Opencv Computer Vision Application Programming Cookbook (2nd Edition)

OpenCV 3 Computer Vision Application Programming Cookbook is written in a style aimed to benefit both the novice as well as professional software developers. This book is packed with illustrations and working examples applied on real images. The Cookbook structure ensures streamlined and to-the-point content.

OpenCV 3 Computer Vision Application Programming Cookbook is appropriate for novice C++ programmers who want to learn how to use the OpenCV library to build computer vision applications. It is also suitable for professional software developers wishing to be introduced to the concepts of computer vision programming. It can also be used as a companion book in a university-level computer vision courses. It constitutes an excellent reference for graduate students and researchers in image processing and computer vision.

Robert Laganiere

Robert Laganiere is a professor at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is also a faculty member of the VIVA research lab and is the co-author of several scientific publications and patents in content-based video analysis, visual surveillance, object recognition, and 3D reconstruction. Robert authored OpenCV2 Computer Vision Application Programming Cookbook, Packt Publishing, in 2011 and co-authored Object Oriented Software Development, McGraw Hill, in 2001. He co-founded Visual Cortek in 2006, an Ottawa-based video analytics startup that was later acquired by iWatchLife (www.iwatchlife.com) in 2009, where he also assumes the role of Chief Scientist. Since 2011, he is also Chief Scientist at Cognivue Corp, which is a leader in embedded vision solutions. He has a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal (1987) and MSc and PhD degrees from INRS-Telecommunications, Montreal (1996). You can visit his website at www.laganiere.name.