Firmware Hack Allows Video Analysis On a Canon Camera 115
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers from the University of Liege in Belgium have been able to perform real-time video analysis on a regular Canon digicam (video link) without any hardware modification. The results are shown directly on the digicam's screen. They use a hacked version of a popular open-source alternative firmware for Canon cameras: CHDK. This is a proof-of-concept that computer vision algorithms can now be embedded on regular Canon digicams with little effort (CHDK is coded in C). What other popular vision algorithms could be implemented? For what purpose?" You can get some idea about ViBe from this abstract at IEEE; basically, it allows background extraction in moving images.
Re:Zoneminder (Score:3, Funny)
I wrote code for this so that my camera would draw a little red box around the faces of terrorists. It seems I'm surrounded by them.
Re:Video analysis (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Thank you, Lord of Language (Score:3, Funny)
Digicam is a perfectly cromulent word. You may want to look into the prescription [wikipedia.org]/description [wikipedia.org] debate to understand everyone thinks you are a ridiculous buffoon.
Also, I resent the implication that I ride a Harley.
Re: CHDK (Score:4, Funny)
What's the 'newest' Camera that supports CHDK? Mine got stolen recently and I'd like something to replace it for times I don't want to lug around my SLR.
I'm interested by that too as I've recently "acquired" a new camera.
Re:Zoneminder (Score:1, Funny)
perhaps you could implement that with collision boundaries and gun turrets before they terrorize you. that would keep the status quo, right and proper, all the way.
Re: CHDK (Score:3, Funny)
"acquired", with quotes ? What, you were taking an innocent evening stroll through a random stranger's living room and one just happened to fall into your pocket of it's own accord ?