Linear algebra for computer vision?

Question

Pattern recognition

It is necessary to implement the following: an object is placed on the table, the camera captures it and sends a signal to the raspberry pi that the object is on the table, and when it is taken away that the object has been removed.

It sounds extremely simple, but I got confused when I started digging about computer vision. Everywhere they write that knowledge of linear algebra and mathematical analysis is required, and this is a one-year course in higher mathematics! I already forgot all this. Maybe for my task you can learn some basics, do not tell me?
I am pretty good at Python.

Answer 1

Well, without knowledge, this problem cannot be solved at all. You should at least have an idea about matrices and operations with them. The rest can be done by ready-made libraries. For example: https://proglib.io/p/real-time-object-detection

Answer 2

In theory, here you need to have a screenshot of the table when it is empty and compare it with the current screenshot. If the angle and lighting of the screens are the same, then the delta of the two screens will show whether there is something new on the table or not.