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OpenCV for Secret Agents

By : Joseph Howse
Book Image

OpenCV for Secret Agents

By: Joseph Howse

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (15 chapters)
OpenCV for Secret Agents
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 5. Equipping Your Car with a Rearview Camera and Hazard Detection

 

Comes the morning and the headlights fade away.

 
 --The Living Daylights (1987)

James Bond is a car thief. The movies show that he has stolen many automobiles, often from innocent bystanders. We do not know whether these unfortunate people ever recovered their property, but even if they did, the damages from collisions, submersions, bullets, and rockets would have had a lasting impact on their insurance premiums. Bond has also stolen a propeller plane, a tank, and a moon buggy.

The man has been driving since the 1950s, and perhaps it is time that he stopped.

Be that as it may, we can break away from the bad, old Cold War days of indifference to collateral damage. With modern technology, we can provide a driver with timely information about others who are sharing the road. This information might make it easier to avoid collisions and to properly aim the vehicle's rocket launchers such that a chase scene can be conducted...