Publisher's Synopsis
Machine vision is a multi-disciplinary subject, utilizing techniques drawn from optics, electronics, mechanical engineering, computer science and artificial intelligence. This book provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of machine vision for students.;Emphasis is laid on providing the reader with a solid grounding in the basic tools for image acquisition, processing and analysis.;The text addresses the application areas of automated visual inspection of robot vision; introduces robot programming together with an explanation of the mechanisms by which robot vision modules interact with the programming language; recognizes that machine vision is presently undergoing a maturing process, with sophisticated techniques drawn from current research being increasingly exploited in industrial systems; features a chapter on the research-oriented topics of 3-D image understanding and early visual processing (steropsis and visual motion).
