OpenCV(Python)
Open Source Computer Vision, popularly known as OpenCV is an open-source library in python programming language commonly used for computer vision & machine learning problems. It is one of the most fascinating as well as useful library having numerous applications & features.
It is very popular library used for real-time detection, Image processing, Basic Resizing etc.
(All the information given is stated by assuming that user is working on Google Colab on which OpenCV comes pre-installed).
Features
- Open Source
- Capture Videos
- Read & write images
- Detecting Shapes
- Detecting custom objects in videos
etc…
Application
- Automated surveillance
- Image Stacking
- Color Detection
- Medical image Analysis
- Automated Attendance System
and many more…
Importing OpenCV
Input- import cv2
Now you have imported the library , GET! SET! DETECT!
Miscellaneous
Google Colab crashes if you try to display image using cv2.imshow()
instead import from google.colab.patches import cv2_imshow
and display using cv2_imshow(<image>)
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