error: setting palette bumblebee

Just a thought, maybe the libraries tha point grey provide for tracking 
groups of dots position and orientation might actually be more accurate 
than the ARToolkit if you already have a bumblebee stereo camera.

I would not have the foggiest idea 'how' to use them however...

Rod.

Marc Demlenne wrote:

> How can i make sure of format used by the cam ? It's a Creative WebCam 
> PRO [1] I've tried different mode by passing parameters while loading the
> module, but nothing changed.
> 
> I'm under Linux, using ARToolKit version 2.61. I'd be happy with your
> code. I'll take a look at it.
> 
> But i've also another problem with another camera. It's a PtGrey
> Bumblebee stereocam[2], running over Firewire bus. When using it, ARToolKit
> says the format isn't recognized... I'm still looking at it but it
> seems IEEE1394 isn't fully supported in ARTK yet, am i wrong ?
> 
> [1] http://uk.europe.creative.com/products/product.asp?prod=332&page=1
> [2] http://www.ptgrey.com/products/bumblebee/index.html
> 
> Thanks a lot
> 
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 12:55:27PM +0100, Robert Hinn wrote:
> 
>>Hm, I had the same problem. It's the USB camera you are using. Most 
>>likely it doesn't send it's pictures in RGB24 or RGB32 format, which is 
>>required by the ARToolkit. My camera (Philips ToUCam 740K) sends the 
>>pictures only in YUV420P format. If you are adventurous, you can look 
>>into the Firewire driver of the ARToolkit, they do some color conversion 
>>there...
>>
>>It might be a good idea to modularize the ARToolkit a bit, so that one 
>>could more easily insert an image converter...
>>
>>If your camera also uses the YUV420P format, I could send you the code 
>>that I used to convert the images... You'd have to paste that into the 
>>ARToolkit code, though. Which version are you using, 2.50?
>>
>>
>>Bye,
>>  Robert.
>>
> 

From:	Rodney Berry <rodney@a ........>	Received:	Mar 6, 2003
To	artoolkit@h ..................
Subject:	Re: error: setting palette bumblebee
Just a thought, maybe the libraries tha point grey provide for tracking groups of dots position and orientation might actually be more accurate than the ARToolkit if you already have a bumblebee stereo camera. I would not have the foggiest idea 'how' to use them however... Rod. Marc Demlenne wrote: > How can i make sure of format used by the cam ? It's a Creative WebCam > PRO [1] I've tried different mode by passing parameters while loading the > module, but nothing changed. > > I'm under Linux, using ARToolKit version 2.61. I'd be happy with your > code. I'll take a look at it. > > But i've also another problem with another camera. It's a PtGrey > Bumblebee stereocam[2], running over Firewire bus. When using it, ARToolKit > says the format isn't recognized... I'm still looking at it but it > seems IEEE1394 isn't fully supported in ARTK yet, am i wrong ? > > [1] http://uk.europe.creative.com/products/product.asp?prod=332&page=1 > [2] http://www.ptgrey.com/products/bumblebee/index.html > > Thanks a lot > > On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 12:55:27PM +0100, Robert Hinn wrote: > >>Hm, I had the same problem. It's the USB camera you are using. Most >>likely it doesn't send it's pictures in RGB24 or RGB32 format, which is >>required by the ARToolkit. My camera (Philips ToUCam 740K) sends the >>pictures only in YUV420P format. If you are adventurous, you can look >>into the Firewire driver of the ARToolkit, they do some color conversion >>there... >> >>It might be a good idea to modularize the ARToolkit a bit, so that one >>could more easily insert an image converter... >> >>If your camera also uses the YUV420P format, I could send you the code >>that I used to convert the images... You'd have to paste that into the >>ARToolkit code, though. Which version are you using, 2.50? >> >> >>Bye, >> Robert. >> >

From:	Rodney Berry <rodney@a ........>	Received:	Mar 6, 2003
To	artoolkit@h ..................
Subject:	Re: error: setting palette bumblebee
Just a thought, maybe the libraries tha point grey provide for tracking groups of dots position and orientation might actually be more accurate than the ARToolkit if you already have a bumblebee stereo camera. I would not have the foggiest idea 'how' to use them however... Rod. Marc Demlenne wrote: > How can i make sure of format used by the cam ? It's a Creative WebCam > PRO [1] I've tried different mode by passing parameters while loading the > module, but nothing changed. > > I'm under Linux, using ARToolKit version 2.61. I'd be happy with your > code. I'll take a look at it. > > But i've also another problem with another camera. It's a PtGrey > Bumblebee stereocam[2], running over Firewire bus. When using it, ARToolKit > says the format isn't recognized... I'm still looking at it but it > seems IEEE1394 isn't fully supported in ARTK yet, am i wrong ? > > [1] http://uk.europe.creative.com/products/product.asp?prod=332&page=1 > [2] http://www.ptgrey.com/products/bumblebee/index.html > > Thanks a lot > > On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 12:55:27PM +0100, Robert Hinn wrote: > >>Hm, I had the same problem. It's the USB camera you are using. Most >>likely it doesn't send it's pictures in RGB24 or RGB32 format, which is >>required by the ARToolkit. My camera (Philips ToUCam 740K) sends the >>pictures only in YUV420P format. If you are adventurous, you can look >>into the Firewire driver of the ARToolkit, they do some color conversion >>there... >> >>It might be a good idea to modularize the ARToolkit a bit, so that one >>could more easily insert an image converter... >> >>If your camera also uses the YUV420P format, I could send you the code >>that I used to convert the images... You'd have to paste that into the >>ARToolkit code, though. Which version are you using, 2.50? >> >> >>Bye, >> Robert. >> >