Re: iSight barcode scanner
Re: iSight barcode scanner
- Subject: Re: iSight barcode scanner
- From: Sherm Pendley <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 18:17:12 -0400
On Aug 16, 2005, at 5:11 PM, Jack wrote:
I have started an open source barcode scanner using a firewire
camera based
on the Apple sample SGDataProc code. At the moment is scans UPCs
and EANs
using the iSight well. However it seems it's unable to scan using
other
firewire cameras. (As I don't have one I can't debug it.)
I have a Sony DCR-TRV11 camcorder - MiniDV w/Firewire. I downloaded
and built the sample app, and successfully scanned the codes from a
few books I had within reach.
It was finicky on my old single G4/500 - I had to position the book
just so, and hold it very still for the code to scan. If I were going
to scan a lot of books (or whatever), I'd have to use a tripod or
something and point the camera at a stable surface, instead of simply
holding stuff up in front of the camera.
Even so, although it was finicky and slow on my old Mac, it *did* work.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/osxrecognition/
Bookmarked. I have no immediate need for bar-code scanning, but I'll
definitely keep it in mind.
sherm--
Cocoa programming in Perl: http://camelbones.sourceforge.net
Hire me! My resume: http://www.dot-app.org
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