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OpenCV 4 for Secret Agents - Second Edition

By : Joseph Howse
Book Image

OpenCV 4 for Secret Agents - Second Edition

By: Joseph Howse

Overview of this book

OpenCV 4 is a collection of image processing functions and computer vision algorithms. It is open source, supports many programming languages and platforms, and is fast enough for many real-time applications. With this handy library, you’ll be able to build a variety of impressive gadgets. OpenCV 4 for Secret Agents features a broad selection of projects based on computer vision, machine learning, and several application frameworks. To enable you to build apps for diverse desktop systems and Raspberry Pi, the book supports multiple Python versions, from 2.7 to 3.7. For Android app development, the book also supports Java in Android Studio, and C# in the Unity game engine. Taking inspiration from the world of James Bond, this book will add a touch of adventure and computer vision to your daily routine. You’ll be able to protect your home and car with intelligent camera systems that analyze obstacles, people, and even cats. In addition to this, you’ll also learn how to train a search engine to praise or criticize the images that it finds, and build a mobile app that speaks to you and responds to your body language. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with the knowledge you need to advance your skills as an app developer and a computer vision specialist.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: The Briefing
4
Section 2: The Chase
9
Section 3: The Big Reveal
12
Making WxUtils.py Compatible with Raspberry Pi
13
Learning More about Feature Detection in OpenCV
14
Running with Snakes (or, First Steps with Python)

Capturing images and tracking faces in an activity

An Android app is a state machine in which each state is called an activity. An activity has a life cycle. For example, it can be created, paused, resumed, and finished. During a transition between activities, the paused or finished activity can send data to the created or resumed activity. An app can define many activities and transition between them in any order. It can even transition between activities defined by the Android SDK or by other apps.

For more information about Android activities and their life cycles, see the official documentation at http://developer.android.com/guide/components/activities.html. For more information about OpenCV's Android and Java APIs (used throughout our activity class), see the official Javadocs at https://docs.opencv.org/master/javadoc/index.html.

OpenCV provides classes and interfaces...