Introducing image processing and computer vision

Through the five senses, humans gather information from the external world and process it, making decisions to carry out the actions that shape their daily lives. One of the most intriguing challenges in computer science is replicating this sequence of events, identifying and harnessing new sources of information. The ability to acquire and interpret information by simulating the human sensory system is called machine perception, and it is fundamental in the field of artificial intelligence.

Being able to interpret and acquire information from the external world is made possible through techniques such as encoding and information processing. Through digital image encoding techniques, it is possible to represent what humans can perceive in the form of bits. Depending on the methodologies used, it is possible to select the quantity and quality of the information to be represented. Through processing methods, on the other hand, it is...