Computer Vision Demos

The Web is a great way to show off image processing algorithms. You don't even have to release your code to the public, just set up a server to do the processing locally and let folks feed it their own images.

Warning! Some of these can take a long time!

ACCESS: a computer vision art project (ACCESS) - This project uses computer vision to track users and control a robotic spotlight. Users online can view two webcams and the tracking information. ( NYU Center for Advanced Technology)
B-DASUR1 - A contour recognition system that can recognize printed and hand-written characters as well as other things such as silhouettes. No source code.
Behavioral model of active visual perception and invariant recognition (BMV) (Rostov State U)
Content-Based Image Retrieval: Interactive Learning and Search - This demo has a supervised learning capability to fine tune search queries. ( Image Science Group / ETH Zurich)
Content-based Image Retrieval ( Virage, Inc)
Content-based image retrieval - Leiden 19th Century Portrait Database ( Leiden Imaging and Multimedia Group / Leiden U)
Content-based image retrieval system. (CBIR) - Uses CIE Lab space histogram, texture analysis using Gabor filters, and structure extracted via perceptual grouping and inference principles for serving queries.
Corner Detection in Curves - Five algorithms for corner detection in planar curves are described and presented for online comparison. ( Image and Pattern Analysis Group / Computer and Automation Research Institute)
Detecting Structural Defects in Textures (StrucDef) - StrucDef detects structural defects in periodic textures. Test images are provided, including defects in textiles. You can upload your own image as well. ( Image and Pattern Analysis Group (IPAN) / Computer and Automation Research Institute (MTA SZTAKI))
Digital Image Analysis System (WebDIAS) - fully functional online version of the DIAS image processing system. ( Digital Image Processing Group - Uni Jena / University of Jena)
Direct Least Square Fitting of Ellipses
Epipolar Geometry computation ( INRIA)
Face Detection ( VASC / CMU)
Face Detection and Face Recognition - Face detection and recognition software project includes an online demo of the algorithm, links to free software libraries, and a list of existing facial databases. (Betaface)
Fast Image Motion Estimation Demo - The algorithm uses fast correlation and 3D dynamic programming techniques for image motion or optical flow estimation. ( Image Analysis Group / CSIRO)
Fast Stereo Matching - A fast stereo matching algorithm which produces a dense disparity map by using a pyramid structure, fast correlation, rectagular subregioning and dynamic programming techniques. ( Image Analysis Group / CSIRO)
Feature Point Tracking Algorithms - Five feature point motion tracking algorithms are described and implemented. They are available for testing over the Internet by either generating a synthetic motion or submitting your own motion data. ( Image and Pattern Analysis Group / Computer and Automation Institute)
IDIAP computer vision demo (IDIAP computer vision demo ) - Find here: Real-time face tracking, Two-Handed gesture recognition, On-line face detection demo ... (IDIAP computer vision)
Ikona - Content-Based Image Retrieval using relevance feedback ( IMEDIA / INRIA)
Image Guided Decision Support System (IGDS) - Video demo of a system for remotely viewing and analyzing medical imagery. ( Robust Image Understanding Laboratory / Rutgers University)
ImageScape - An AltaVista-like web search engine for images and text ( Leiden Imaging and Multimedia Group / Leiden University)
ImageSearch - A Java based image-query system which allows the user to draw sketches and place icons which represent objects such as faces, trees, sky, etc. ( Leiden Imaging and Multimedia Group / Leiden University)
Imaging Machine ( Visioneering Research Laboratory)
JSEG - Segmentation Demo - robust segmentation of color-texture regions. submit your own images for online segmentation. ( image and vision lab / Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
Java Applets Center - Applets which demonstrate binary vision algorithms such as edge following algorithm, connected component labelling, and thinning. (Department of Computer Science / University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
Multiresolution Contrast Based Thresholding
Multiscale Skeletonization - Multiscale skeletons presents the distinctive feature that a series reconstruction of the shape can be obtained where small scale information is removed while preserving the position of larger scale details of the shape. ( Cybernetic Vision Research Group)
NeTra: region based image search - image search using color, texture, shape and location ( UCSB Vision Research Lab)
Nouse - Downloadable demo (Windows). Use your nose as a joystick or a mouse. You supply the USB camera, and Nouse associates your nose position with a point on the screen, allowing you to select an item in the menu or play a game without a mouse. (game included) ( Computational Video Group of NRC)
Obstacle detection by stereo vision as driving aid - A horopter method completed with a lane marking finding algorithm (to identify the road surface) using the retroprojection of the camera image on the road (IMARA project / the french National Research in Computer Science and Control )
On-line content-based image retrieval system (CBIR) - An on-line image retrieval system that uses CIE Lab space histograms, texture analysis using Gabor filters, and structure extracted via perceptual grouping for serving queries. ( Computer and Vision Research Center / The University of Texas at Austin)
Online Image Processing - Including stereo by coherence detection, correlation stereo, dominant texture direction, and scale-space segmentation ( U Bremen)
Online Image Segmentation - The applet demonstrates one basic region segmentation algorithm that we have developed for images and videos. ( ADVENT / Columbia University )
Perception-based Image Retrieval (PBIR) - This demo shows a learning engine that can capture your subjective query concept in a small number of feedback rounds. ( Multimedia Databases / University of California, Santa Barbara)
Perceptual Browser - Demonstrates perceptual interaction by controlling the vertical scrolling of a window with head motion. Runs on Power Macintosh, SGI Indy, and O2. ( Human-Computer Interaction Group / CLIPS-IMAG Laboratory)
Query by Image Content ( IBM Almaden)
Query by image content from remote sensing images - This demo is based on 484 small sub-scenes of a Landsat TM image. Queries are based on multi-spectral and textural features and the overall image complexity. ( Image Science Group / ETH Zurich)
Real-Time Face Detection Demo for Win32 amd Linux (RTFD) - On this page you can download a demo version (valid for 60 days) of the face finding programm Real Time Face Detector. In the installation file rtfacedetect_setup.exe all necessary files are included. This demo version may only be used for tests. For other uses please contact us directly. (RTVG / Fraunhofer IIS )
Real-time Objects Tracking in Real-Scene - Many demos about real-time objects tracking in real-scene can be found.
SIMBA - Search IMages By Appearance (SIMBA) - An image retrieval system based on nonlinear color-texture invariants ( Pattern Recognition and Image Processing, Prof. Bukhardt / Freiburg University)
SIMPLIcity: Content-based Image Retrieval - Content-based image retrieval system using wavelets, statistical clustering, and integrated region matching. ( Penn State University)
SNVision Demo - Allows you to open images, learn some models and and recognize them. you can test the system performance with noise, blur, luminance, contrast changes, rotations and zooms. (Brain and Cognition Center / SpikeNet Technology)
Segmentor - A colorful image segmentation java applet
Shape Queries Using Image Databases (SQUID)
StereoTracker - Downloadable demo. You supply two USB cameras. The software uses projective vision to self calibrate the cameras and tracks facial features in 3D. ( Computational Video Group of NRC)
Typographic Ornament Database And Identification (TODAI) - Image content queries for book historians (in French).
Viper demo page (Viper / GIFT) - Viper Content based Image retrieval demo ( Vision and Multimedia Lab / University of Geneva)
WebCam for the Blind - Converts images to sound. A creative idea to help the blind to see.
WebSeer - An image search engine for the WWW
ZOMAX - A general image processing and retrieval system for the World Wide Web. Query by image content (e.g. hue) or process images (edge detection, etc). ( Intelligent Sensory Information Systems (ISIS) group / University of Amsterdam)

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