computer vision
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noun Digital Technology.
a robot analogue of human vision in which information about the environment is received by one or more video cameras and processed by computer: used in navigation by robots, in the control of automated production lines, etc.
a similar system for the blind that converts optical information into audio or tactile signals.
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Also called machine vision, vision.
Origin of computer vision
First recorded in 1970–75
Words nearby computer vision
computer literate, computerphobe, computer science, computer typesetting, computer virus, computer vision, computing, Comr., comrade, comrade in arms, comradely
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