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  • Date Created: 6 Feb 2020 8:13 AM Date Created
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Track object in movie file and transform into data to be used with arduino servos

rictrajano
rictrajano
6 Feb 2020

Hello,

 

After doing some research I haven’t found exactly what i’m looking for. Basically I looking for a way to translate movement of an object in a video file (like a recording of a ball jumping up a down) to values that I can use to move servos. I’m more comfortable with arduino so that’s the microcontroller that I’m aiming to use with this project.

I’d like to either be able to move the servos in realtime in sync while playing the video or saving the values and using them later on by themselves.

I imagine something like playing a video, defining what in the video I want to track and having it saving the values of the object position in the screen.

 

Thanks for your help in advance.

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  • BigG
    BigG over 5 years ago +5
    Before you even get to image recognition you need to consider how much memory resource is required just to capture and store one image. Then with a video you need to then recognise that a new image will…
  • Sean_Miller
    Sean_Miller over 5 years ago +4
    If you solely need the coordinate data that you will later do some math on to get your servo values , here's how I'd do it: Shoot your footage with a tripod. Be perpendicular to the action being video…
  • dubbie
    dubbie over 5 years ago +2
    An interesting idea. Maybe you could re-use some ideas from the PixyCam device as it is open source and replace the live input video stream with the recorded video stream. Dubbie
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    dubbie over 5 years ago

    An interesting idea. Maybe you could re-use some ideas from the PixyCam device as it is open source and replace the live input video stream with the recorded video stream.

     

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    dubbie over 5 years ago

    An interesting idea. Maybe you could re-use some ideas from the PixyCam device as it is open source and replace the live input video stream with the recorded video stream.

     

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