UnleashthepowerofcomputervisionwithPythonusingOpenCVAboutThisBookCreateimpressiveapplicationswithOpenCVandPythonFamiliarizeyourselfwithadvancedmachinelearningconceptsHarnessthepowerofcomputervisionwiththiseasy-to-followguideWhoThisBookIsForIntendedfornovicestotheworldofOpenCVandcomputervision,aswellasOpenCVveteransthatwanttolearnaboutwhat'snewinOpenCV3,thisbookisusefulasareferenceforexpertsandatrainingmanualforbeginners,orforanybodywhowantstofamiliarizethemselveswiththeconceptsofobjectclassificationanddetectioninsimpleandunderstandableterms.BasicknowledgeaboutPythonandprogrammingconceptsisrequired,althoughthebookhasaneasylearningcurvebothfromatheoreticalandcodingpointofview.WhatYouWillLearnInstallandfamiliarizeyourselfwithOpenCV3'sPythonAPIGraspthebasicsofimageprocessingandvideoanalysisIdentifyandrecognizeobjectsinimagesandvideosDetectandrecognizefacesusingOpenCVTrainanduseyourownobjectclassifiersLearnaboutmachinelearningconceptsinacomputervisioncontextWorkwithartificialneuralnetworksusingOpenCVDevelopyourowncomputervisionreal-lifeapplicationInDetailOpenCV3isastate-of-the-artcomputervisionlibrarythatallowsagreatvarietyofimageandvideoprocessingoperations.SomeofthemorespectacularandfuturisticfeaturessuchasfacerecognitionorobjecttrackingareeasilyachievablewithOpenCV3.Learningthebasicconceptsbehindcomputervisionalgorithms,models,andOpenCV'sAPIwillenablethedevelopmentofallsortsofreal-worldapplications,includingsecurityandsurveillance.Startingwithbasicimageprocessingoperations,thebookwilltakeyouthroughtoadvancedcomputervisionconcepts.Computervisionisarapidlyevolvingsciencewhoseapplicationsintherealworldareexploding,sothisbookwillappealtocomputervisionnovicesaswellas