Visual tracking using FLEX board and CMOS camera

At the Retis laboratory of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, a moving ball was visually tracked using FLEX board with a CMOS camera.

 


 

Movements of a freely rolling ball was visually tracked, within the visual envelope of the CMOS camera, using FLEX board .
The CMOS Camera is capable of returning JPEG images to the connected FLEX board hosting a Microchip dsPIC. The Flex Board also controls two servomotors which are used to articulate the camera, thereby maintaining the focus on the rolling ball.

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Software

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Hardware

  • FLEX board hosting Microchip dsPIC DSC
  • CMOS camera setup
  • Ball

 

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External links

http://retis.sssup.it/

Demo video

dsPIC Visual tracking using a CMOS camera