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I publish a brand new Computer Vision, Deep Learning, and OpenCV tutorial every Monday at 10AM EST. Here you'll find my most recent tutorials and guides.
Update: Dec 2022 It’s been a long time since we first published this post. We now have two Python educational products to choose from. Computer Vision with Python Book Comprehensive Introduction To Python Program We’re not even halfway through 2014…
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We’re getting closer to finishing up our real-life Pokedex! In my previous blog post, I showed you how to find a Game Boy screen in an image using Python and OpenCV. This post will show you how to apply warping…
Read More of Building a Pokedex in Python: OpenCV and Perspective Warping (Step 5 of 6)
Quick question. How does a Pokedex work? Well, you simply point it a Pokemon, the Pokedex examines its physical characteristics, and the Pokemon is identified instantly. In this case, our smartphone camera is our “Pokedex”. We point our smartphone at…
Read More of Building a Pokedex in Python: Finding the Game Boy Screen (Step 4 of 6)
So, how is our Pokedex going to “know” what Pokemon is in an image? How are we going to describe each Pokemon? Are we going to characterize the color of the Pokemon? The texture? Or the shape? Well, do you…
Read More of Building a Pokedex in Python: Indexing our Sprites using Shape Descriptors (Step 3 of 6)
What if we could build a real life Pokedex? You know, just like Ash Ketchum — point your Pokedex at a Pokemon (or in this case, snap a photo of a Pokemon), identify it, and get its stats. While this…
Read More of Building a Pokedex in Python: Scraping the Pokemon Sprites (Step 2 of 6)
So you’re telling me that we are going to build a Pokedex in Python that can visually recognize Pokemon? Just like in the TV show? – Ash Ketchum Yes, Ash. That’s exactly what I’m telling you. The next series of…
Read More of Building a Pokedex in Python: Getting Started (Step 1 of 6)
If you haven’t noticed, the term “feature vector” is used quite often in this blog. And while we’ve seen it a lot, I wanted to dedicate an entire post to defining what exactly a feature vector is. What is an…
Read More of Charizard Explains How To Describe and Quantify an Image Using Feature Vectors
We are now at the final step of building an image search engine — accepting a query image and performing an actual search. Let’s take a second to review how we got here: Step 1: Defining Your Image Descriptor. Before we…
Read More of Building an Image Search Engine: Searching and Ranking (Step 4 of 4)
I’ve been throwing around the idea of writing a book for the past few months, but I wasn’t sure on what the exact focus was going to be. I’ve given it a ton of thought, worked out the specifics, and…
Read More of I’m Writing a Book: “Practical Python and OpenCV: An Introductory, Example Driven Guide to Image Processing and Computer Vision”
