The document introduces image processing, computer vision, and robot vision. Image processing involves transforming, encoding, and transmitting images. Computer vision uses computational tools to understand images and derive human-understandable descriptions and information. Robot vision allows robots to see their environment and make automated decisions and actions. The document then discusses digital image definitions, noting that a digital image is derived from sampling an analog image. Each pixel in a digital image contains information about illumination, 2D coordinates, depth, color, and time frame.