Project updates


Version 1.07 uploaded

posted Feb 1, 2010 8:42 AM by Jim O'Keane

Changes in this version are primarily related to improving the color / car detection logic and performance. Now the program automatically calibrates the 'amount' of color it sees for each car during the calibration pass rather than using a fixed threshold setting. I also improved the performance of the color calibration and color detection logic a tad.

I've added some very simple contrast and hue/saturation controls for people that are using camera that do not have these controls in the camera driver or software. If you do have these controls as part of your camera software, I urge you to use them in the Camera Settings dialog. Using the contrast and saturation in the Motion Detection dialog, will cut into the overall performance (lower FPS) since this is just more processing I have to do each frame.

I've got a new Microsoft LifeCam HD which seems to provide a little faster response (30 FPS vs. 15 to 20 FPS for my old camera). The older Deluxe Optical Glass camera still works fine. 

One issue with the Microsoft LifeCam is that by default it has autofocus and automatic exposure turned on. These should be turned off, and set manually to get the best results in ELC.

Another minor version update 1.0.6

posted Dec 13, 2009 1:40 PM by Jim O'Keane

Added some minor features / bug fixes:
  • races up to 9999 laps
  • races up to 999 minutes
  • sorted race results (in addition to showing winner, now all racers are in order of best to worst results when race ends)
  • cleanup of some minor bugs related to driver names

Minor bug fixes, new version uploaded

posted Dec 3, 2009 7:06 AM by Jim O'Keane

A couple of minor bugs have been fixed and a new version of ELC has been posted. 1.0.2

One bug was related to Windows XP and DirectSound initialization. I myself couldn't reproduce the issue, but I've been told the change I made did fix the problem.

Another bug was related to clicking on the column headers in the race data grid control. Apparently I'd never tested this, and there was a crashing error in this case.

Easy Lap Counter 1.0 released

posted Nov 29, 2009 3:57 PM by Jim O'Keane   [ updated Nov 30, 2009 3:01 PM ]

Finally a '1.0' version of Easy Lap Counter is ready for people to try out. If you need an inexpensive and easy to use R/C lap counting system, we invite you to give it a try. All that is required is a Windows PC and external web camera. Simply go to the Files area and download the installer. 

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