Penny Opto-recognition Software (POS) is my first excursion into optical image recognition. It is a software program which reads images from any Video4Linux-supported webcam and processes the image to discover the positions of several pennies within the field of view. A geometric representation of the recognized positions is displayed on the screen. Also recognized is a red translucent spoon which is used as a pointer to both digitally and physically manipulate the pennies.
The video is quite self-explanatory:
For the bandwidth-impaired, here are some photos of the system in action:
front view
side view
top viewSource code may be found here: https://guinness.cs.stevens-tech.edu/~cmerck/camera_hacks/
The pennyfix.c file is the one demonstrated here.
The camhacks.c file is an improvement of the peep-hole camera software. More on that in an upcoming post.
The pennyfix.c file is the one demonstrated here.
The camhacks.c file is an improvement of the peep-hole camera software. More on that in an upcoming post.
