Introduction to opencv (from the official opencv wiki homepage)

Intel open-source computer vision library opencv

What is opencv?

Opencv is an Intel open-source computer vision library. It consists of a series of C functions and a small number of C ++ classes, implementing many common algorithms for image processing and computer vision.

Important features

Opencv has a cross-platform medium and high-level API that includes more than 300 C functions. It does not depend on other external libraries, although some external libraries can also be used.

Opencv is free for non-commercial and commercial applications. (For details, refer to license ).

Opencv provides transparent interfaces for Intel integrated performance primitives (IPP. This means that if you have an IPP library optimized for a specific processor, opencv will automatically load these libraries at runtime. For more information about IPP, see: http://www.intel.com/software/products/ipp/index.htm

Who created it?

The authors list can be found in the authors file.

In addition, many people have provided suggestions, patches, and bug reports. An incomplete list is in the thanks file.

New Features

See opencvchangelog.

Where to download opencv

Access the http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary. If there is a problem, enter "opencv" search in Google (http://www.google.com.

If you encounter problems during installation/running/use of opencv

1. Read FAQ Chinese

2. Search in opencv Mail List www.yahoogroups.com (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OpenCV.

3. Add it to the opencv mail list on Yahoo group (refer to FAQs for how to add it) and send your questions to the Mail list. (This email list may be migrated to the opencv's SourceForge site)

4. Refer to the opencv example code and read the reference manual.

Opencv Reference Manual

• Cxcore Chinese Reference Manual

• CV Chinese Reference Manual

• Cvaux Chinese Reference Manual

• Highgui Chinese Reference Manual