Adding Computer Vision to A.R.E.S.
In this final chapter, we will be adding computer vision to A.R.E.S. This will give A.R.E.S. the ability to recognize objects as well as alert us via text message to the presence of these objects. For our example, we will be recognizing dogs, although we could just as easily set up our object recognition code to recognize other objects.
We will start our journey by exploring computer vision and what it is before downloading and installing the Open Source Computer Vision (OpenCV) library and the You Only Look Once (YOLO) object detection system. After setting up these tools, we will explore hands-on examples.
By the end of this chapter, you will have built a smart video streaming application that utilizes the video stream from the camera on A.R.E.S.
We will cover the following topics in this chapter:
- Exploring computer vision
- Adding computer vision to A.R.E.S.
- Sending out a text alert
Let’s begin!
