More than merely controlling, CMUCam Pro lets you deal with CMU Camera like a Pro! You don't need to remember those tough commands and other hard part to interact with the CMU Camera. Come, 'Play' with the CMU Camera!
CMUCam1: Robot Vision Camera
Real Time Image Recognition and Tracking.
The CMU cam developed at Carnegie Mellon University provides real time
object tracking vision system that is easy to interface to micro
controllers and personal computers. The CMU cam performs onboard real
time image processing for object and color recognition.
It uses a SX28 micro controller interfaced to an
Omnivision OV6620 CMOS camera chip. The SX28 microcontroller does much
of the image processing. Communication with the camera is done via a
standard RS-232 or TTL serial port.
Features of the CMUcam include:
- Track user define color objects at 17 frames per second.
- Find the center of the object
- Gather mean color and variance data
- 80 x 143 pixel resolution
- Serial communication at 115,200 / 38,400 / 19,200/ 9600 Baud
- Demo Mode - Automatically lock onto and drive a servomotor to track an object.
Download the CMUCam1 manual here (1 MB, PDF)
CMUCam1 - $109.95
CMU Camera v1(assembled, with cable)
CMUCam2: Robot Vision Camera
High Resolution Tracking and High Level Image Processing.
The CMUcam2 consists of a SX52 microcontroller interfaced with an OV6620 or OV7620 Omnivision CMOS camera on a chip that allows simple high level data to be extracted from the camera’s streaming video. The board communicates via a RS-232 or a TTL serial port and has the following functionality:
- Track user defined color blobs at up to 50 Frames Per Second*
- Track motion using frame differences at 26 Frames Per Second
- Find the centroid of any tracking data
- Gather mean color and variance data
- Gather a 28 bin histogram of each color channel
- Manipulate Horizontally Pixel Differenced Images
- Transfer a real-time binary bitmap of the tracked pixels in an image
- Arbitrary image windowing
- Adjust the camera’s image properties
- Dump a raw image (single or multiple channels)
- Up to 160 x 255 Resolution**
- Supports Multiple Baud rates: 115,200 57,600 38,400 19,200 9,600 4,800 2,400 1,200
- Control 5 servo outputs
- Slave parallel image processing mode off of a single camera bus
- Automatically use servos to do two axis color tracking
- B/W Analog video output (PAL or NTSC)**
- Flexible output packet customization
- Multiple pass image processing on a buffered image
- Works with the OV7620 or OV6620 module
Download the CMUCam2 manual here (1 MB, PDF)
CMUCam2 - $179.95
CMU Camera v2(assembled, with cable)
CMUCam Pro: CMUCam1 Software
Handle the CMU Camera like a Pro!
CMUCam Pro allows the user to perform high level tasks through CMU Camera v1, without having to know the complex details of dealing with the camera. The software ensures the proper operation of CMU Camera and filters the errors caused in the operation.
- Track user defined color blobs*
- Track motion window
- Find the centroid of any tracking data
- Gather mean color and variance data
- Adjust the camera’s image properties
- Dump a raw image (single or multiple channels)
- PC control servo motor output for tracking using SMC-04 Servo Motor controller. Automatically use servos to do 2-axis color tracking (*requires 2nd available COM port)
Download the CMUCam Pro software manual here (0.7 MB, PDF)
Video 1: Tracking window showing red object being tracked in X, Y and Z dimensions
High resolution video (2.5 MB)
Low resolution video (0.5 MB)
Video 2: Tracking red object using pan and tilt base with servo motors connected to X and Y dimensions.
High resolution video (2.5 MB)
Low resolution video (0.4 MB)
More videos coming soon...
CMUCam Pro - $14.95
CMUCam Pro Software
CMUCam System: Complete CMU Camera System for PC
The CMU Vision System is based on the object tracking technology developed at Carnegie Mellon University.
The CMU-01 Pro software, feature above, is included in the package. This system will allow one to explore all the vision tracking properties of the CMU-01 camera, using the serial port of a Windows Based PC. Connection of the CMU camera requires one serial port. For additional tracking features to be utilized, such as real time tracking via SMC-04 servo motor controller requires a second available serial port on the PC.
To fully utilize this system the Windows PC requires two available serial ports.
Features:
- Robotic X-Y axis Base
- SMC-04 Servo Motor Controller
- CMU-01 Camera
- CMU-01 Pro Software
Video 1: Tracking window showing red object being tracked in X, Y and Z dimensions
High resolution video (2.5 MB)
Low resolution video (0.5 MB)
Video 2: Tracking red object using pan and tilt base with servo motors connected to X and Y dimensions.
High resolution video (2.5 MB)
Low resolution video (0.4 MB)
More videos coming soon...
CMU01-XY - $339.95
CMUCam System - Kit
CMU01-XYA - $474.95
CMUCam System - Assembled and Ready to Use
Tracker Bot
The Tracker Bot is based on the object tracking technology of the Carnegie Mellon CMU Camera. Driven by two HiTec HS-425 servo motors (modified for continuous rotation), the Tracker Bot will move toward any object placed in front of it to track. When it reaches a predetermined distance away from the object it will stop. If the object is moved closer to the robot than the predetermined distance, the robot will back away from the object.
Available December 2007
Coming in December 2007
