This post has been inspired by a question someone asked in a forum. This person was a new but competent programmer who was trying to move into Computer Vision (CV) in the industry. However, he rightly noticed that “most of the job requirements [in computer vision] are asking for a PhD”. Indeed, this is true. And […]
Samsung’s and Apple’s Face Recognition Technologies and How To Fool Them
In September 2017 Apple announced iPhone X with a very neat feature called Face ID. This feature is used to recognise your face to allow you to unlock your phone. Samsung, however, has had facial recognition since the release of Android Ice Cream Sandwich way back in 2011. What is the difference between the two […]
Extracting Images from Reflections in the Eye
Ever thought about whether you could zoom in on someone’s eye in a photo and analyse the reflection on it? Read on to find out what research has done in this respect! A previous post of mine discussed the idea of enhancing regions in an image for better clarity much like we often see in Hollywood […]
How to Find a Good Thesis Topic in Computer Vision
“What are some good thesis topics in Computer Vision?” This is a common question that people ask in forums – and it’s an important question to ask for two reasons: There’s nothing worse than starting over in research because the path you decided to take turned out to be a dead end. There’s also nothing […]
Is image enhancing possible? Yes, in a way…
I was rewatching “Bourne Identity” the other day. Love that flick! Heck, the scene at the end is one of my favourites. Jason Bourne grabs a dead guy, jumps off the top floor landing, and while falling shoots a guy square in the middle of the forehead. He then breaks his fall on the dead […]