AI glossary

What is computer vision?

Short answer

The field of AI that gets computers to understand images and video, for example recognising faces, reading signs or spotting tumours in scans.

For example

Self-checkout tills recognising fruit, cars reading speed-limit signs and apps that identify plants from a photo all use computer vision.

Questions

What is computer vision in simple terms?

The field of AI that gets computers to understand images and video, for example recognising faces, reading signs or spotting tumours in scans.

What is an example of computer vision?

Self-checkout tills recognising fruit, cars reading speed-limit signs and apps that identify plants from a photo all use computer vision.