Computer Vision API

Introduction

• Azure AI Computer Vision API is a cloud-based service provided by Microsoft that allows developers to integrate advanced image-processing capabilities into their applications.
• Here are some of the key features and functionalities of the Azure AI Computer Vision API:

1. Image Analysis:
   • The API can analyze images to extract information such as objects, faces, adult content, and image types.
   • It provides detailed information about each object detected, including tags, descriptions, and confidence scores.
2. OCR (Optical Character Recognition):
   • This feature allows the extraction of text from images, including printed and handwritten text.
   • It can be used for digitizing documents, reading signs, and more.
3. Image Categorization:
   • The API can categorize images into predefined categories to understand the overall content and context of an image.
4. Face Detection:
   • It detects faces within an image and provides information about facial features, emotions, and other attributes.
5. Thumbnail Generation:
   • The API can generate high-quality thumbnails for images, ensuring the most important parts of an image are preserved.
6. Domain-specific Models:
   • Azure offers models trained for specific scenarios, such as recognizing landmarks or celebrities.
7. Spatial Analysis:
   • This feature analyzes live video streams to understand spatial relationships and movements within the environment, useful for scenarios like social distancing monitoring and people counting.
8. Image Moderation:
   • The API can detect potentially offensive content in images, helping to maintain content moderation standards.