Book contents
- Vision
- The Darwin College Lectures
- Vision
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Evolution of Eyes
- 2 Visions
- 3 Colour and Vision
- 4 Science, Vision, Perspective
- 5 Vision of the Cosmos
- 6 Visions of a Digital Future
- 7 Computer Vision
- Index
- References
7 - Computer Vision
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 September 2021
- Vision
- The Darwin College Lectures
- Vision
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Evolution of Eyes
- 2 Visions
- 3 Colour and Vision
- 4 Science, Vision, Perspective
- 5 Vision of the Cosmos
- 6 Visions of a Digital Future
- 7 Computer Vision
- Index
- References
Summary
Can we trust the judgement of machines that see? Computer vision is being entrusted with ever more critical tasks: from access control by face recognition, to diagnosis of disease from medical scans and hand-eye coordination for surgical and nuclear decommissioning robots, and now to taking control of motor vehicles.
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- Vision , pp. 180 - 196Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021