Computer Vision
A field of AI enabling computers to interpret and understand visual information from images and video.
Also: CV
Definition
Computer vision is a field of artificial intelligence that enables computers to interpret and understand visual information from the world — such as images, video, and depth data. It involves tasks including image classification, object detection, image segmentation, facial recognition, pose estimation, and optical character recognition (OCR). Modern computer vision relies on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and transformers. Applications span self-driving cars, medical imaging, surveillance, augmented reality, and quality control.
Example
“A computer vision system on a manufacturing line inspects 500 circuit boards per minute, detecting defects smaller than 0.1mm with greater accuracy than human inspectors.”
Synonyms
- image recognition
- visual AI
- machine vision
- image understanding
Images
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Related Terms
- deep-learning
- cnn
- object-detection
- image-segmentation