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

[Sean Korb]

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On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
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