Very interesting application. I was just let go from Mikron in Aurora. Swiss industrial assembly system manufacturer who's customers are mostly medical device manufacturers. There is a lot of money to be made in the vision appliance market. Something that has an easy calibration interface and spits out a positive on true and a few handshake bits for PLC integration and you are on the way to the bank. Cognex could use some competition. Cheers! <div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 4:40 PM, YES NOPE9 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yes@nope9.com">yes@nope9.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
#1 My buddy ( Dennis Kathrens ) and I are adding things to a GuruPlug.<br>
We connected a USB C901 webcam ( HD ) to the GuruPlug and served video using Palantir.<br>
For some reason ( not yet determined ) , the webcam would not be recognized if it was connected through a USB hub.<br>
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Now we are wading through the process of getting Python , OpenCV ( or perhaps ROS ) to play nice together. Once this happens , we will code some computer vision algorithms:<br>
== to count small objects ( pills )<br>
== to recognize the borders of documents that have been imaged and trim the images<br>
== to examine the document image for barcodes ( 1D and 2D ) and extract info as metadata.<br>
== control the universe ( this is a long term effort )<br>
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#2 I am working on getting Forth running on the Wiznet W7100 ..... or maybe LUA instead .... then I will have small modules that can hang on the ethernet network and accept code downloads.<br>
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My intention is to FLOSS all of the accomplishments and also try to make a buck as well. I am always interested in collaborating. I love what Sparkfun in Boulder, CO has done. Maybe I can get something of a similar flavor going.<br>
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99guspuppet<br>
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