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Version Version History Date
-001 Original Issue. 12/2000
-002 Document OpenCV Reference Manual Beta 1 version.
Changed Manual structure.
04/2001
-003 Document OpenCV Reference Manual Beta 2 version.
Added
ContourBoundingRect function.
08/2001
-004 Document OpenCV Reference Manual Beta 2 version.
Updated 22 and added 35 functions to Basic Structures and
Operations Reference.
12/2001
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Contents
Chapter Contents
Chapter 1
Overview
About This Software .............................................................................. 1-1
Why We Need OpenCV Library.......................................................... 1-2
Relation Between OpenCV and Other Libraries................................. 1-2
Data Types Supported........................................................................ 1-3
Error Handling .................................................................................... 1-3
Hardware and Software Requirements .............................................. 1-3
Platforms Supported........................................................................... 1-4
About This Manual ................................................................................ 1-4
Manual Organization ......................................................................... 1-4
Function Descriptions ........................................................................ 1-8
Audience for This Manual................................................................... 1-8
On-line Version ................................................................................... 1-8
Related Publications........................................................................... 1-8
Notational Conventions ......................................................................... 1-8
Font Conventions .............................................................................. 1-9
Naming Conventions .......................................................................... 1-9
Function Name Conventions .............................................................. 1-9
Chapter 2
Motion Analysis and Object Tracking
Background Subtraction ......................................................................... 2-1
Motion Templates ................................................................................... 2-2
