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wkinnewkinne Posts: 6
edited 2011-01-29 12:39 in Propeller 1
Could the chip be programed to take a video of an area and tell if what is there is a bee or a grasshopper? If so, how hard would it be and how much might it cost?

I would be willing to pay for help in doing something like this.


tia

wkinne

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  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2011-01-28 13:52
    It's too slow and hasn't got enough memory for that sort of image processing.
  • MagIO2MagIO2 Posts: 2,243
    edited 2011-01-28 13:55
    This question is by far to simple. Meaning not giving enough details. So, the simple answer is NO.

    I could imagine that there are circustances where this answer could change to yes. For example if you only have to detect bees and grashoppers (nothing else will pass the detection area) and the background is one color .....
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2011-01-28 14:02
    Look at the BeagleBoard, that has the processing power and memory for that sort of application. A camera module is available for it.
  • wkinnewkinne Posts: 6
    edited 2011-01-28 14:12
    Thanks
    wkinne
  • agimuhingagimuhing Posts: 39
    edited 2011-01-29 06:49
    The chip by itself doesn't have enough power for image processing
    I thought about doing something similar, but then I realized the whole chip would be completely used just turning the raw data into an image
    If you really want a camera your going to need a separate image processor
  • StefanL38StefanL38 Posts: 2,292
    edited 2011-01-29 07:16
    take a look at OpenCV if I remember right it is a opensource image-analysing software

    best regards

    Stefan
  • HollyMinkowskiHollyMinkowski Posts: 1,398
    edited 2011-01-29 12:39
    Bee or a grasshopper?

    I want to hear more about this unusual project. :-)

    While the prop might be inadequate to the task of sorting out if
    a video is of a bee or a grasshopper it probably could be used
    to detect the sound the bee makes while moving its wings to fly.
    The grasshopper would not be able to make such a sound so it
    could be a good indicator. So depending on where it is you want
    to sort these bugs apart you might be able to do it using sound
    detection. There is some fft code to detect audio tones...that might work.
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