Sparkfun Camera Object Tracking

Forum 2005-2010 (read only) Hardware Interfacing
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Would it be possible to use this camera:
CMOS IR Camera Module - 640x480
sku: SEN-08773 on Sparkfun

and JMyron to control two motors to follow an object? So then one motor would control rotation and the other would control the angle. Like an eye following something.

Would this camera be capable?
Would Arduino be capable of the camera's resolution?
And anyone know how to use JMyron with this?

Thanks for your input.

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Fast answer :

  • JMyron is a Java library, hence not for the Arduino
  • Arduino is not powerful enough to do this kind of image processing
    So this can't be a standalone solution. Or maybe by using some extra powerful DSP chips.
    I'd say the simplest solution would be to mount a standard webcam on a pan/tilt mechanism. You'd use Processing and the JMyron library to track the object and send commands to an Arduino via serial. In return, the Arduino would move the servos on the camera mount.
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I'd go ahead and get a robot camera- such as the CMUcam,AVRcam, or Blackfin. You control the cameras through the UART ( aka serial)

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CMOS IR Camera Module - 640x480

i pretty sure this camera is strictly used for hooking it up directly to a video cable that goes to a tv ect.