Motion tracking with Flash and ActionScript 3

I'm working on a Jam Jar Collective project at the moment that involves projection and motion tracking. This is a little tester app that hooks up to your webcam and follows any movement it sees. Press 'Start webcam' to have a go. You need to have a webcam and your computer will ask your permission to use it.

This motion tracking app was made using Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3. You can download the source code if you fancy tinkering with it.

George said

Hey,

I'm not the most computer savvy person in the world, but am a surgeon trying to work out ways to assess my trainees.

Is there any way to get this app to keep a record of the movements? Say, if I were to video a simple task being performed, would it be possible to record the amount of movement taken to achieve the task? If so, could you tell me how to do it?

If I could record myself doing the task, record the students and compare how much more movement they make, train them, then reassess and see if they improve, that would be awesome.

Any help would be gratefully received; I think this app is great and potentially just what I'm looking for.

George

Richard Garside said

@George this is a really simple app. It works out where there was movement, but it doesn't do anything to analyse the movement.

The analysis is a much more difficult problem that is beyond my current capabilities.

The university I studied at did a lot of research in this area. You can find out more about Leeds University Artificial Intelligence Vision Research

name said

Hi. Thank you very much for the source code. Can i use it with some changes in my master's thesis?

Richard Garside said

@name (if that is your real name) you're welcome to use this code, but I'd appreciate attribution.

name said

If i use it, of course i will. Thank you very much, it will help me a lot.