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Re: "Wireless" camera
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 21 Jul 1999 21:47:53 GMT
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Jason Jenkins <jenkins@&IHateSpam&ai.sri.com>
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> From: One Time CR-X <hchea@ramapo.edu>
> > The rcx controls the rotation of the camera/rubberband gun, as well as the
> > trigger for the rubberband gun. So from my computer (which has a tv tuner
> > card to view the picture from the camera) I can remotely aim the gun, and
> > fire at targets. It's quite fun. The rcx is controlled by the RCX Test
> > Panel for Mac.
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> An obvious project that could be based on this would be some sort of image
> analysis software that would track an object and point the camera (and thus
> your rubber band weapon) at it. As a starting point something like a bright
> white ball (so easy to in the image via software) could be tracked. Being
> able to approximate how far off center the ball is, and then moving the
> camera to center on it, would a good challenge.
This is getting pretty close to one of the research areas where I work. If
anybody is interested in further reading on machine vision, check out
http://www.ai.sri.com/perception for some publications and other info.
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| From: One Time CR-X <hchea@ramapo.edu> (...) An obvious project that could be based on this would be some sort of image analysis software that would track an object and point the camera (and thus your rubber band weapon) at it. As a starting point (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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