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Open Source Computer Vision Library
The ultimate goal of this project is to enable a viable market in consumer computer vision. To do this, we provide a common low level infrastructure for both academic and commercial uses in the form of an optimized open source computer vision library (OpenCV). This is "non-infectious" open source that may be incorporated in other's code without the requirement that the other's code become open source itself. OpenCV is oriented towards real time (frame-rate) computer vision, hence contributed code that is accepted into OpenCV will become a candidate for optimization across Intel's processor product lines. OpenCV will have a simple C interface to avoid learning curves. Intel and others may then "wrap" the library in C++ objects, COM objects, filters etc., for other uses. We feel that a supported, active open source computer vision library will further our ultimate goal because:
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 | OpenCV will facilitate sharing between researchers by providing a common underlying code substrate to run on. | |
| OpenCV will facilitate learning via documented algorithms available in C source code. | |
| OpenCV will facilitate use of computer vision by providing a large set of assembly optimized algorithms, free for use. | |
| Packaged, optimized functions will facilitate computer vision's use in other industries such as games, security, tele-conferencing and toys. |
A committee of academic experts will help determine what functions are accepted into OpenCV. Our intent is forOpenCV to become a true, community supported open source library, with the added benefit of having the routines assembly optimized using Intel's resources. Our intent is to support WinXX and Linux* operating systems.
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