computer vision

noun

Digital Technology.

1. 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.

2. a similar system for the blind that converts optical information into audio or tactile signals.

Word History and Origins

Origin of computer vision¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

The move expands the market BigBear can address and “strengthens its position as a leading provider of AI, computer vision, and decision advantage solutions for national security,” said Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Jonathan Ruykhaver in a research note.

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It is her work on ImageNet a project which enabled major advances in computer vision for which she is recognised.

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It paved the way for computer vision – working out how computers could 'see'.

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The grant winners include a team at the New York Botanical Garden that is “automating plant species identification with computer vision and AI,” a group from the University of Leeds in England that is creating an AI platform that will convert food waste into microbial protein, and a team at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg that is developing a weather forecasting tool kit for Africa using AI, according to the Earth Fund.

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Callender is also considering systems with computer vision for more versatility.

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