Earliest computer vision systems in Poland

Abstract

In the paper is presented the brief history of research conducted in Poland (at AGH University) in the area of image processing, analysis and recognition. The history is connected with changes of the technology used for problem solving. First systems are build from the separate integrated circuits of low and medium scale of integration, after this we develop some systems build on the base of VLSI elements, and now the new systems are constructed on the base of FPGA technology. Nevertheless all the time scientific group from AGH was conducted research in technological applications of vision systems. At 70th and 80th years of XX century it was pioneer works devoted to building of second in Poland and one of the first in Europe systems for computer processing of the images, now research is dedicated mainly toward real time image processing systems. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.