What frameworks should be used for complex Image processing?

[#1]

For complex tasks like facial or object recognition, what are the best enabling frameworks?

[#2]

I hear OpenCV alot

[#3 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Vadim,

OpenCV is famous for image processing in general. They have several tools for image and face recognition. Here is an example of how to do face recognition with OpenCV: tutorial.

In terms of integration with Hadoop, there's a framework called HIPI developed by University of Virginia for leveraging HDFS and MapReduce for large scale image processing. This framework supports OpenCV too.

Finally, for image processing in motion, you can use HDF with an OpenCV processor like the one published here