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With a simplewebcam, the opportunities to utilize the library are nearly endless.Personally, I used this book as a reference while designing anAutomated Weapon Turret (sentry gun).The book covers the basics of OpenCV from grabbing a frame from avideo or webcam to complex image processing tasks like stereo vision,motion tracking, and machine learning. The OpenCV library provides an amazing opportunity to those interestedin computer vision to begin exploring the field. While not a necessary tool forusing the OpenCV library, it is definitely a very useful and highlyrecommended introduction and reference. Because the library isconstantly expanding and being rewritten, not all of the informationin the book is up to date, but it certainly helps to establish abackground on how to use the library. The only problem withOpenCV is that it is considerably lacking in straightforward,easy-to-use documentation. Luckily, that's where this book comes in.The rapidly expanding OpenCV library is explained in detail throughoutthis book and those that read it gain a vast understanding of themethods and classes provided through the library.
The source code is available, if you can find it, which makes things even more easy to implement and test.I would heartily recommend this book, if you are interested in jumping into OpenCV. This is a great book if you are either just getting started with OpenCV, or want to learn some the theory behind some of the algorithms. It is a very practical and well written book with plenty of samples.
Thanks so much. The book arrived really fast and in a very good condition.
The former because OpenCV is written in C and the later because computer vision processing is math intensive and while OpenCV has man routines to handle the details you still need an understanding of the basic math involve to properly utilize them. The authors make it clear that they intend this text to be used to teach/learn about using OpenCV and do a great job of covering the basics before moving on to more advanced topics.Be aware you will need to be knowledgeable about the C language and need a decent math background. Although I'm new to OpenCV and am only a few chapters into the book I already can tell that Using OpenCV is very well written and makes a fantastic source of information for the OpenCV project. Details are given as well as sample code that clearly explain the nuances of using this library.
However, don't expect be surprised by the contents of the book. This book reflects essentially what are in the several web sites, including OpenCv documentation. If you want a hardcopy of online documentation (as I wanted), then that's a nice option.
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