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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] I'm a computer science/computer engineering student, and I've come up with an idea for my senior project in a couple years. In chapel every day, someone goes up into the rafters, stands on a walkway and takes pictures of the seats. Theoretically, someone looks at these pictures, determines which seats are empty and who they belong to, and thereby takes attendance. It doesn't seem to happen all that often, but such is the theory. I want to automate it. The idea is to place a digital camera or cameras along this walkway. At certain times of day set by a piece of software on the network, the camera(s) will take pictures from certain positions and angles. These pictures will be sent over the network to a script which will analyze the pictures, determine which seats are empty, and update the online database of absences. Of course, I'd like to find a pre-existing camera that has the capability to be controlled and take high-res snapshots over a network, then send those pictures back. However, my funding is not limitless, and nothing even remotely close at ANY price has yet been seen. So first question: anyone know if such a thing exists? Failing that, I need to have the engineering mechanics guys build a mounting for a pre-existing camera. The most likely design for each camera is thus: the camera will be mounted on a motorized squveling assembly. Both the mounting and the camera will be controlled by a small computer, which will require a way to interface with the camera and the network. That computer will store instructions passed to it over the network, and execute them at the programmed times, pointing and shooting. The camera will need to be controllable over its USB or wireless interface, and the computer will need a USB host interface and a network connection, wired or wireless. My best guess right now is a Zaurus SL-5500 with a USB host CF adaptor and a hub to plug the wifi adaptor and camera into. However, most of that is just because those are pre-existing parts that can be modified relatively easily. What I'd like to know is whether any better pre-existing parts exist that I can't find, OR whether there's a setup that I can build that would work better than this setup. Any other suggestions regarding any aspect of the project are also welcome. No sarcasm about the idea of taking attendance in chapel, though, please. We get enough of that at shcool already. :) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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