OpenCVisanativecross-platformC++libraryforcomputervision,machinelearning,andimageprocessing.ItisincreasinglybeingadoptedinPythonfordevelopment.Thisbookwillgetyouhands-onwithawiderangeofintermediatetoadvancedprojectsusingthelatestversionoftheframeworkandlanguage,OpenCV4andPython3.8,insteadofonlycoveringthecoreconceptsofOpenCVintheoreticallessons.Thisupdatedsecondeditionwillguideyouthroughworkingonindependenthands-onprojectsthatfocusonessentialOpenCVconceptssuchasimageprocessing,objectdetection,imagemanipulation,objecttracking,and3Dscenereconstruction,inadditiontostatisticallearningandneuralnetworks.You’llbeginwithconceptssuchasimagefilters,Kinectdepthsensor,andfeaturematching.Asyouadvance,you’llnotonlygethands-onwithreconstructingandvisualizingascenein3Dbutalsolearntotrackvisuallysalientobjects.Thebookwillhelpyoufurtherbuildonyourskillsbydemonstratinghowtorecognizetrafficsignsandemotionsonfaces.Later,you’llunderstandhowtoalignimages,anddetectandtrackobjectsusingneuralnetworks.BytheendofthisOpenCVPythonbook,you’llhavegainedhands-onexperienceandbecomeproficientatdevelopingadvancedcomputervisionappsaccordingtospecificbusinessneeds.