Lecture1 - Introduction
Lecture1 - Introduction
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Introductions Introtocomputervision Courselogistics Questions
Introductions
ComputerVision
Makecomputersunderstandimagesand video.
What kind of scene? Where are the cars? How far is the building?
Visionisreallyhard
Visionisanamazingfeatofnatural intelligence
Visualcortexoccupiesabout50%ofMacaquebrain Morehumanbraindevotedtovisionthananythingelse
Is that a queen or a bishop?
Whycomputervisionmatters
Safety
Health
Security
Comfort
Fun
Access
Ridiculouslybriefhistoryofcomputervision
1966:Minsky assignscomputervision asanundergradsummerproject 1960s:interpretationofsynthetic worlds 1970s:someprogressoninterpreting selectedimages 1980s:ANNscomeandgo;shifttoward geometryandincreasedmathematical rigor 1990s:facerecognition;statistical analysisinvogue 2000s:broaderrecognition;large annotateddatasetsavailable;video processingstarts
Guzman 68
Ohta Kanade 78
Currentstateoftheart
Someexamplesofwhatcurrentvisionsystems cando
Earthviewers(3Dmodeling)
Photosynth.net
Based on Photo Tourism by Noah Snavely, Steve Seitz, and Rick Szeliski
3Dfrommultipleimages
3Dfromoneimage
Opticalcharacterrecognition(OCR)
Technology to convert scanned docs to text
If you have a scanner, it probably came with OCR software
Facedetection
Manynewdigitalcamerasnowdetectfaces
Canon,Sony,Fuji,
Smiledetection?
Objectrecognition(insupermarkets)
LaneHawk by EvolutionRobotics A smart camera is flush-mounted in the checkout lane, continuously watching for items. When an item is detected and recognized, the cashier verifies the quantity of items that were found under the basket, and continues to close the transaction. The item can remain under the basket, and with LaneHawk,you are assured to get paid for it
Visionbasedbiometrics
How the Afghan Girl was Identified by Her Iris Patterns Read the story wikipedia
Loginwithoutapassword
Objectrecognition(inmobilephones)
Thisisbecomingreal:
Point&Find,Nokia
Specialeffects:shapecapture
Specialeffects:motioncapture
Pirates of the Carribean, Industrial Light and Magic Click here for interactive demo
Sports
Smartcars
Mobileye
VisionsystemscurrentlyinhighendBMW,GM, Volvomodels By2010:70%ofcarmanufacturers.
Visionbasedinteraction(andgames)
Nintendo Wii has camera-based IR tracking built in. See Lees work at CMU on clever tricks on using it to create a multi-touch display!
Game turns moviegoers into Human Joysticks, CNET Camera tracking a crowd, based on this work.
Visioninspace
NASA'S Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this westward view from atop a low plateau where Spirit spent the closing months of 2007.
Industrialrobots
Mobilerobots
http://www.robocup.org/
Medicalimaging
3D imaging MRI, CT
Recentnews
Recentnews
Recentnews
Currentstateoftheart
Youjustsawexamplesofcurrentsystems.
Mostofthesearelessthan5yearsold
Thisisaveryactiveresearcharea,andrapidly changing
Manynewappsinthenext5years
Tolearnmoreaboutvisionapplicationsand companies
DavidLowemaintainsanexcellentoverviewof visioncompanies
http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/lowe/vision.html
Courselogistics
Webpage:
http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/homes/dhoiem/courses/vision_spring10/
Whattoexpectfromthiscourse
Broadcoverage(geometry,imageprocessing, recognition,multiview,video) Backgroundtodelvedeeperintoany computervisionrelatedtopic Practicalexperience
Questions