What "MICROCONTROLLER" that is best for IMAGE PROCESSING?

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I am a senior computer engineering student from the Philippines, and One of my module of my project is an IMAGE PROCESSING waste segregation where it segregates
trashes by "biodegradable" or "non-biodegradable". I hope that you could help me guys.

Former Member · Answer

Peter Oakes wrote: 
 
 missing a key component and im sure you all know this 
 
 Speed of analysis 
 
 If this is a conveyor then the system must analyse in almost real-time, yes there is a lag but it must be able to keep up with the conveyor, this will require a very fast processing sub system or many small systems working on concert 
 
 all the other points are perfectly valid also, we just need to add the dimension of performance, this in itself would probably eliminate things like PI, BBB etc. From a proof of concept they will work but for production it would need to be massively scaled up, or the conveyor slowed down 
 Im not using a conveyor. im going to make a two trashbins: 1 for the Biodegradable and 1 for the Recyclable. on the top of the trashbin there is a CAMERA for image processing. If ever the person trying to put the "PLASTIC BOTTLE" to the biodegradable bin, the biodegradable bin won't open. If the person put the plastic on the Recyclable bin the bin will open.

vish · Answer

That question you can probably ask in this community : https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/OpenCV/info

dougw · Answer

First of all, to perform visual inspection on an object or material it cannot be obscured or buried in a pile of trash, it must be separated or on top in full view, which requires some separation method. Full optical inspection may require viewing from multiple angles which requires multiple cameras or movement of the object. This implies visual inspection already requires more than just a camera and software to have any chance of success. There are some materials and objects that can be determined to be biodegradable by visual inspection, but there are many where visual inspection is simply inconclusive. Optical discrimination rate may be improved by adding extreme magnification and spectral analysis, which would still fall under the image processing umbrella, but may complicate the apparatus and material handling systems. For those object and materials that can be visually distinguished, performing the discrimination in software can be a very complex task and some choices will fail because the software is not sophisticated enough. So for general biodegradable decisions, image processing will not be very accurate, and many other sensor systems would be needed, working in concert, to improve accuracy. However, there are special cases where image processing could be used successfully, and you might try one of these for your project. For example: image processing could distinguish whether an item is a cardboard cup or a plastic lid or a plastic straw, assuming these are the only types of trash on the conveyor.

What "MICROCONTROLLER" that is best for IMAGE PROCESSING?

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