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Could Canny Edge Detection Help FireFighters See in the Dark?

Posted on 2012/08/22 by jjuhnke — No Comments ↓

As part of the work I’m doing to build out the Computer Vision Processing Unit (CVPU) for our First Responder Information System (codename Hero), I have been experimenting with a number of technologies that render captured images (on any spectrum)…

Tagged with: canny, Canny Edge Detection, Cornell, detection, edge, fire, fire fighters, first responders, Make3D, see through smoke, smoke vision, SWIR
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A note on sudo apt-get upgrade for Pandaboards running Ubuntu 11.10

Posted on 2012/08/21 by jjuhnke — No Comments ↓

It’s always good to keep your install fresh and secure. The typical way to do this is from the command line type: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade This usually works just fine, but if you get the following error:…

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How to install OpenCV 2.4 on your Pandaboard – an addendum

Posted on 2012/05/08 by jjuhnke — No Comments ↓

Andrews Sobral has created an excellent tutorial for installing OpenCV on the Pandaboard. In my last post I used a few of his early setup tricks to get a bare-bones install for the best performance. Instead of recreating his excellence…

Tagged with: 11.10, ffmpeg, install, omap4, opencv, opencv 2.4, operating system, pandaboard, performance, setup, tutorial, ubuntu, ubuntu server
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How to install Ubuntu 11.10 onto your Pandaboard and get maximum performance.

Posted on 2012/04/23 by jjuhnke — 6 Comments ↓

Hunter’s vision system is powered by the amazing Pandaboard. If you own one and are unimpressed by the speed at which this little devil can perform, this tutorial may help you get the most out of your board using just…

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