twinn / ShotTracker

Open source gun shot detection.
MIT License
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Finalize project goals #1

Closed twinn closed 11 years ago

twinn commented 11 years ago

Currently the goals of the project are

Are there other ideas that should be added?

arronmabrey commented 11 years ago

@twinn what's the purpose of the "panaramic pictures" to try and catch someone in the act?

twinn commented 11 years ago

Yep exactly, panaramic camera hardware is hard to come by though, so I think instead we try and point the camera towards the sound origin instead. This might be a phase 2 requirement.

arronmabrey commented 11 years ago

I think an lense attachment similar to the "go pano" could possibly be a different option http://vimeo.com/38064364

Here is a link to their products http://www.gopano.com/store/

I think their prices are way too high for what it is... but the concept is there. I know we can use image_magic to unwrap spherical images ie. http://www.fmwconcepts.com/imagemagick/fisheye2pano/index.php

arronmabrey commented 11 years ago

Another example of unwarping spherical image/video data

twinn commented 11 years ago

I'm thinking for phase 1 we drop the camera requirement. Security cameras are pretty inexpensive. Positioning the shot detector in a position where it could get a good image might also leave it open to theft especially since we're thinking it will be solar powered so probably not an inconspicuous device. I really like the idea of this being a mailbox mounted device which would give it a great vantage point for taking pictures. Solar panels on a mailbox is not going to work though. It's just really way to early in the project to think about images.

Here's the finalized project goals.