tailieunhanh - Understanding and Applying Machihe Vision Second Edition, Revised and Expanded Nello Zuech

Technology has affected society and its surroundings in a number of ways. In many societies, technology has helped develop more advanced economies (including today's global economy) and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. Many technological processes produce unwanted by-products, known as pollution, and deplete natural resources, to the detriment of the Earth and its environment. Various implementations of technology influence the values of a society and new technology often raises new ethical questions. Examples include the rise of the notion of efficiency in terms of human productivity, a term originally applied only to machines, and the challenge of. | Page i Understanding and Applying Machihe Vision Second Edition Revised and Expanded Nello Zuech Vision Systems International Yardley Pennsylvania Page ii Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Zuech Nello. Understanding and applying machine vision Nello Zuech. 2nd ed. rev. and expanded. p. cm. Manufacturing engineering and materials processing Rev. ed. of Applying machine vision c1988. ISBN 0-8247-8929-6 1. Computer vision. 2. Applying machine vision. I. Zuech Nello. II. Title. III. Series. 2000 7 dc21 99-051332 The first edition was published as Applying Machine Vision John Wiley Sons Inc. 1988 . This book is printed on acid-free paper. Headquarters Marcel Dekker Inc. 270 Madison Avenue New York NY 10016 tel 212-696-9000 fax 212-685-4540 Eastern Hemisphere Distribution Marcel Dekker AG Hutgasse 4 Postfach 812 CH-4001 Basel Switzerland tel 41-61-261-8482 fax 41-61-261-8896 World Wide Web http The publisher offers discounts on this book when ordered in bulk quantities. For more information write to Special Sales Professional Marketing at the headquarters address above. Copyright 2000 by Marcel Dekker Inc. All Rights Reserved. Neither this book nor any part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying microfilming and recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher. Current printing last digit 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Page iii Preface This book was written to inform prospective end users of machine vision technology not designers of such systems. It provides the reader with sufficient background to separate machine vision promises from machine vision reality and to make intelligent decisions regarding machine vision applications. The emphasis of the text is on understanding machine vision as it relates to potential applications and conversely understanding an .