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Angle detection

Pixy Software
#1

Hi guys

At the moment I’m on my thesis and I use the CMUcam5.
The task is to recognize different Lego blocks and then sort them with a handling system. Lego blocks lying on a conveyor belt. With the current function pixy.getblocks (), although I can get the object information of the rectangle (Signature, X- and Y-Position, height, width). In this way, there are two ways such as Lego block can be aligned on the conveyor belt. Is there another way to determine the correct orientation? Thank you already

#2

Hi Marco,

Currently, there is not a way to determine the angle. However, with the upcoming color code feature this may be a possibility for you.

The current method does not send angle information since this would be difficult for complex object shapes. If your shape is a complex polygon, then sending over all of the shape’s points would be too costly, and possibly greatly reduce the number of detected objects. This may be useful to some people, so we’re considering the possibilities.

Thanks.

Scott