Computer Vision Algorithms & Applications explores the variety of techniques commonly used to analyze & interpret images It also describes challenging real-world applications where vision is being successfully used both for specialized applications such as medical imaging & for fun consumer-level tasks such as image editing & stitching which students can apply to their own personal photos & videos More than just a source of "recipes" this exceptionally authoritative & comprehensive textbookreference also takes a scientific approach to basic vision problems formulating physical models of the imaging process before inverting them to produce descriptions of a scene These problems are also analyzed using statistical models & solved using rigorous engineering techniques Topics & features structured to support active curricula & project-oriented courses with tips in the Introduction for using the book in a variety of customized courses; presents exercises at the end of each chapter with a heavy emphasis on testing algorithms & containing numerous suggestions for small mid-term projects; provides additional material & more detailed mathematical topics in the Appendices which cover linear algebra numerical techniques & Bayesian estimation theory; suggests additional reading at the end of each chapter including the latest research in each sub-field in addition to a full Bibliography at the end of the book; supplies supplementary course material for students at the associated website httpszeliskiorg Book Suitable for an upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level course in computer science or engineering this textbook focuses on basic techniques that work under real-world conditions & encourages students to push their creative boundaries Its design & exposition also make it eminently suitable as a unique reference to the fundamental techniques & current research literature in computer vision ...

This modern treatment of computer vision focuses on learning & inference in probabilistic models as a unifying theme It shows how to use training data to learn the relationships between the observed image data & the aspects of the world that we wish to estimate such as the 3D structure or the object class & how to exploit these relationships to make new inferences about the world from new image data With minimal prerequisites the book starts from the basics of probability & model fitting & works up to real examples that the reader can implement & modify to build useful vision systems Primarily meant for advanced undergraduate & graduate students the detailed methodological presentation will also be useful for practitioners of computer vision Covers cutting-edge techniques including graph cuts machine learning & multiple view geometry A unified approach shows the common basis for solutions of important computer vision problems such as camera calibration face recognition & object tracking More than 70 algorithms are described in sufficient detail to implement More than 350 full-color illustrations amplify the text The treatment is self-contained including all of the background mathematics Additional resources at wwwcomputervisionmodelscom ...

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- Sven Hassel & his comrades find themselves behind the lines in a Hamburg hospital The Reich is a hotbed of lies betrayal & propaganda Disgusted by the Nazi cause the comrades drink themselves into oblivion visit brothels where women dance naked on saloon tables & reach for home comforts before they return to the dreaded Russian Front Because Hitler's war must go on COMRADES OF WAR is a gritty portrayal of war's harsh realities & the fear & fanaticism at the heart of The Third Reich Sven Hassel's unflinching narrative is based on his own experiences in the German Army He began writing his first novel LEGION OF THE DAMNED in a prisoner of war camp at the end of the Second World War

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This is an all-new extended cut of CON AIR Nothing makes good-guy non-recidivist offender Cameron Poe happier than the thought of returning to society where his angelic wife & the equally angelic little girl he&s never known are waiting & nothing makes him angrier than the collection of psychopathic murderers & rapists aboard his prison transport plane--especially when under the direction of ringleader Cyrus " The Virus" Grissom they revolt & hijack their own plane Fortunately our hero&s been trained by the Army as an elite one-man-fighting-machine & a dogged Justice Department agent waits on the ground to help him bring the fanatical fly-boys in for a bloody crash landing--in Vegas! A hyperactive Molotov cocktail blended from the frenetic efforts of high-octane action producer Jerry Bruckheimer (THE ROCK TOP GUN) & music video director Simon West (LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER) ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Big-budget fantasy adventure starring Jason Momoa as the eponymous hero Forced to wander the Earth after his father is slain & his village destroyed legendary Cimmerian warrior Conan (Momoa) learns to survive using any means necessary When on his travels he encounters a dark supernatural evil spreading across the land he soon realises the source is the warlord Khalar Zym (Stephen Lang) the man responsible for the annihilation of his tribe Now bent on revenge Conan sets out to save the kingdom of Hyboria from the approaching storm all the while battling monsters Zym&s army of mercenaries & black witch Monique (Rose Mc Gowan) ...

When you find yourself with your back to the wall amid the pulsepounding asymmetrical battles of the Conan board game you’ll be thankful for the new dice from the Conan Dice Pack! Your adventures may vary wildly from scenario to scenario but there’s always action & the six custom dice from the Dice Pack (two red two orange & two yellow) allow your heroes & Overlord alike to attack counterattack cast spells & reload their crossbows faster & with deadlier precision than ever ...

PRE-ORDER REWARDConan’s Atlantean Sword Pre-order & get this exclusive in-game item at launch! The famous Atlantean Sword was wielded by Conan in the original 1982 movie “ Conan the Barbarian” & has since become an iconic piece of weaponry Wield the Atlantean Sword & slay your enemies like a true warrior king! Conan Exiles is an open-world survival game set in the brutal lands of Conan the Barbarian Survive in a savage world build your kingdom & dominate your enemies in brutal combat & epic warfare Start with nothing but your bare hands & forge the legacy of your clan building anything a small home to gigantic fortresses & entire cities Wage war using swords bows siege weapons & even take control of giant avatars of the gods & lay waste to enemy cities Explore a vast seamless world full of challenge & opportunity Hunt animals for resources slay monsters for treasure & delve deep underground to discover the secrets of ancient civilizations Conan Exiles can be experienced in both local single-player & in persistent online multiplayer EXPLORE A VAST WORLD Explore a giant world from the burning desert in the south to the snow-capped mountains in the north Discover ancient cultures ruins & dungeons SURVIVE Stay warm cool yourself down drink & eat weather scouring sandstorms prevent your mind from being corrupted when exploring dark dungeons & battle vicious monsters to stay alive BUILD Harvest resources to craft tools & weapons then build anything from a small home to entire cities piece by piece Build walls traps elevators & more then deck out your creations with a wide variety of different furniture crafting stations & NPC guards DOMINATE Wage war against your enemies use siege weapons & explosives & see their walls crumble to dust then unleash your savage fury in violent & brutal combat BUILD AN ARMY OF THRALLS Capture NPCs drag them back to your base & use the Wheel of Pain to break their will Turn them into archers crafters entertainers & more for your settlements BECOME A GOD Sacrifice your enemies on the altar of your god then summon & take control of their huge towering avatar Crush enemies & entire buildings under your avatar’s feet PLAY TOGETHER OR ALONE Play alone locally or fight for survival & dominance in persistent multiplayer on public servers You can also host your own server & invite others to join you ...

Conan Exiles is an open-world survival game set in the brutal lands of Conan the Barbarian Survive in a savage world build your kingdom & dominate your enemies in brutal combat & epic warfare Start with nothing but your bare hands & forge the legacy of your clan building anything a small home to gigantic fortresses & entire cities Wage war using swords bows siege weapons & even take control of giant avatars of the gods & lay waste to enemy cities Explore a vast seamless world full of challenge & opportunity Hunt animals for resources slay monsters for treasure & delve deep underground to discover the secrets of ancient civilizations Conan Exiles can be experienced in both local single-player & in persistent online multiplayer EXPLORE A VAST WORLD Explore a giant world from the burning desert in the south to the snow-capped mountains in the north Discover ancient cultures ruins & dungeons SURVIVE Stay warm cool yourself down drink & eat weather scouring sandstorms prevent your mind from being corrupted when exploring dark dungeons & battle vicious monsters to stay alive BUILD Harvest resources to craft tools & weapons then build anything from a small home to entire cities piece by piece Build walls traps elevators & more then deck out your creations with a wide variety of different furniture crafting stations & NPC guards DOMINATE Wage war against your enemies use siege weapons & explosives & see their walls crumble to dust then unleash your savage fury in violent & brutal combat BUILD AN ARMY OF THRALLS Capture NPCs drag them back to your base & use the Wheel of Pain to break their will Turn them into archers crafters entertainers & more for your settlements BECOME A GOD Sacrifice your enemies on the altar of your god then summon & take control of their huge towering avatar Crush enemies & entire buildings under your avatar’s feet PLAY TOGETHER OR ALONE Play alone locally or fight for survival & dominance in persistent multiplayer on public servers You can also host your own server & invite others to join you ...

Jeweled Thrones of the Earth presents seven complete & ready-to-play adventures for Robert E Howard’s Conan Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of Within these pages gamemasters will find the means to take heroes across the whole of Conan’s world Explore a lost city in the steaming jungles of the south & dare to face the Feathered Ape as well as other menaces in Devils Among Green Stars Sail across the eons to an island enthralled by a demon-goddess & attempt to escape the hand of fate in The Pact of Xiabalba Seek unimaginable wealth within The Caves of the Dero whose denizens harbor a terrifying secret Defend the frontier against an attack by Picts spurred to war by an ancient evil known only as The Ghost of Thunder River Discover the secrets of a sinister thief-cult hidden within the heart of a city watched over by The Thousand Eyes of Aumag-Bel Fight slavers in a desperate battle to win freedom & escape the horrors of The Red Pit Uncover a degenerate race lost to the desert & time in The Seethers in the Sand Guidelines for linking these adventures together into complete campaigns Scattered Jewels… a dozen exciting adventure seeds to help spur further exploits Written using Modiphius’ 2d 20 system these ready-to-use adventures for include new monsters & foes suitable for any Conan game ranging from horrific crawlers giant-king skeleton warriors the Worm Within cave horrors the monstrous Watcher the mighty a’ghama & the degenerate saurian descendants of the ancient serpent-folk All this… & more! ...