[TriLUG] this is a serious question - how to detect things in photos with Linux

[Sean Korb]

That was a very clever hoax.
http://www.zeldainformer.com/news/comments/parody-nintendo-talks-about-penis-detection-in-miiverse

But I agree.  It's not easy.  I tried to program a neural network in
college just a few levels deep.  Admittedly it was on a 12 MHz
computer, but it still just took forever.  Not easy.

sean

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Ben Rose <benrose3d at gmail.com> wrote:
> I saw there was a presentation by Nintendo about how they tried to detect
> people drawing penises on the wii hangouts or whatever they're called.  Not
> easy.
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Background: I have been tasked with building the technical end of a 21st
>> century photo booth, the kind you sit in that used to spit out four photos,
>> for a company on the Outer Banks.  Instead of printing out photos said
>> company wants to upload photos to their Facebook page, website, etc..
>> perhaps even Tweet them.
>>
>> Easy enough, right?  (famous last words)  Get a Linux
>> single-board-computer (one with wi-fi to connect to the office network and
>> Internet), a webcam, write some simple scripts and success!
>>
>> But that said, being as this will be an automated process and people are
>> people I need to come up with a way to detect boobs, butts and junk (yes,
>> I'm serious) to filter and objectionable pictures before they are uploaded.
>>
>> Has anyone done anything like this?  I've seen some projects on-line that
>> shoots water at squirrels eating birdseed and whatnot and maybe that's the
>> way.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas?
>>
>> Greg
>>
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