[maemo-developers] Gsoc Idea Barcode Reader

[From: amit sethi]

Also, i think we should look at GOCR as the alternate toolkit that can be
used for the project.


On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 8:36 PM, amit sethi <amit.pureenergy at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Hi , thanks to everyone for taking out the time and reviewing my
> application.
> Although I have not made any major changes. I hope this one has less number
> of typos, I am sorry that I did not take care of it last time.
> Changes made :
> 1.Well First i have changed the date at which my home exams may end to june
> 6th from May 30th. This is done as a precaution to any changes in the
> schedule.
> 2. I have removed GUI interface as deliverable as yet , i might ofcourse do
> it if I have time .
> 3. I have also restricted the project to EAN-13 barcodes only because
> although zebra barcode offers other standards , how it shall perform with
> the present camera would have to be tested . Also I think there are problems
> with zebra's compatibily.
> Also, On plausibility of the project for the cameras in N800  , N810
> tablets .
> Well I think the Batoo toolkit performs fairly  well for 640 × 480 Camera.
> At the same time one of the problems with Batoo is that it can only read
> EAN-13.
> Also , I would think that Glue code mentioned above would probably be
> bindings between the current barcode framework and python.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Valerio Valerio <vdv100 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> 2009/3/25 amit sethi <amit.pureenergy at gmail.com>:
>> > Hi , thanks for the comments received here . Based on that i have
>> submitted
>> > a proposal . Please be kind and review and also please give suggestions
>> as
>> > to how it can be improved . I would also like to know. What could be my
>> next
>> > steps . And how I could start getting involved.
>>
>> The proposal reviews will start in the next Friday/Saturday. In the
>> meantime you can learn more about Maemo, install the SDK[1] and read
>> some docs[2] available in our website.
>>
>> [1] - http://maemo.org/development/sdks/
>> [2] - http://maemo.org/development/training/
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> --
>> Valério Valério
>>
>> http://www.valeriovalerio.org
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>>
>>
>> >
>> > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Simon Pickering <
>> S.G.Pickering at bath.ac.uk>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Steffen,
>> >>
>> >> > some month ago i tried to port http://zebra.sourceforge.net/
>> >> > to the maemo platform.
>> >> > The Zebra Barcode Reader can decode barcodes from a live video stream
>> >> > (v4l) an static images (jpeg, bmp, etc.).
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for the pointer. For maemo-barcode we currently use the main
>> >> logic provided by the Batoo project
>> >> (http://people.inf.ethz.ch/adelmanr/batoo/), but it looks like zebra
>> >> decodes more types of 1D barcode so I'll have a look at it.
>> >>
>> >> > If im informed correctly, the n810's webcam has also a v4l interface
>> >> > that could be used for the barcode decoding.
>> >> > It should be quite easy to port it. Its coded in C and its sourcecode
>> is
>> >> > available.
>> >>
>> >> I'll try to get it compiled in the week.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Simon
>> >>
>> >>
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