
"Vision is the process of discovering from images what is present in the world, and where it is."
"Video processing, a subfield of
engineering, refers
to digital manipulation of 2D images that are sequentially ordered in
time. Image sequences can be acquired by motion picture film and video cameras, or generated via computerized animation."
"The goal of computer vision, a subfield
of computer science, is for man-made machines to see and understand as
people do."
"Imaging, a subfield of engieering, is the
capture, transmission,
storage, manipulation, and reproduction of images, by electronic, chemical, physical, or optical means."
Computational Vision, a subfield of computer science, is
enabling computers (or machines) to
use visual information in a useful way (idealy similar to how people
do). People "vision" easily, but it
is a very
complex problem for a machine.
Machine vision is
applied
computer vision to
industry and manufacturing. Computer vision mainly focuses on
computer-based processing of images. Machine vision also uses
digital input/output devices and computer networks so to control
industrial or manufacturing equipment or product, e.g., a robot or
visual inspection of items.
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