9/7/2001
CS 461, Copyright G.D. Hager
Some Terms
•Image processing:  the study of the properties of operators that produce images from other images
–we will touch on image filtering and related operators from image processing
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•Machine Vision: a somewhat outdated term which now tends to refer to industrial vision applications where (usually) a single camera is used to solve a structured inspection task
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–           (demonstration of NI Vision Builder example)
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•Pattern Recognition: typically refers to the recognition of structures in 2D images (usually without reference to any underlying 3D information).
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•Photogrammetry: the science of measurement though non-contact sensing, e.g. terrain maps from satellite images.  Usually is  more focussed on accuracy issues.