Written in C++ Type Library | Operating system License BSD (free software) | |
Original author(s) Stable release 1.3.15 / October 31, 2011 (2011-10-31) |
The Integrating Vision Toolkit (IVT) is a C++ computer vision library with an object-oriented architecture. It offers its own multi-platform GUI toolkit.
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Availability
The library is available as free software under a 3-clause BSD license. It is written in pure ANSI C++ and compiles using any available C++ compiler (e.g. any Visual Studio, any gcc, TI Code Composer). It is cross-platform and runs on basically any platform offering a C++ compiler, including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The included GUI toolkit offers implementations for Windows (Win32 API), Linux (GTK), Mac OS X (Cocoa) and Qt. The computer vision company Keyetech offers platform specific optimizations of various IVT functions with the Keyetech Performance Primitives (KPP), which are automatically loaded by the IVT.
History
The IVT has been developed at the formerly named University of Karlsruhe (TH), now Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The first version of the IVT was released on Sourceforge on December 22, 2005. Since 2009, the IVT is maintained in cooperation with the company Keyetech, who also offers training courses for the IVT as well as commercial products and customized solutions using the IVT.
Features
IVT's features include:
Relation to OpenCV
Compared to OpenCV the IVT offers an object-oriented software architecture, is easier to read and easier to use. The implementations are as fast or even faster than those from the OpenCV. However, OpenCV offers some functionality that IVT does not offer (e.g. a face detector). Such functionality is integrated by optional OpenCV wrappers.