Jason Huang
Accomplishments:
- Camera arrived, can start gathering facial data from it now
- Continued implementing Similarity Matching Schema, based on paper An Introduction to Biometric Recognition by Anil K. Jain, Arun Ross
Upcoming Work
Next week, I would like to finish implementing the similarity matching schema based on the algorithm provided by the paper. Since our camera has now arrived, I’m able to more easily test the existing code I have.
Schedule
I had a midterm this week, and was generally busier than the previous weeks, so I fell behind a little bit. I did not get as much work done as I wanted to, so hopefully next week I can shift my focus on 18-500 and catch up again.
Emily
This week I created the preliminary circuit to do Bluetooth transmission between the back and front including button input to start the recognition/registering processes. The cable for the camera came in on Friday, but I was gone for the weekend, so on Monday we should be able to get some real camera data! Things are on schedule, and I’m excited to try sending data to the pi for some processing next week 🙂
Joe
This week I worked on determining the values for the capacitors that would be necessary to provide sufficient peak power, and recharge in time for repeated use. From there, I also took a look at the appropriate voltage regulation and voltage to operate the coil at to maximize power utilization. This is a little behind schedule because of an onsite and midterm prep this week, but I hope to gain back ground next week. I want to get parts ordered this next week.
Whole Team
We are working to finish the design review paper and we are (mostly) on track. After doing the design review, we actually have a much better idea of what we want to accomplish and how to implement the rest. We will meet with the tech spark consultant tomorrow to see if we can leverage the tools there to help our progress.