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Raspberry Pi Computer Vision Programming

Raspberry Pi Computer Vision Programming

By : Ashwin Pajankar
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Raspberry Pi Computer Vision Programming

Raspberry Pi Computer Vision Programming

3.8 (4)
By: Ashwin Pajankar

Overview of this book

Raspberry Pi is one of the popular single-board computers of our generation. All the major image processing and computer vision algorithms and operations can be implemented easily with OpenCV on Raspberry Pi. This updated second edition is packed with cutting-edge examples and new topics, and covers the latest versions of key technologies such as Python 3, Raspberry Pi, and OpenCV. This book will equip you with the skills required to successfully design and implement your own OpenCV, Raspberry Pi, and Python-based computer vision projects. At the start, you'll learn the basics of Python 3, and the fundamentals of single-board computers and NumPy. Next, you'll discover how to install OpenCV 4 for Python 3 on Raspberry Pi, before covering major techniques and algorithms in image processing, manipulation, and computer vision. By working through the steps in each chapter, you'll understand essential OpenCV features. Later sections will take you through creating graphical user interface (GUI) apps with GPIO and OpenCV. You'll also learn to use the new computer vision library, Mahotas, to perform various image processing operations. Finally, you'll explore the Jupyter Notebook and how to set up a Windows computer and Ubuntu for computer vision. By the end of this book, you'll be able to confidently build and deploy computer vision apps.
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The Pi camera module

A webcam uses a USB port for interfacing with a computer. That is why we can use it with any computer that has a USB port. The Pi camera modules (also known as Pi camera boards) are sensors that are specifically manufactured for RPi boards. The Raspberry Pi Foundation and many other third-party manufacturers produce them. Basically, they are PCBs with a specialized image sensor on them (that is why they are known as Pi camera boards).

The Pi camera board does not have a USB port. It connects to Raspberry Pi through a Camera Serial Interface (CSI) interface strip. Because of the dedicated connection that uses CSI, the performance of a Pi camera board is much better than a USB webcam. We can use Python 3 with a Pi camera module connected to the RPi to capture videos and still images programmatically. It is not possible to use the Pi camera board with any computer other than a Raspberry Pi (and a select few single-board computers that support connectivity with...

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