Release 2012.09.20.00

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Does your EZ-Robot need faster Face Tracking? High Resolution Realtime Video? Custom Haar Tracking? Updated Camera Control? Transparent Grid Lines? And more?

Okay! This is the last update of ARC for a few days, because I need to sleep. I don't know how I did it, but this has been a very productive week of releases. This release is a complete re-write of the camera control. You will notice an updated interface, new options and a new layout. The new layout is much easier to navigate and supports the new High Resolution Realtime Video display.

In the next while, I am working on a custom Haar Cascade Trainer built into ARC. This means you will be able to train objects to be recognized in ARC. Right now, you can use existing Haar Cascades definitions for tracking.

  • New Control Commands (CameraViewProcessed, CameraViewRealtime)
  • High Resolution Realtime Video
  • Adjustable transparency on Grid Lines for Processed Video
  • Custom Haar tracking
  • Updated Camera Control Layout
  • Camera Snapshot saves high resolution images

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Ecuador
#1  

ooow! in these days you are inspired! good job!

#2  

Hey DJ,

Sounds like you've been REAL busy!

is this Haar tracking for faces? or objects? I am guessing documentation/videos will follow.

Well done on the updates!

:D

Thomas

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#3  

DJ that sounds cool except I can't get ARC to run now

Get some sleep and then take a look at this error below

Cheers

Neil

See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text ************** System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'EZ_B, Version=2012.9.20.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=839146fd54f35ea1' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. File name: 'EZ_B, Version=2012.9.20.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=839146fd54f35ea1' at .(Object , EventArgs ) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF. To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1. Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging. To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

#4  

Unfortunately, ARC won't run for me either.:(

It happens right away upon launch of ARC. I am on Win7 home premium. Toshiba dual core, 64 bit. 4 GB ram. 1/2 TB hard drive.

Please do get some sleep. I'll just revert back to an earlier version.

See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text ************** System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'EZ_B, Version=2012.9.20.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=839146fd54f35ea1' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040) File name: 'EZ_B, Version=2012.9.20.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=839146fd54f35ea1' at .(Object , EventArgs ) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF. To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1. Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging. To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

************** Loaded Assemblies ************** mscorlib Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4971 (win7RTMGDR.050727-4900) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll

EZ-Builder Assembly Version: 2012.9.20.0 Win32 Version: 2012.09.20.00 CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/EZ-Robot/ARC.20Installer/ARC.exe

System.Windows.Forms Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4977 (win7RTMGDR.050727-4900) CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll

System Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4971 (win7RTMGDR.050727-4900) CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll

System.Drawing Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4927 (NetFXspW7.050727-4900) CodeBase: file:///C:/windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll

************** JIT Debugging ************** To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this application or computer (machine.config) must have the jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section. The application must also be compiled with debugging enabled.

For example:

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer rather than be handled by this dialog box.

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#5  

HI DJ

Same here , not working any more.

Steve_C.

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#6  

Great job DJ, an update every day, is incredible! I have not tried it yet but I'm sure the latest version soon to fix it, as always. Also, with so much work I think it's normal that something is not working, is purely statistical, what matters is the end result.:)

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#8  

Sometimes you need to reboot your computer when strange things happen