Embedded Computer Vision (Hardcover)

Embedded Computer Vision, exemplified by the migration from powerful workstations to embedded processors in computer vision applications, is a new and emerging field that enables an associated shift in application development and implementation.

This comprehensive volume brings together a wealth of experiences from leading researchers in the field of embedded computer vision, from both academic and industrial research centers, and covers a broad range of challenges and trade-offs brought about by this paradigm shift. Part I provides an exposition of basic issues and applications in the area necessary for understanding the present and future work. Part II offers chapters based on the most recent research and results. Finally, the last part looks ahead, providing a sense of what major applications could be expected in the near future, describing challenges in mobile environments, video analytics, and automotive safety applications.

Features:

• Discusses the latest state-of-the-art techniques in embedded computer vision

• Presents a thorough introductory section on hardware and architectures, design methodologies, and video analytics to aid the reader’s understanding through the following chapters

• Offers emphasis on tackling important problems for society, safety, security, health, mobility, connectivity, and energy efficiency

• Discusses evaluation of trade-offs required to design cost-effective systems for successful products

• Explores the advantages of various architectures, development of high-level software frameworks and cost-effective algorithmic alternatives

• Examines issues of implementation on fixed-point processors, presented through an example of an automotive safety application

• Offers insights from leaders in the field on what future applications will be

This book is a welcome collection of stand-alone articles, ideal for researchers, practitioners, and graduate students. It provides historical perspective, the latest research results, and a vision for future developments in the emerging field of embedded computer vision. Supplementary material can be found at http://www.embeddedvisioncentral.com.

嵌入式電腦視覺是一個新興領域，它將強大的工作站遷移到嵌入式處理器中，從而帶來應用開發和實施的轉變。本書匯集了來自學術和工業研究中心的領先研究人員的豐富經驗，涵蓋了這一範式轉變帶來的各種挑戰和權衡。第一部分介紹了該領域的基本問題和應用，有助於理解現在和未來的工作。第二部分提供了基於最新研究和結果的章節。最後一部分展望未來，描述了在不久的將來可能出現的主要應用，包括移動環境、視頻分析和汽車安全應用等方面的挑戰。

特點：
- 討論了嵌入式電腦視覺的最新技術
- 提供了關於硬件和架構、設計方法論和視頻分析的詳細介紹，以幫助讀者理解後續章節
- 強調解決社會、安全、健康、流動性、連接性和能源效率等重要問題
- 討論了設計成本效益系統的權衡評估
- 探討了各種架構的優勢、高級軟件框架的開發和成本效益的算法替代方案
- 通過汽車安全應用的示例，探討了在定點處理器上的實施問題
- 提供了該領域領導者對未來應用的見解

本書是一本獨立文章的寶貴收藏，非常適合研究人員、從業人員和研究生閱讀。它提供了歷史背景、最新研究成果和對嵌入式電腦視覺新興領域未來發展的展望。附加資料可在http://www.embeddedvisioncentral.com找到。