This long anticipated book is the most complete treatment of modern computer vision methods by two of the leading authorities in the field. This accessible presentation gives both a general view of the entire computer vision enterprise and also offers sufficient detail for students to be able to build useful applications. Students will learn techniques that have proven to be useful by first-hand experience and a wide range of mathematical methods.

• Broad coverage—Coverage of a wide range of topics allows customization to fit instructor, student, and course needs.

  • Allows instructors to select the most relevant topics for their students and encourages students to enrich their coursework by reading information on other computer vision topics.

• Most comprehensive and up-to-date text on computer vision—Includes essential topics that either reflect practical significance or are of theoretical importance.

  • Provides students with the most coherent synthesis of current views and teaches them successful techniques for building applications.

• Depth of the material accessible to various levels of students—Topics are discussed in substantial and increasing depth.

  • While the first half of each chapter is accessible to undergraduates, a good grasp of each chapter provides students with a professional level of skill and knowledge.

• Application surveys—Describe numerous important application areas such as image based rendering and digital libraries.

  • Teaches students about practical use of techniques and helps them gain insight into the demands of applications.

• Many important algorithms broken down and illustrated in pseudo code.

  • Enables students to build working systems easily as they can understand the construction of the final application.

• Excellent pedagogy throughout the text—Includes numerous worked examples, 150 exercises, programming assignments, and extensive illustrations.

  • Provides students with ample opportunity to apply the concepts in the text.

I. IMAGE FORMATION AND IMAGE MODELS.

II. EARLY VISION: JUST ONE IMAGE.

III. EARLY VISION: MULTIPLE IMAGES.

IV. MID-LEVEL VISION.

V. HIGH-LEVEL VISION: GEOMETRIC MODELS.

VI. HIGH-LEVEL VISION: PROBABILISTIC AND INFERENTIAL METHODS.

VII. APPLICATIONS.

Computer Vision  (Computer Science)

David A. Forsyth received the D.Phil. degree in computer science from Oxford University. He is currently a Professor in the Computer Science Division at the University of California at Berkeley. He has co-authored over eighty technical papers on computer vision, computer graphics and machine learning and has co-edited two books.

Jean Ponce received the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Paris Orsay. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Professor Ponce has written over a hundred conference and journal papers and co-edited two books on a range of subjects including computer vision and robotics.

Computer Vision:
A Modern Approach

This extraordinary book gives a uniquely modern view of computer vision. Offering a general survey of the whole computer vision enterprise along with sufficient detail for readers to be able to build useful applications, this book is invaluable in providing a strategic overview of computer vision. With extensive use of probabalistic methods— topics have been selected for their importance, both practically and theoretically—the book gives the most coherent possible synthesis of current views, emphasizing techniques that have been successful in building applications. Readers engaged in computer graphics, robotics, image processing, and imaging in general will find this text an informative reference.

KEY FEATURES

• Application Surveys—Numerous examples, including Image Based Rendering and Digital Libraries
• Boxed Algorithms—Key algorithms broken out and illustrated in pseudo code
• Self-Contained—No need for other references
• Extensive, Detailed Illustrations—Examples of inputs and outputs for current methods
• Programming Assignments—50 programming assignments and 150 exercises

Instructor Resource CD (catalog download)
Forsyth & Ponce
©2003  |  Prentice Hall  |  On-line Supplement  |  Live
ISBN-10: 0130903779  |  ISBN-13: 9780130903778

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