[Image Processing Engineer Column] The Human Eye and the Camera Eye

This is a story from the perspective of an image processing expert. I considered the strengths of each.
Human Eye: I believe the most significant feature is its "adaptive" nature. It can find small differences by staring intently, and it can also derive a broader understanding from fleeting information. When something is hard to see, we instinctively squint, right? We also unconsciously use or ignore color information.
Camera Eye: Specialized cameras surpass human capabilities for specific purposes. For example, even if the human eye tries hard to be "adaptive," it has limitations in very dark environments. However, images obtained through optical amplification can reveal objects in darker spaces than the human eye can perceive (they won't be visible if all light sources are completely blocked). Specialized cameras can detect wavelengths that the human eye cannot. This is similar in the world of sound.
Infrared and ultraviolet light use wavelengths that go beyond the range of "visible light" that humans can see, which changes the discussion further.
The job of an image processing expert is to "realize" the processing of information obtained from these "eyes" in the "brain" part.
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