Mastering OpenCV 4 with Python

OpenCVisconsideredtobeoneofthebestopensourcecomputervisionandmachinelearningsoftwarelibraries.Ithelpsdevelopersbuildcompleteprojectsinrelationtoimageprocessing,motiondetection,orimagesegmentation,amongmanyothers.OpenCVforPythonenablesyoutoruncomputervisionalgorithmssmoothlyinrealtime,combiningthebestoftheOpenCVC++APIandthePythonlanguage.Inthisbook,you'llgetstartedbysettingupOpenCVanddelvingintothekeyconceptsofcomputervision.You'llthenproceedtostudymoreadvancedconceptsanddiscoverthefullpotentialofOpenCV.ThebookwillalsointroduceyoutothecreationofadvancedapplicationsusingPythonandOpenCV,enablingyoutodevelopapplicationsthatincludefacialrecognition,targettracking,oraugmentedreality.Next,you'lllearnmachinelearningtechniquesandconcepts,understandhowtoapplytheminreal-worldexamples,andalsoexploretheirbenefits,includingreal-timedataproductionandfasterdataprocessing.You'llalsodiscoverhowtotranslatethefunctionalityprovidedbyOpenCVintooptimizedapplicationcodeprojectsusingPythonbindings.Towardtheconcludingchapters,you'llexploretheapplicationofartificialintelligenceanddeeplearningtechniquesusingthepopularPythonlibrariesTensorFlow,andKeras.Bytheendofthisbook,you'llbeabletodevelopadvancedcomputervisionapplicationstomeetyourcustomers'demands.