For the last week, we’ve spent fair amount of efforts on the interim demo. We’ve set up our hardwares in the garage and record outputs of our software component. On the OpenCV side, Ke has worked on the improvement of the current OpenCV algorithm. The software side has successfully been integrated with the hardware components. So far, the most risk comes from the OpenCV part, where inaccuracy happened occasionally. There were situations where nothing was picked up. We’ll be working on the back up plan for recognizing cars with very low accuracy, such as including car color as a metric. We’re currently behind schedule due to the inaccuracy of OpenCV part.
Yuxin’s Status Report for 04/11
What did you personally accomplish this week on the project?
Worked with group on the interim demo. Prepare video for the demo. During testing we discovered that the hardware connection is very unstable especially since it was very windy on the testing day, so I soldered the LED parts. I also worked with the team on the discussion of OpenCV back up plan.
Is your progress on schedule or behind?
My part is currently on schedule.
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
I hope to work with Ruizhe and Ke on the OpenCV part to make our plate recognition part more robust, which is the key focus at this point.
Ke Xu’s Status Report for 04/10
What did you personally accomplish this week on the project?
Worked on interim demo video with our group
Worked on improving performance of plate recognition algorithm
Did some research in other recognition such as car model and color.
Is your progress on schedule or behind?
My part is behind schedule because of poor performance of plate recognition algorithm during test situation. As discussed with Professor Kim, we need to have backup plans when plate recognition does not work.
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
Start implementing other backup plans such as car model and color recognition.
ruizhezh’s Status Report for 04/10
What did you personally accomplish this week on the project?
Worked on integrating all parts of the parking management software system;
Worked on making a presentation video for the interim demo, and presented video to Professor Kim and TA Manny at demo;
Also worked on helping XuKe with his OpenCV part to speed up his progress.
Is your progress on schedule or behind?
My progress is behind due to
- Still blocked on XuKe’s OpenCV plate visual recognition development. There is a very high rate of inaccuracy, which will hinder the success and function of our system;
- I am facing some issues with raspberry Pis sustaining unstable connection with the server. I am trying to rectify the issue as quickly as possible.
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
I am planning to work on enhancing the navigation system next week and help XuKe and Grace with their critical parts (openCV and LED strip controls);
Yuxin’s Status Report for 04/02
What did you personally accomplish this week on the project?
I’ve completed the design and implementation of the LED controlling circuit. I wrote python scripts that are compatible with the software side, which can be executed and controlled to light up LED strips representing specific directions.
Is your progress on schedule or behind?
My part is on schedule so far.
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
I’ll work on the demo early next week. After the demo, I plan to start working on building a website with Django for visualization purposes. I’ll also work on ordering of more Raspberry Pi’s for our final prototype.
Team Status Report for 04/02
On the OpenCV side, we’ve connected Pi with camera, and ran multiprocessing on the Pi. As discussed with Prof. Kim, one concern is the resolution of photo taken during motion, and the processing speed of photos coming from multiple directions (details in Ke’s report). On the server side, we’ve fixed the http request forwarding issue, and several functionalities are in progress (see Ruizhe’s report). On the hardware side, we finished the circuit for the LED display component. We’ve also been working on the demo next week.
We’re currently on schedule, and there may be modification of design on the computer vision component to resolve the issue of blurred images.
Ke Xu’s Status Report for 04/02
What did you personally accomplish this week on the project?
Tested pi with multiprocessing
Working on pi with multiple cameras
Researching the problem of frame choosing
Is your progress on schedule or behind?
My part is a little bit behind schedule because of the limited numebr of pi we have (need to do multiprocessing using pi) and the frame choosing algorithm (brought up by Professor Kim during Wednesday’s meeting). Professor Kim also mentions a problem: the camera should not keep taking frames while there aren’t any cars coming. I will solve this problem later.
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
Integrate the plate recognition part into our project and prepare for our demo.
Keep working on the similarity score algorithm and frame choosing algorithm.
ruizhezh’s Status Report for 04/02
What did you personally accomplish this week on the project?
Finished implementing and testing ways to circumvent the issues posed by the Raspberry Pi IP addressing issues;
Still working on linking together Raspberry Pi and AWS Server for communication testing;
Still working on implementing programs on Pi to integrate functionalities;
Is your progress on schedule or behind?
My progress is behind due to
- the issues last week on HTTP communication;
- severe anxiety and depression caused by H1B visa issues;
I will be working on these issues.
What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?
Integrating everything on Pi to the rest of the project;
Finish working on HTTP;