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3.1.5. Computer Vision Task Selection Framework
Decision Matrix:
| Need | Task | Key Output |
|---|---|---|
| "What type of image is this?" | Image Classification | Category label |
| "Where are the objects?" | Object Detection | Bounding boxes |
| "What text is in this image?" | OCR | Text strings |
| "Are there faces? What do they look like?" | Face Detection/Analysis | Face locations + attributes |
| "What category is each pixel?" | Semantic Segmentation | Pixel masks |
| "Track livestock in a field" | Object Detection | Object tracking over time |
| "Read handwritten notes" | OCR | Extracted text |
| "Categorize product images" | Image Classification | Product categories |