Computer Vision (CSE 576)

Today

What is computer vision?

What is computer vision?

Every picture tells a story

Can computers match (or beat) human vision?

Human perception has its shortcomings…

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Current state of the art

Earth viewers (3D modeling)

Photosynth

Optical character recognition (OCR)

Face detection

Smile detection?

Object recognition (in supermarkets)

Face recognition

Vision-based biometrics

Login without a password…

Object recognition (in mobile phones)

Special effects:  shape capture

Special effects:  motion capture

Sports

Smart cars

Vision-based interaction (and games)

Vision in space

Robotics

Medical imaging

Current state of the art

This course

Project 1:  features

Project 2:  panorama stitching

Project 3:  Face Recognition

Final Project

Grading

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