What is Azure AI Vision?
Azure AI Vision is an AI service for computer vision that automatically analyzes images and videos. The service detects objects, reads text, identifies faces, and can be customized for specific recognition tasks with Custom Vision.
Core Features
- Image Analysis: Detects objects, scenes, brands, and generates image descriptions
- OCR/Read API: Extracts printed and handwritten text from images and documents
- Face API: Detects faces, attributes, and can identify individuals
- Custom Vision: Train custom classification and object detection models
- Spatial Analysis: Analyzes video streams for people counting and movement patterns
- Image Embeddings: Generates vectors for image-based similarity search
Typical Use Cases
Document Processing: Companies digitize paper archives with OCR. The Read API extracts text from invoices, contracts, and handwritten notes for automated workflows.
Quality Control in Manufacturing: Production lines use Custom Vision for defect detection. The system recognizes scratches, deformations, or missing parts in real-time.
Retail Analytics: Retailers analyze customer behavior with Spatial Analysis. People counting, queue length, and movement patterns are captured in a privacy-compliant manner.
Benefits
- Pre-built models for immediate use
- Custom Vision for industry-specific recognition without ML expertise
- Container deployment for edge and on-premises scenarios
- Florence Foundation Model for multimodal applications
Integration with innFactory
As a Microsoft Solutions Partner, innFactory supports you with Azure AI Vision: We implement OCR pipelines for document processing, train Custom Vision models for your specific requirements, and integrate image analysis into your business processes.
Typical Use Cases
Frequently Asked Questions
What can Azure AI Vision detect?
AI Vision detects objects, scenes, text (OCR), faces, brands and logos, colors, and image quality. Custom Vision enables training custom classification and detection models.
How accurate is the OCR function?
The OCR engine achieves very high accuracy for printed and handwritten text in over 150 languages. Read API is optimized for complex documents.
Can I train custom recognition models?
Yes, Custom Vision enables training classification and object detection models with few example images. No ML expertise required.
Does AI Vision support video analysis?
Yes, Spatial Analysis analyzes video streams in real-time for people counting, distance measurement, and motion analysis. Video Retrieval enables image-based search in videos.
Can Azure AI Vision run on-premises?
Yes, Vision containers can be deployed on-premises for scenarios with latency requirements or strict data residency regulations.
