Camera Input

mirror scanning low cost low duty camera

A line following robot using a video camera as the only sensor with binary image and video output.

August 2003 MassMind Newsletter - Easy Vision Systems

Serial Protocols of Some Digital Cameras

Also:

• Light Sensors@,
• AntiCamera@,
• Optical Ranging@

We benefit if you read this: If you're considering installing security camera, here are a few to take a look at - security cameras. Cameras never blink, sleep nor take a break from collecting data within their view.

Images Sensors

• CCD
• CMOS
  • http://www.zoran.com/products/camera/zr32112.asp 1.3 Megapixel,  Color or Black and White, I2C control and 10 bit image output.
  • http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~cmucam/index.html The CMUcam Vision Sensor uses a cmos camera ( from http://www.electronics123.com/amazon/catalogue/c3-1-5.htm ) and an Ubicom SX28 chip to detect motion, track objects and motion and capture images via a serial port.

  • Gameboy video cameras

    128x128 1" round or 0.7"x0.7" B/W. These camera's are based on the Mitsubishi CMOS image sensor chip. The chip itself is quite intelligent with the ability to a 3x3 filter on the image in real time. Takes a processor to set up and run it.

    See also:

    • http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/~vkemp/gbcam.htm
    • http://www.lh.co.nz/hardware
    • http://pages.zoom.co.uk/andyc/avr.htm System for grabbing images from a GameBoy camera . circuits (big gif schematic and eagle designs), assembly control code, JavrBasic shell and Win95 viewer program, just follow the ACARV link.
    • http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/~s9906768/pic/proj_gbc.html

See also:

• http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/cil/ftp/html/vision.html Computer Vision Homepage
• http://kitsrus.com $50 cmos 16mm cube video cammers
• Structured Light Vision - demo program
• http://www.supercircuits.com/ $30 B/W NTSC
• http://www.vvl.co.uk.
• http://www.phototimes.com
• http://www.propic2.com/camera/camera.htm
• PIC Abstractions - Compact Optical Image Scanner - $15 prototype scans 64x64 and xmits RS232
  
• Book "PHOTODIODE AMPLIFIERS, OP-AMP SOLUTIONS" by Jerald Graeme
• http://www.average.org/digicam/ Fujitsu chipset protocal docs (cached 200007310802)
• http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~xg2k-hys/index-e.html Casio QV-10/100/770 cameras serial communication protocol and *nix/win/680x0 source.
• Suppliers
  • http://www.taosinc.com have taken over the TI parts
  • http://www.sel.sony.com/semi
  • http://www.sony.co.jp
  • http://www.intl.samsungsemi.com
  • http://www.mec.panasonic.co.jp

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Comments:

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