What Is OpenCV?
OpenCV [OpenCV] is an open source (see http://opensource.org) computer vision library available from
http://SourceForge.net/projects/opencvlibrary. Th e library is written in C and C++ and runs under Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. Th ere is active development on interfaces for Python, Ruby, Matlab, and other languages.
One of OpenCV’s goals is to provide a simple-to-use computer vision infrastructure that helps people build fairly sophisticated vision applications quickly. Th e OpenCV library contains over 500 functions that span many areas in vision, including factory product inspection, medical imaging, security, user interface, camera calibration, stereo vision, and robotics. Because computer vision and machine learning oft en go hand-inhand, OpenCV also contains a full, general-purpose Machine Learning Library (MLL). Th is sublibrary is focused on statistical pattern recognition and clustering. Th e MLL is highly useful for the vision tasks that are at the core of OpenCV’s mission, but it is general enough to be used for any machine learning problem.
