Introduction
Computer vision is one of the core areas of artificial intelligence (AI), and focuses on creating solutions that enable AI applications to process visual information.
Consider these scenarios:
- An autonomous vehicle needs to detect and respond to traffic and pedestrians.
- A store uses smart checkouts with cameras to determine the products in a customer's basket.
- A doorbell camera is used to detect people at your front door.
These use cases, and many others, rely on computer vision.
Of course, computers don't have biological eyes that work the way ours do, but they're capable of processing images; either from a live camera feed or from digital photographs or videos. This ability to process images is the key to creating software that can emulate human visual perception. In this module, we'll examine the building blocks that underlie modern computer vision solutions.
Note
We recognize that different people like to learn in different ways. You can choose to complete this module in video-based format or you can read the content as text and images. The text contains greater detail than the videos, so in some cases you might want to refer to it as supplemental material to the video presentation.