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Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1 What is computer vision? ............................ 3
1.2 A brief history .................................. 10
1.3 Book overview ................................. 17
1.4 Sample syllabus ................................. 23
1.5 A note on notation ............................... 25
1.6 Additional reading ............................... 25
Figure 1.1 The human visual system has no problem interpreting the subtle variations in translucency and shad-
ing in this photograph and correctly segmenting the object from its background.
R. Szeliski, Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications, Texts in Computer Science, 1
DOI 10.1007/978-1-84882-935-0_1, © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011
