#  Image Acquisition

* 2D Image Input

o 2D Input Devices
o Frame Stores

* 3D imaging

o The 3D Image -- Depth Maps
o Why use 3D data?
o Introduction to Stereo Imaging -- Theory
o Methods of Acquisition
o Our Active Stereo Vision System

# Image processing

* Fourier Methods

o What do frequencies mean in an image?
o Fourier Theory
o Convolution
o Fourier Transforms and Convolutions
o The Fast Fourier Transform Algorithm

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The results of cache-simulation experiments with an abstract machine for
reducing combinator graphs are presented. The abstract machine, called TIGRE,
exhibits reduction rates that, for similar kinds of combinator graphs on
similar kinds of hardware, compare favorably with previously reported
techniques. Furthermore, TIGRE maps easily and efficiently onto standard
computer architectures, particularly those that allow a restricted form of
self-modifying code. This provides some indication that the conventional
"stored program" organization of computer systems is not necessarily