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Am 30.08.2012 um 18:55 schrieb "Christopher Brooks" <[email protected]>: > 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] _______________________________________________
