Vision Crunch: Advanced Course/Workshop on AI
Applications in Computer Vision
Computer Vision – Introduction
By
Dr. Mohsin Sattar
HoD (Data Science & Computer Vision)
10-Nov-2025
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Outline
• Human Eye and Human Visual System
• Image Processing vs Computer Vision
• Computer Vision @ Early 90-2000s
• Latest Trends
• Global Market
• Applications
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Human Eye and Human Visual System
• Vision is the most powerful of
our own senses
• Around 1/3 of our brain is
devoted to processing the
signals from our eyes
• The visual cortex has around LGN-Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
O(1011) neurons PIT-Posterior Inferotemporal Cortex
AIT-Anterior Inferotemporal Cortex
PFC-Prefrontal Cortex
PC-Premotor Cortex
MC-Motor Cortex
• Two eyes give a data rate of
about 3 GBytes/s
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Introduction
Computer Vision
• Computer Vision is a subfield of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that enables
machines to interpret and understand visual information from the world.
Action
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Introduction
• What is Computer Vision?
• Discovering from images what is present in the scene and where it is
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Introduction
• Image Representation
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Introduction
• Image Representation
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Computer Vision - Early 90-2000s
Computer Vision
• Structure from motion
• 3D from stereo
• Object tracking
• Face detection
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Computer Vision - Now
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Computer Vision Based Video Analytics
The AI-Surveillance Symbiosis in China
Chinese surveillance: Security cameras and facial
recognition software
Chinese AI surveillance spending in 2025, overall AI investment is projected to reach up to $98 billion in 2025
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Major Areas of Applications
• Security & Surveillance
• Image Enhancement/Video Retrieval
• Object Detection and Recognition
• Agriculture
• Manufacturing
• Healthcare
• Agriculture
• Transportation
• Sports and Games
• Robotics
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CV Applications – Security
• Face Recognition
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CV Applications – Image Enhancement
• Auto-Focus and Brightness Adjustment
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CV Applications – Object Detection and Recognition
Handwritten Digit Recognition
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CV Applications – Gaming
Vision-based interaction (and games)
Augmented Reality
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CV Applications – Robotics
Vision for robotics, space exploration
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CV Applications – Manufacturing (Quality Control)
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CV Applications – Manufacturing (Safety)
Protective Equipment Detection
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CV Applications – Healthcare
• AI tumor detection
• Hospital hygiene inspection
• Deep learning in medical imaging
• Cancer detection
• Disease and infection prevention
• Home-based patient rehabilitation
computer vision to detect shadows in lung tissue
• Track chronic conditions
• AI vision for people with impairments
• Personalized treatments for patients
• AI medication management
• Patient identification
• Automating cell counting
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CV Applications – Agriculture
Precision Farming
Automated Planting
Disease Detection Auto Weeding
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Flowering Detection
CV Applications – Transportation
• Self-driving Vehicles
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CV Applications – Others
• Google Translate Vision (Multi-Language)
• A key system that drives instantaneous and accurate computer
vision-based translation
• Facebook 3D Photo
• Conversion of 2D pictures into 3D models
• FaceApp
• Image manipulation application that modifies visual inputs of
human faces to change gender, age, and other features
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References:
• [Link]
ereo_cs131.pdf
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• Szeliski, Richard. Computer vision: algorithms and applications. Springer
Nature, 2022.
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Thank you.
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