Keeping eyes on the road: the role of computer vision

Enabling computers and systems to derive meaningful information from digital images, videos and other visual inputs, computer vision is pretty much exactly what you think: a field of artificial intelligence (AI) that gives computers the ability to see, observe and understand. "Computer vision tries to understand from a physiological sense how our brains are able to perceive our visual world. One of the most popular and effective glues allowing us to connect these two fields are machine learning techniques, which encode the act of learning – and eventually understanding – computer algorithms," explains Appu Shaji, Mobius Labs CEO and Chief Scientist. "Computer vision technology has a role to play in nearly every imaginable walk of life. In the media sector, the technology can not only detect the content of an image but grade the style and quality of the visuals. The aesthetic score can be determined in a couple of seconds, assisting marketing, advertising or editorial departments to select the most pleasing photographs. It can also scrutinise thousands of video clips to provide relevant recommendations, plus flag and/or block inappropriate content. It can also be trained to match influencers with brands to grow new client bases."