Since most image-processing operations, such as sharpening up a fuzzy document, or altering the colours in a photograph, involve looking at the value of a particular pixel and then altering it depending on the value of adjacent pixels, this is a real advantage.

ECONOMIST: Analogue computing

Applications of image processing include such popular consumer features as light balancing and face recognition, now standard on most digital cameras, which can also be associated with voice recognition.

CNN: The story

The transition to digital image processing and storage has brought mighty companies such as Kodak to their knees and spawned a great many consumer electronic companies that have created image capture and display devices with features and capabilities that would never have been possible with analog technology.

FORBES: End of the Reel

This software is compatible with all application processors and can be optimized for power consumption and increased performance via custom hardware blocks, such as the DOC advanced hardware image processing (AHIP) embedded in Fujitsu's discrete image signal processors (ISPs).

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Hazard evaluation can be fast and safe by using remote methods such as digital photogrammetry, using software for image processing of scanned aerial photographs.

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