Prototyping Case Studies

Computer Vision is a fast-growing area of artificial intelligence and can be used in various industries like agriculture, biotechnology, and the auto industry. Object detection takes this further with the ability to detect specific instances such as humans, buildings, cars, and more.

Here are prototypes that were used to display the idea of using technology as opposed to human discernment to extract information from an image or video.

Live Game Simulation using Object Detection

Combined with an Arduino Wi-Fi Board, the Pixy camera was used to simulate a game using object detection. The pixy camera detected objects by color. Every time an object of a certain color went past a line on the board, the color would get a point. Different colors were demonstrated and detected by the Pixy Camera. PySerial was the tool used to take serial output from the Arduino Wifi Board to the games and Pygame was used to take the output and display the objects in the game.

Label Detection using Amazon Rekognition

Amazon has a tool called Amazon Rekognition, which can be used to pick out faces in a photo and return information on those it recognizes. ADE Labs demonstrated this capability to a large corporation, demonstrating how identifying the prominent features of an image and deciding which details are the most important can streamline the way they do business.

Object detection is also being used by corporations like GM to create interactive self-reinforcing maps to detect pedestrians, obstacles, road markings, street signs, and traffic lights. Major networks such as Google and Amazon are now sharing their technology more freely with others.