OpenCV

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OpenCV is an open source computer vision library originally developed by Intel. The library is cross-platform, and runs on both Windows and Linux. It focuses mainly towards real-time image processing. The application areas include

• Human-Computer Interface (HCI)
• Object Identification
• Segmentation and Recognition
• Face Recognition
• Gesture Recognition
• Motion Tracking
• Ego-motion
• Motion Understanding
• Structure From Motion (SFM)
• Mobile Robotics

[edit] Successful applications

• OpenCV was of key use in the vision system of Stanley, the winning entry to the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge race.
• OpenCV is the key tool in the software Swistrack, a tracking tool for understanding self-organization in insects and swarm robotics

[edit] Windows prerequisites

The DirectShow SDK is required to build some camera input-related parts of OpenCV on Windows. This SDK is found in the Samples\Multimedia\DirectShow\BaseClasses subdirectory of the Microsoft Platform SDK, which must be built prior to the building of OpenCV.

[edit] External links

• OpenCV homepage
• OpenCV Documentation Wiki
• OpenCV SourceForge site
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