Hey everyone! I Just wanted to introduce myself, my name is Robert McCabe and I am passionate about embedded development, and absolutely in love with Arduino and what it has done for the community. I just finished a Facial Recognition integration using the Arduino bootloader on ATtiny's. In addition I had to use other hardware to handle the video but the facial recog portion is out of the scope of this forum.
I'm just looking for feedback from the pros!! Also wondering if I should do a "How-To" follow up video? I would like to contribute
The video can be seen here.
___Facial recognition camera and chip are located in an old African mask.
___The user steps on a certain spot on the carpet, (underneath lies a pressure pad connected to a relay which then supplies regulated power (LM7809 from battery) to Vin.
(I know the above could be done with power saving and interrupts but I was working with low capacity batteries and didn't want to take mask down all the time)
___The Arduino moves the sunglasses covering the camera to asses min and max movement.
The user picks up a fake fruit which is hollowed out and contains a super magnet. waves the fruit over the glass table which trips a hidden magnetic reed switch.
In code the ATtiny moves servo x degrees rotating the sunglasses up uncovering masks eyes.
inside the camera is activated and signals to the user it is analyzing with concurrent flashes of an LED located in the other eye.
If the user if authenticated in Windows the glasses shut, covering equipment and returning mask to wall hanger status
ANY input would be appreciated!!
-Robert McCabe