Android Application Programming with Opencv

by Joseph Howse

A step-by-step tutorial to help you master computer vision and mobile app development.This book is for Java developers who are new to computer vision and who would like to learn about how it is used in relation to application development. It is assumed that you have previous experience in Java, but not necessarily Android. A basic understanding of image data (for example pixels and color channels) would be helpful too. You are expected to have a mobile device running Android 2.2 (Froyo) or greater and it must have a camera

130 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Joseph Howse writes fiction, as well as technical books on computer programming and image analysis. He lives in a Nova Scotian fishing village, where he chats with his cats and nurtures an orchard of hardy fruit trees. His debut novel, The Girl in the Water, has won the 2023 Independent Press Award for Literary Fiction, the 2023 IAN Awards for Outstanding Multicultural Fiction, and the 2023 IPPY Awards Bronze Medal for Best Regional Ebook (Fiction). He is currently working on a sequel.

Reviews

[Adrian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received a review copy from PacktPub.com
The book does a nice job of introducing the reader to OpenCV under Android. It starts with the basics (installing, setting up the development environment, and compiling), then moves on to capturing images, applying filters/effects, tracking in 2D, tracking in 3D, and finally rendering 3D objects on top of a camera image for Augmented Reality.
The code in the book is provided for easy compiling, and is nicely commented for easy reading.

[Elie De Brauwer · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book is getting a bit old at this moment. Initially it was however a good exercise trying to port some of the exercises to more modern platforms.