Working with Linux

One of my team members working on the material part of our project.

 Our team has been working in their own areas to make sure we have a finished project in 2 weeks. We have been revising the tracking system and have a few last choices available. We were able to get a look at the Kinect which uses infrared to track peoples positions, it is a possibility for us to use but will depend on how many can be present on the camera at once.

How the Kinect tracks people, similar to most infrared trackers

Upon looking over some other tracking methods that use Linux, C++ and digital cameras I was able to find a better detailed and easy to follow version of the tracking system. This allowed me to understand more about how Linux works from the simple commands needed in testing the tracking. I was able to test the source and use the example images to get a tracking result.

After testing the source code these temporary images were created

It sounds obvious, but after taking a few basic tutorials on Linux and understanding some of the commands I was able to get a better outlook on this method of tracking than I did on Tuesday. I think without that initial setup of understanding what is happening, the likelihood of searching for an alternative method increases. By being ignorant of going through these first steps will cause for a lot more stress and frustration. I have to review what it is I am doing and see how possible it is to do it with the right research and information. If it means I have to go into more thorough detail and effort then so be it.

References

“CVLAB - Computer Vision Laboratory”, n.d. http://cvlab.epfl.ch/research/body/surv/.

 

“How Does the Motion Detection in XBOX Kinect Works? | Techchai - Technology Tips, Tutorials, Articles and Updates”, n.d. http://techchai.com/2011/04/01/how-does-the-motion-detection-in-xbox-kinect-works-2/.