Computer Vision

With Jesse Benavides, Oliver Thistlethwaite and Parker Williams

Computer vision can be described simply as using algorithms to extract information from pictures. Our goal this quarter will be to extract many pictures from a short video, and answer questions about the video. Is it a continuous shot? How many light sources are there? Are there distinct moving objects? These are just some of the many questions we could ask about a video. Answering these questions calls upon a wide set of tools from linear algebra to the fourier transform.

Our project will begin with discussing the fundamental tools of image analysis and then will require the students to construct an algorithm using these methods to answer one of the questions posed above. Knowledge of programming is required and CS10 is a minimum requirement. Math 135 will be quite helpful as well.