Machine vision in Python

Question

I would like to perform a few basic machine vision tasks using Python and I\'d like to know where I could find tutorials to help me get started.

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Answer 1

Foreword: This book is more for people who want a good hands on introduction into computer or machine vision, even though it covers what the original question asked.

[BOOK]: Programming Computer Vision with Python

At the moment you can download the final draft from the book's website for free as pdf:

http://programmingcomputervision.com/

From the introduction:

The idea behind this book is to give an easily accessible entry point to hands-on computer vision with enough understanding of the underlying theory and algorithms to be a foundation for students, researchers and enthusiasts.

What you need to know

• Basic programming experience. You need to know how to use an editor and run scripts, how to structure code as well as basic data types. Familiarity with Python or other scripting style languages like Ruby or Matlab will help.
• Basic mathematics. To make full use of the examples it helps if you know about matrices, vectors, matrix multiplication, the standard mathematical functions and concepts like derivatives and gradients. Some of the more advanced mathe- matical examples can be easily skipped.

What you will learn

• Hands-on programming with images using Python.
• Computer vision techniques behind a wide variety of real-world applications.
• Many of the fundamental algorithms and how to implement and apply them your- self.