OpenCV

A collection of programming tools called OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) is primarily designed for real-time computer vision. It was first created by Intel and afterwards sponsored by Willow Garage and Itseez (which was later acquired by Intel). The Apache 2 License for Open-Source Software makes the library cross-platform and freely used. OpenCV has GPU acceleration for real-time tasks starting in 2011. .

The OpenCV project, which was first introduced in 1999, was originally an Intel Research programme to develop CPU-intensive applications. It was one of many initiatives that also included real-time ray tracing and 3D display walls. The Intel Performance Library Team and many optimization specialists from Intel Russia were among the project's major contributors.

Applications:

openFrameworks running the OpenCV add-on example OpenCV's application areas include:

• 2D and 3D feature toolkits
• Egomotion estimation
• Facial recognition system
• Gesture recognition
• Human–computer interaction (HCI)
• Mobile robotics
• Motion understanding
• Object detection
• Segmentation and recognition
• Stereopsis stereo vision: depth perception from 2 cameras
• Structure from motion (SFM)
• Motion tracking
• Augmented reality