[IP3-2] Computer vision in EO

Image understanding is part of computer vision. Computer vision is an interdisciplinary field that deals with how computers can be made to gain high-level understanding from digital images or videos. From the perspective of engineering, it seeks to automate tasks that the human visual system can perform.

External resources

• Dana H. Ballard , Christopher M. Brown (1982). Computer Vision. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-165316-0.

Learning outcomes

• 2301 - Explain how computer vision imitates the human visual system when interpreting EO images

  Explain how computer vision imitates the human visual system when interpreting EO images

Self assessment

Outgoing relations

• [IP3-2] Computer vision in EO subclassof [IP3] Image understanding

Incoming relations

• [IP3-2-1] Artificial intelligence (AI) in EO subclassof [IP3-2] Computer vision in EO
• [IP3-2-2] Information theory subclassof [IP3-2] Computer vision in EO
• [IP3-2-3] Keypoint detection subclassof [IP3-2] Computer vision in EO