Top Code

So, Team Awesome had the chance to work with Top Code, a type of computer vision. It was pretty cool, and easy to use once you know all the secret commands. First, lets begin with the unix lab. For anyone that does not know, as we didnt, the printer in there is 116, not 118, 188A or any other various printer it tells you to use but wont let you use. Good times were had by all

Anyway back to Top Code. To begin you have to print those lovely little code things. Secret #2, they do not pre-exist, you have to run code to generate them. Run this command:

java -cp topcodes.jar topcodes.TopCodePrinter
then CTRL P to print.

So using Top Code is really easy, slap those little codes on your items, take a picture of it (we used a web cam) then run the program. Use java -cp topcodes.jar topcodes.DebugWindow to test. Secret #3, a window opens up. Press CTRL O and navigate to the photo you want (photo should be a jpg!)

So thats pretty much Top Code, its fun and exciting, and we discovered we are not using it!