Olaf, What will the license be of the project? ECL 2 like Matterhorn?
Chris On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:06:26 +0000 "Schulte Olaf A." <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All > > ELAN e.V. together with Osnabruck University and ETH Zurich would > like to announce they are working towards an automated camera > tracking system "LectureSight", fully integrated with Opencast > Matterhorn. > > The module will provide a solution to automatically track speakers in > a classroom situation, thus providing a more convenient shot of the > instructor when compared to a fixed overview camera. The goal is to > come to a subjective quality close to a manned camera in a standard > setting, thus reducing the staffing cost for lecture recording > significantly. > > Technically , the software consists of a set of OSGI bundles that can > be added to an existing Matterhorn system or live as a stand-alone > application. The video analysis portions of the system utilize the > GPU through the OpenCL standard. The software breaks down into six > major components: > > 1. a scene analysis that discovers and tracks the positions of moving > objects in the scene 2. a plug-in mechanism for object analysis > modules 3. a facility for communicating with PTZ cameras (currently > supports Sony VISCA protocol) 4. a module that controls the movement > of the PTZ camera 5. a virtual camera operator that executes camera > control strategies defined in JavaScript 6. a GUI for tuning the > system for individual class rooms > > The project is based on a bachelor thesis by Benjamin Wulff > (described at > http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=6123405&abstractAccess=no&userType=inst > with the original project name "OpenTrack") and has Benjamin leading > this effort with contributions from Alexander Fecke. LectureSight > will be piloted in situ at UOS and ETH in the fall semester 2012. > Expect to be informed about first results by the end of the year. > > For a sneak preview, take a look at the current development snapshot > (http://video2.virtuos.uni-osnabrueck.de:8080/engage/ui/watch.html?id=6dba66d9-0a53-45ed-bc67-7ab3bf50b31c) > or go to the project website http://lecturesight.org/. > > Feedback and questions are welcome. > > Regards > > Rüdiger, Olaf A. > _______________________________________________ > Community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > To unsubscribe please email > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ -- Christopher Brooks, BSc, MSc ARIES Laboratory, University of Saskatchewan Web: http://www.cs.usask.ca/~cab938 Phone: 1.306.966.1442 Mail: Advanced Research in Intelligent Educational Systems Laboratory Department of Computer Science University of Saskatchewan 176 Thorvaldson Building 110 Science Place Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9 _______________________________________________ Matterhorn mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn To unsubscribe please email [email protected] _______________________________________________
