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  • Date Created: 6 Jan 2016 4:14 PM Date Created
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LEDRoadTestPlus - Post 11

amgalbu
amgalbu
6 Jan 2016

This is the last post of this roadtest

The initial idea was to transmit a unique code using the visible light. This has applications in indoor navigation (in museum, shops, etc)

 

I got a working prototype (I will publish a video in the next days), with several limitations

 

1. the algorithm used is tailored for my smartphone, so I don't expect it to work on another model. In particular, the algorithm is affected by the frame rate and by the exposure time. Also, not all the possible image formats supplied by the smartphone camera are supported. A more robust algorithm in my hopinion should be based on FFT transform

 

2. the application works only with reflected light

 

3. There is no way to "isolate" codes transmitted by LEDS that are installed close to each other

 

So, far from being a commercial application, in these roadtest I got the opportunity to explore this new (at least for me) field of application

 

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  • amgalbu
    amgalbu over 9 years ago in reply to tomaja +1
    Thanks Dragan!
  • amgalbu
    amgalbu over 9 years ago in reply to shabaz +1
    Hi Shabaz Actually the problem is the decoding... I need to devise a way to robustly detect the start of the frame, and, as I said, the current method depends too much on camera settings Cheers Ambrog…
  • balearicdynamics
    balearicdynamics over 9 years ago in reply to amgalbu +1
    Ambrogio, this super-bright LED are sure "too" bright, but I see it as a great advantage. We should consider that a kind of light source like this will not be used 15cm away from the detector. So - just…
  • balearicdynamics
    balearicdynamics over 9 years ago in reply to amgalbu

    To support this concept it is the worth to develop or upgrade a device just for this.

     

    Enrico

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    amgalbu over 9 years ago in reply to mcb1

    Hi mcb1

    yes the initial idea was to use the front camera so that the phone can see "light beacons" while user can see the map

    However, on my phone the frame rate of the front camera was very poor (about 5 fps) so, in this phase, I preferred to switch to the back camera

     

    Cheers

    Ambrogio

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    mcb1 over 9 years ago

    Like many inventions he initial part always has some hurdles.

     

    It's a great idea that has many potential uses.

    Have you tried it using the forward facing camera (ie the display side)

    I can see a use in situations where you take a number and then wait.

     

    Mark

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    dougw over 9 years ago

    Great idea - lots of potential applications.

    Doug

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  • balearicdynamics
    balearicdynamics over 9 years ago in reply to amgalbu

    That's ture Ambrogio. And this approach is also the valuable idea of your project... But - if I am not wrong - Android gives by software independent control of the shutter speed respect the the exposure. By a certain point of view, as you need a shutter speed as much high as possible to reach the better possible fps data transmission, the light intensity is an advantage; then IMHO to avoid overexposure an independent regulation of the sensor light sensing (i.t. the ISO value simulation) maybe set independently. This is what I mean.

     

    Thinking to your project I wonder what happens with a smartphone like the iPhone 6 that has the high speed camera, I mean a shutter speed that can reach up to 260 fps ... Until now I have no idea what is the highest Android smartphones camera shutter speed but I think that it is sure lower than this value.

     

    Enrico

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