{"id":1732,"date":"2019-01-26T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=1732"},"modified":"2019-01-24T11:06:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T16:06:17","slug":"new-camera-software-can-see-objects-out-of-frame-around-corners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/26\/new-camera-software-can-see-objects-out-of-frame-around-corners\/","title":{"rendered":"New camera software can “see” objects out-of-frame, around corners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is way cool: New software can analyze faint light patterns on walls and other matte surfaces to reconstruct a full-color representation of objects that are out-of-frame or around corners. No special optics are required: It works with ordinary digital camera snapshots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Left, an original, demo image; center, what the camera saw on a matte wall;
right; what the software reconstructed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Besides the “way cool” factor of being able to see around corners, once the technique is refined, it could have applications in transportation (self-driving car vision); in medicine (letting endoscopies see more); in helping police and other first responders see around corners into buildings; and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More info, via Science News.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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