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Computer Vision Tech Grabs Humans In Real-Time 3D
Tinkle writes "Toshiba's R&D Labs in Cambridge, UK have developed a system capable of real-time 3D modeling of the human face and body — using a simple set of three different colored lights. Simple it may be, but the results are impressive. Commercial applications for computer vision technology look set to be huge — according professor Roberto Cipolla. On the horizon: cheap and easy digitized everyday objects for ecommerce, plus gesture-based interfaces — a la Natal — and in-car safety systems. Ultimately even driver-less cars. 'This is going to be the decade of computer vision,' predicts Cipolla."
What I would find interesting, is if they could make RGB lights that flash each color for only a tiny fraction of a second. So to the average person, the light looks white, but to the camera (which would need to be fast to read that much change) it appears the color for that frame. So that way, you could have a system like this in a normal room, and record a 3D model of the room at all times (Think of a security camera, but one that could take a 3d image instead of a 2D one)... It seems cool so far, let's see if it matures...
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I would feel much safer. Drivers are the cause of most crashes. If they can be replaced with something more reliable it would be a huge improvement.
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Or even better would be a system that uses infrared or some other wavelength that we can't see.
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Since this requires shining lights on the object to be digitized from particular angles, two or more independent vision systems (e.g. in driverless cars) would probably interfere with each other.
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I would feel much safer. Drivers are the cause of most crashes. If they can be replaced with something more reliable it would be a huge improvement.
Let's ask Toyota owners how they feel about 'driverless cars'. All it takes is one small problem, or even an incompatible system amongst the many manufacturers (keep in mind that odds are they all won't be running Linux).
This reminds me of Itchy & Scratchy Land and its inspiration, Westworld. What could possiblye go wrong?
Just improve skynet's target acquisition algorithms, why don't you?!!!
That is a fantastic leap in thinking!
I am wondering if this technique could be used with the spectrum of stars to identify the 3 dimensional structure of distant galaxies and clouds of gas?
I would venture to say that drivers cause 100% of car driving accidents.