71.70 !!! That’s my current weight !!! At least after a good run at the gym. I’ve been eating decently, although skipping the extra sweets at lunch (which really were never needed).
Onto something more interesting. Yesterday night and tonight I spent a total of a couple of hours on the Aibo RWF. I sorted out some basics from the sample code and implemented some basic functionalities in my code, which is definitely much simpler.
My software has a console interface, from which I give, IRC-style commands. For example:
/connect <IP>
..will connect to the dog using that IP. Once connected I can either query on its status or take full control. The full control thing looks a bit harsh. A sound will play and Aibo will stop immediately, whatever it was doing. Upon releasing the full control, the dog will sit and start again its own autonomous activities.
Yesterday night I basically dealt with main connection issues. Tonight I went forward to request the image streaming service from the internal video-camera. I’ve stopped before actually parsing and displaying the actual data, because I don’t want to spend the whole night on it. But tomorrow I should be able to finally get the image data.
With the image data I plan to, first of all, see how I can improve the image quality. Specifically see what’s the noise level, reduce it if necessary, and play around with brightness and contrast.
I noticed that the shutter speed can be varied (1/50th and 1/100th). That could be useful to obtain 2 different images at two different shutter speeds and then merge them in a way in which I can have an image with a better dynamic range (with a better sense of brightness).
Anyhow, I don’t want to speculate too much over the possibilities. For now it will be enough if I can add any improvement to the image quality !
Oyasumi.
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