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Hands-On GPU-Accelerated Computer Vision with OpenCV and CUDA

By : Bhaumik Vaidya
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Hands-On GPU-Accelerated Computer Vision with OpenCV and CUDA

By: Bhaumik Vaidya

Overview of this book

Computer vision has been revolutionizing a wide range of industries, and OpenCV is the most widely chosen tool for computer vision with its ability to work in multiple programming languages. Nowadays, in computer vision, there is a need to process large images in real time, which is difficult to handle for OpenCV on its own. This is where CUDA comes into the picture, allowing OpenCV to leverage powerful NVDIA GPUs. This book provides a detailed overview of integrating OpenCV with CUDA for practical applications. To start with, you’ll understand GPU programming with CUDA, an essential aspect for computer vision developers who have never worked with GPUs. You’ll then move on to exploring OpenCV acceleration with GPUs and CUDA by walking through some practical examples. Once you have got to grips with the core concepts, you’ll familiarize yourself with deploying OpenCV applications on NVIDIA Jetson TX1, which is popular for computer vision and deep learning applications. The last chapters of the book explain PyCUDA, a Python library that leverages the power of CUDA and GPUs for accelerations and can be used by computer vision developers who use OpenCV with Python. By the end of this book, you’ll have enhanced computer vision applications with the help of this book's hands-on approach.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Chapter 10

  1. Python is Open Source and has a large user community contributing to the language in terms of modules. These modules can be used easily to develop applications in a small time with few lines of code. The syntax of Python language is easy to read and interpret, which makes it easier to learn for a new programmer. It is an interpreted language that allows line by line execution of the code. These are the few advantages of python over C/C++.
  2. The whole code is checked and converted to machine code in compiled type languages, while one statement at a time is translated in an interpreted language. An interpreted language requires less amount of time to analyze the source code, but the overall execution time is slower compared to compile type languages. Interpreted languages do not generate intermediate code as in the case of compiled type languages.
  3. False. Python is an interpreted...