This week I worked with my team members on the proposal presentation. I created the gantt chart template in excel for our group to use and primarily worked on the requirements and design slides of the presentation. Since I’ve been assigned to work on the facial detection, landmarking and head pose aspects of our project, I have collected a few sources in these areas to help familiarize myself with the technology and algorithms behind them, including some tutorials. From these sources, I’ve decided to code in Python for the face detection and head pose algorithms because I am most familiar with Python and it is compatible with OpenCV. I have also collected tutorials for the initial set up of the Jetson Nano and setup with the wifi bluetooth card and camera module.
Progress is on schedule since the proposal presentation is this coming Monday. In the gantt chart the time before receiving the materials, we will be researching. Once we receive feedback from the professors I will go ahead and order the hardware we agreed to use.
This next week I hope to use the sources that I found to work out some simple face detection examples on my laptop to better understand how to use OpenCV and determine if any other libraries will be necessary before switching code over to the Jetson Nano. Unless we receive feedback that tells us otherwise, ordering the Nano and the other hardware components will also happen this week, and while waiting for the equipment to arrive, I’ll practice on my laptop.
Sources
Jetson Nano + Wifi + Bluetooth
https://desertbot.io/blog/how-to-add-a-dual-wifi-bluetooth-card-to-a-jetson-nano-intel-8265
https://www.jetsonhacks.com/2019/04/08/jetson-nano-intel-wifi-and-bluetooth/
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/adding-wifi-to-the-nvidia-jetson/all
Jetson Nano + Raspberry Pi Camera
https://www.jetsonhacks.com/2019/04/02/jetson-nano-raspberry-pi-camera/
Face Detection
https://towardsdatascience.com/face-detection-in-2-minutes-using-opencv-python-90f89d7c0f81
https://realpython.com/face-detection-in-python-using-a-webcam/