1. Computer Vision
Computer vision attempts to construct meaningful and explicit descriptions of the world depicted in an image
Using machines to Interpret!!!
Meaningful
Information
Image
Processing
Image IN
Image Out
Image IN
Computer
Vision
Information IN
Computer
Graphics
Image Out

2. What do you see?

5. Perception Eye Brain Scene Image Perception Image Acquisition
Image Interpretation
Eye
Computer
Scene
Image
Perception

6. Perspective

7. Perspective

8. Perspective

9. Shading

10. Shape from Shading

11. Shading

12. Shading

13. Stereo
How can we determine the 3D structure of the scene from which the image was derived?

14. Stereo

15. Visual Cues

16. Perception

17. What do you see? Why?

18. Texture

19. Texture

20. Absolute Size/Relative Size

21. Absolute Size/Relative Size

22. Absolute Size/Relative Size

23. Are the horses that small?

24. What do you see?
Why?
Knowledge plays an IMPORTANT role!

25. Perception

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