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Background:
I am a final year Mechanical Eng student in Cork IT (Ireland) I am doing a project for the Irish Road Bowling Assoc. Accuracy-training facility is in planning for construction. I am to design an automated scoring system. The score is mainly judged on accuracy (the highest point of accuracy is the middle on the lane). I am looking for guidance in research and advice from similar experiences.
Simplified it is a steel bowl,60mm-800gramms "rolling" on a tarmac lane at 31m/s
Problem:
TO sense the position of the bowl relative to the gutter(low accuracy requirement). I am considering/researching the following:\
-Analogue photoelectric sensor at the side of the lane
-An array Inductive Sensors across the width of the track, under the tarmac
-Machine vision, with points of contrast. to help isolate the image.
Q1-Any comments on limitations of these technologies and what issues I might run in to down the line?
Q2- If the cost "per sensing line" will be relatively low then there will be several lines per each of the 3 tracks. The information will be processed and fed back to the players (including a computation of the stopping distance). Should I use a PC or a dedicated processor? Any guidance (recommendations of texts) on this and DAQ would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you in advance!
I am a final year Mechanical Eng student in Cork IT (Ireland) I am doing a project for the Irish Road Bowling Assoc. Accuracy-training facility is in planning for construction. I am to design an automated scoring system. The score is mainly judged on accuracy (the highest point of accuracy is the middle on the lane). I am looking for guidance in research and advice from similar experiences.
Simplified it is a steel bowl,60mm-800gramms "rolling" on a tarmac lane at 31m/s
Problem:
TO sense the position of the bowl relative to the gutter(low accuracy requirement). I am considering/researching the following:\
-Analogue photoelectric sensor at the side of the lane
-An array Inductive Sensors across the width of the track, under the tarmac
-Machine vision, with points of contrast. to help isolate the image.
Q1-Any comments on limitations of these technologies and what issues I might run in to down the line?
Q2- If the cost "per sensing line" will be relatively low then there will be several lines per each of the 3 tracks. The information will be processed and fed back to the players (including a computation of the stopping distance). Should I use a PC or a dedicated processor? Any guidance (recommendations of texts) on this and DAQ would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you in advance!