[ExI] ai application: was RE: Halloween costumes

[spike]

On Behalf Of spike
Subject: Re: [ExI] Halloween costumes

 

 

 

On Behalf Of John Grigg
Subject: [ExI] Halloween costumes

 

>>.What will your Halloween costume be .excuse to "morph" into a robot,
cyborg, astronaut, or other futurist themed character.

 

 

>An astronaut is not a future themed character, it's retro themed. .spike

 

If I can figure out a way to do it, I want to dress up as a rim.  In the old
days, John, we had hub caps, but those are gone now, for a long time.  Now
its rims, which I confess I never noticed before this past weekend, being a
motorcycle guy and not a car guy.  But suddenly everything changed, when I
realized the rims are the best bet for identifying a car.  

 

Since about mid 90s, every model year uses a different rim.  Look at them:
there is some subtle difference in every model year.  Even long production
runs of models that don't change much, such as pickups and SUVs, will have
different rims every year.  They never reuse and old design.  

 

Since we already know the shape and know that it is probably one of four
sizes, we can scale a photograph of a rim, rotate the photo so that one of
the axially symmetric features is vertical, count the number of axially
symmetrical features (usually five, six, or eight) then with that
information, compare it with a catalog of known rims.  So far, that is the
best algorithm I can think of for doing image recognition of a car.

 

Now, if I can figure out a Halloween costume of a rim, I will be there.

 

spike 

 
 

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