Video Reconstruction
How does reconstruction using video compare to using standard reconstruction using still images? What similarities and differences are there. Finally what can and cannot be reconstructed using standard stereo methods? ...
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How do Harris-Stevens interests points compare to other interest points detectors, and which should I use?
How do Harris-Stevens interests points compare to other interest points detectors, and which should I use? ...
Sending a Java object from my Android phone to my Computer
Hi, I was wondering what the simplest program for sending an object from my Android phone to my computer wirelessly (via LAN) would be. I have created Java RMI programs with a server and multiple clients, so I have a grasp of the concept. However with android I'm just not sure where to start. What I am aiming to do is send some sort of...
problem with my laptop start up
my laptop is starting up and produces the normal screen due to abrupt power failure and when i click to start normally or in safe mode, the blue screen splashes and then disappears and then it tries to reboot again and the same problem takes place. it was running on xp service pack 2. could anyone help ...
How can you make the form maximize to any computer screen in a Windows Forms application?
So I am making a game on Visual Studio C# and I want the form to be automatically maximized to any user's computer screen when compiled? How can I do that? ...
Resources/Teaching ideas to teach computers to kids
A small initiative from my work place plans to teach very basic computers to not so fortunate kids. I was looking for some very basic topics/resources. These kids are very young and have not seen/worked with a computer before. The fun factor should not be lost and hence I don't want it to be rigorous, just plain, what is computer, keybo...
zigbee vs bluetooth
Hey guys We all know about bluetooth cos its more popular. But why is it popular? After reading about Zigbee i found out that it has lower power consumption, higher range in terms of distance and costs lower and is simpler! So why dont we have Zigbee enable phones? Also I would like to know a per device cost estimation between bluetoot...
How to produce an accurate 3D reconstruction of an indoor surrounding using stereo vision?
I used cvStereoFindCorrespondenceGC() in openCV to produce a disparity map from the famous tsukaba image. But I notice that it lacks 3D features (eg the lamp is flat instead of slightly curve). How to approach this problem? What was lacking in the present algorithm? ...
How does programming work?
I'm new to this whole computer thing and I'm trying to learn more about how computers work. Like with hardware and software. Any advice would be great, or anything to point me in the right direction ...
Bluetooth client/server communication between computer and mobile phone
I need just a basic example or tutorial of making a mobile phone and a computer communicate via Bluetooth. A good link/website to start from is also appreciated. Server part (computer part) can be made on many programming languages (Java, C++, Python or even something else). Client part (mobile phone) must be a Java Micro Edition MIDl...
Memory Comsuption in Java Programs running on different Computers
Hello I have a java program that realizes a lot of mathematical operations and handle with a lot of object instances. But the most interesting I noticed is that in different computers, the memory comsuption is drastically different. On a Intel Core 2 Duo (2Ghz) with 2Gb of ram and running WinXP 32bits- my program uses around 185mb of m...
Unique and readable ID for each computer.
I need to do some tests, and make DB out of the testing result. After I'm done with that, I send the DB to server to merge it into some host DB. For that purpose, I want to have a UNIQUE ID for each computer that I run on. I thought about the GUID, but I'd like to avoid that option if possible. I prefer to have something that I can rea...
Creating a computer with pencil and paper.
Hey everyone, This concept has been brought to my attention before, but many people might know it from this popular comic here, where he uses stones instead of points on a paper. This concept is so abstract to me. A full-functioning computer that can manage algorithms, input, output, etc. without electricity? Surely, it's difficult to ...
How to remove TBS WMP plug-in?
How to remove TBS WMP plug-in? It seems like a malware installed on my computer. Thanks a lot! ...
[OpenCV] Is there a quick way to convert tree-based haar cascades to stump-based haar cascades?
It seems like most algorithms are more optimized for stump-based Haar cascades - I'm not actually sure of the format (it would be great to see a stump-based cascade and its equivalent) so not sure how to restructure it myself. I was wondering if there was an existing converter or if anyone had a particular cascade in both tree and stump ...
Shutting down computer with nasm.
Is it possible to shut down or kill the power (is there a difference?) to a computer from nasm. I know you can use this to reboot: mov al, 0xFE out 0x64, al Is there an equivalent for shutting down? ...
differences in two images/ check (tick) detection
i got a questionnaire with check boxes inside. now i would like to match a template of the questionnaire and filled out questionnaire (out of my webcam)... i already did a template matching to find the questionnaire in the webcam image and did a back transformation to the original template.. now my problem is, how to find the checks insi...
OpenCV: Drawing on an image
Hello everyone! I am working on a program using the OpenCV library (though I am quite a noob on it). One of the things I need to do is to draw on the image. I looked at the OpenCV drawing functions and they all seem pretty simple (Circle, Line, etc), however the program won't compile! It says this to be exact: error C3861: 'Line': identi...
What counts as a flop?
Say I have a C program that in pseudoish is: For i=0 to 10 x++ a=2+x*5 next Is the number of FLOPs for this (1 [x++] + 1 [x*5] + 1 [2+(x+5))] * 10[loop], for 30 FLOPS? I am having trouble understanding what a flop is. Note the [...] are indicating where I am getting my counts for "operations" from. ...
how a source code is converted into 1's and 0's?
computers do not understand anything except one's and zero's.But I want to know the details how a source code or an instruction set is converted into 1's and 0's.Is the exe file only contains 1's and 0's? ...