Resources and ideas for computer vision educators

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Resources and ideas for computer vision educators

• Bruce A. Maxwell
• Colby College
• bmaxwell_at_colby.edu

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CVOnline

• Large collection of links
• Broad coverage
• Organized hierarchically
• Random, but a good place to start
• http//homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rbf/CVonline/

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CVED.ORG

• Intended as a place for educators to share course
  information
• Includes links to many textbooks
• Key is a central list of CV courses
• http//cved.org

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Real-Time Vision Module

• SVM is a vision module designed for robotics
• Real-time
• Linux-based
• Handles image capture from BT848 cards
• Handles scheduling operators
• Handles PTZ control
• Operators can incorporate OpenCV routines
• Uses Simmons IPC communication method (CARMEN)
• Battle-tested at AAAI for 5 years
• Available upon request (bmaxwell_at_colby.edu)

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Image Capture and X-windows

• C code for capturing images on BT848 cards
• C code for dumping images to an x-window
• Examples of how to modify the images in real time
• Great for doing table-top object recognition
• Great for letting students capturing data quickly
• Available on Colby CS website (bmaxwell_at_colby.edu)
  

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Blue-screen Assignment

• Take one or more pictures of each student in
  front of a blue screen (purchase for 160, e.g.
  Flexdrop2)
• Use a camera with a high quality image
• Use RAW mode if you can and keep the data linear
• Have students modify the background
• Used for graphics and computer vision
• Has been used in introductory courses
• Introduce arrays
• Practice nested loops