Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.
We finally decided the risk reduction to be settling the scheme of mount and arrangements of four low speed cameras.
Accomplishments from Previous Week
Professor Gravish helped us go through the MATLAB codes about Image Tracking in MATLAB and we should be able to extract the interested object from the video,
Professor Gravish also sent us slides about Image Tracking and a paper about multi-camera real time 3D tracking of multiple flying animals.
We visited the Lab and decided the area for the arena and chose the OBen BD-0 Mini Ball Head as the favorable mount.
Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.
Finished reading the paper about multi-camera real time 3D tracking of multiple flying animals.(Zizhao, Mingcong, Keren)
Finished the calculation for determining the positions of four low speed cameras. (Zizhao, Mingcong)
Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments
Sponsor believed that instead of thinking about changing the number of cameras, it would be better to optimize the four cameras plan. For this comment, we believed that we do not need to change the method of mounts for now. Instead, we'd better start the calculation to decide how to place these four low speed cameras.
Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments
Professor Gravish believed that even though many people have already worked on the multi-cameras tracking for long time, because this is a brand new prospect for us, it would be a good risk reduction to determine the positions of low speed cameras.
Professor Gravish also said that starting with two cameras would be a good choice.
Risks and Areas of Concern
Four cameras may not make sure that every spot in the arena could be recorded with two cameras.
The background for cameras may not be advantageous because if the brightness of the object and background is too similar, it would be hard to deal with the video.
Resources or Information Required but not Available
None for now.
Schedule
Describe upcoming milestone
Update Gantt chart.
Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)
We have not spent any budget and because hardwares for this project are almost prepared, so there is not restricted budget.
Progress on Report and Webpage
We still need to update the information for week 10 after finishing project work for week 10.