Digital Image Processing

Lecture 1: Introduction
 Text Book(s)

 Gonzalez, R. C. and Woods, R. E., Digital Image

Processing, Fourth Edition, Pearson-Prentice Hall,
Inc.
 Academic Honesty
 All parties involved in any kind of cheating in
any exam will get zero in that exam

 Habitual cheaters will get zero in all

assignments/projects. This may lead to a
course failure

 Cheating punishment may become more strict

 Guidelines

Start working on projects/assignments from first

day.

Come prepared in the class

Read book (s)

Remain attentive during the class

 Class Policies
 Frequent quizzes will be taken during the semester.
 Students are required to attend the classes regularly

and come prepared in the class room.

 Class assignments are required to be submitted on or before the
due date and time. No marks will be given
for the late submissions.
 Programming assignments should be well

documented.
 It is highly recommended that you try to do the

assignments on your own. Some questions from the

assignments may be asked in the Exams
 Class attendance policy of the University will be

followed for taking the final test.

 What is an Image?
 An image may be defined as a two
dimensional function f(x,y) where x and y
are spatial coordinates and amplitude of
f at any pair of coordinates (x,y) is called
the intensity or Graylevel of the image at
that point.
 Digital Image
 When x,y and the amplitude values of f
are all finite, discrete quantities, we call
the image a Digital Image.
 A digital Image is composed of a finite
number of elements each of which has a
particular location and value
 These elements are referred to as Picture
Elements, Image Elements, Pels or Pixels
Digital Image
 Digital Image Processing
 The DIP field refers to processing
Digital
Images by means of Digital Computer
 Related Areas
 Image Analysis
 Computer Vision (Emulating Human Vision)

• A clear distinction between these three

Areas is not there
 Classification of DIP and
Computer Vision Processes
Why do we Process Images?
Why do we Process Images?
Applications of Image Processing
1. Image Restoration
Image Colorization
Image Enhancement
Extraction of Satellite Area from
an Aerial Image
Face Detection
Face Tracking
Face Morphing
Finger Print Recognition
Application: Medical Imaging

Scan Data Model Fitting

Prototype Kidney Model Resulting Kidney and

Some Research Projects
Monitoring Human Behavior from Video Taken
in an Office Environment

A system which makes context-based

decisions about the actions of people in
a
room. These actions include entering,
using a computer terminal, opening a
cabinet, picking up a phone, etc.

Source: http://server.cs.ucf.edu/~vision/
MONITORING HEAD/EYE MOTION
FOR DRIVER ALERTNESS
 MONITORING FAST FOOD
PRODUCTION
 The purpose of the project is to
automatically monitor a fast food employee
as she puts
together a sandwich. Helpful in determining
correctness of sandwich assembly,
collecting statistics on employee
performance and food safety inspection.
Tracking Human Motion
DETECTION OF ARMED
ROBBERY
PERSON-ON-PERSON VIOLENCE
DETECTION IN VIDEO DATA