Machine Vision: Theory, Algorithms, Practicalities

London: Academic Press, 1990. Octavo in mint green boards; b&w illus.; 547 pp., 24 cm. Fine copy; previous owner cataloged all books in his library so the spine foot may contain traces of spine label adhesive residue; o/w the board are clean and free of shelf wear and bumps; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; edges of pages are clean; binding is tight and square; a well-cared for copy. . Hardcover. ISBN: 0122060903; 9780122060908

In English. From the library of Donald A. Glaser, inventor of the bubble chamber. Nobel Prize in Physics, 1961; Search keyword DGLSR to see dozens of volumes from The Glaser Collection; Series: Microelectronics and signal processing; Contents: part 1. Low-level processing. Images and imaging operations; Basic image filtering operations; Thresholding techniques; Locating objects via their edges; Binary shape analysis; Boundary pattern analysis -- part 2. Intermediate-level processing. Line detection; Circle detection; The Hough transform and its nature; Ellipse detection; Polygon detection; Hole detection; Corner detection -- part 3. Application-level processing. Abstract pattern matching techniques; The three-dimensional world; Automated visual inspection; Statistical pattern recognition; Image acquisition; The need for speed: real-time electronic hardware systems -- part 4. Perspectives on vision. Machine vision, art or science?