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OpenMV Cam on KS

Posted by Bot Thoughts on January 26, 2015 at 11:30am

Hey all, remember OpenMV Cam? It's the machine vision module that runs Python.

Well, we finally launched it on Kickstarter http://bit.ly/openmvcam. It does color tracking, object tracking, records movies and photos, too. All scriptable with Python. And it supports shields (think WiFi, LCD, IMU, ...) It has IR LEDs. M12 lens mount. STM32F427 @ 180MHz.

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Jake Stew January 28, 2015 at 1:43am

> For SAR application, it's useful to be able to scan for particular colours and textures.

SAR can't see colors. This thread is about a visible light camera, not radar.
HyperGuy January 27, 2015 at 5:52pm

I backed it! Great work. Need more backers though :)
Euan Ramsay January 27, 2015 at 5:27am

A great application comes to mind.

For SAR application, it's useful to be able to scan for particular colours and textures. Is it possible to "train" the camera to search for a specific colour, by lettin it "sniff" the colour first?

In the same way sniffer dogs are given a scent to track using an object covered with the subjects scent, we'd give the camera a colour to search for, by giving it a "sample" first. It would then highlight any sample that contains that colour.
Tiziano Fiorenzani January 27, 2015 at 4:52am

Great, I can't wait to see it in action!
Euan Ramsay January 27, 2015 at 2:36am

Backed!

Not a huge python programmer, so hoping to leech some non-pattern detection code :-)

I'm planning to use it in a SAR context, to try and make real-time target detection easier.
Burraak January 26, 2015 at 10:55pm

What is the video resolution? and what is FPS rate during face or blob tracking?
Mark January 26, 2015 at 10:06pm

Nice project and amazing price considering your everyday fpv camera costs around the same. A few dumb questions if I may:

a) Frame rate looks like around 15fps. Can this be up scaled with lower res images?
b) Cant see a vid out pin, guessing dev environment is via the serial ports? Can one of the GPIO pins be assigned for this purpose?

Thanks

Mark
Developer

Randy January 26, 2015 at 5:31pm

Looking good!! Backed!

Reminds me a bit of the hackacam which was successful but which is now quite difficult to find. The price of your camera is very reasonable (might I say too cheap?) for such a versatile camera. Looks like you've also put a standard M12 lens mount on there so people should be able to change the lens.

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Bot Thoughts January 26, 2015 at 4:16pm
@Montezuma: thanks for asking -- short summary:
- You script it in Python.
- It detects faces and objects as well as colors.
- You can record movies, videos.
- It's smaller than Pixy at only 1.8" x 1.4" and you can expand it with shields. We're working on a WiFi shield, an IR sensor that overlays a heat map, a LiPo shield, LCD, and more (available later)
- It has IR LEDs for night illumination, too.
- It costs less than Pixy
- It uses a familiar STM32F4 MCU, same family as PixHawk, F4Discovery board, etc.
Montezuma January 26, 2015 at 3:17pm

How is this sufficiently different from similar items, like the CMUCam5 Pixy, or the numerous other "feature rich", but rather "low" to "mid-level" resolution camera boards?