A DSB Computer Vision Build Log

[DontSayBanana]

History: I was feeling lazy.  I didn't feel like reaching for the computer.  I looked at the Kinect sensor sitting on top of my TV and thought "what if I could do that with my laptop's webcam?"  A quick web search revealed lots of closed-source student projects and a few proprietary products that cost money.  I'm not just lazy, I'm cheap.  So I fired up NetBeans and started playing around with Java 7.

What the program needs to do:

See a hand
Recognize a hand's location and position
Track changes in location and position
Manipulate a cursor or overlay based on:
- current location
- current position
- change (delta) in location
- change (delta) in position

Comments from Max, vM, or anyone else familiar with comp sci are welcome.

Coming up: FOO SOO LOO ELECTRIC BUGALOO (Code heavy)

[Grey Fox]

I'll test it & destroy your code confidence in the mean time.