パターン認識とコンピュータビジョンに関する最新研究成果と応用を収録するレファレンス、７年振りの改訂版。画像処理の基礎から、個人認証やシステム、ライフサイエンスなどへの応用まで、幅広いテーマを扱う。It features articles written by renowned leaders in the field while topics are presented in readable form to a wide range of readers. The book is divided into five parts: basic methods in pattern recognition, basic methods in computer vision and image processing, recognition applications, life science and human identification, and systems and technology.