Project 3: Feature Detection

Deliverables (how to turn in)

1. RESEARCH:  This has 2 phases. one is posting and the other is review of others postings. All of this is done on blackboard's discussion board "Project 3 - Research Postings"
   Phase 1: Post 5 references with your synopsis of how they blob detection and feature extraction. Each posting must have link to pdf or website link to the resource. Each reference MUST be detailed enough to be able to code the idea from reading it. You can NOT use a reference provided by the instructor. Please DO NOT POST your references until the due date.
   
   
   Phase 2: You are going to respond to 5 posting made by other student(s). Pick those of interest to you and give your synopsis of this work and your opinion on its merits.
   
   
   
2. PROPOSAL PHASE : This is where you will be posting your proposal for system (Before you implement it). This will be done on blackboard's project link "Project 3 - Blob Detection and Feature Extraction Proposal"
   
   You may post as a text posting (preferable) or attached word document. The format must contain (keep section heading):
   
   Given your research and participation in class discussions you are to propose how you are going to detect blobs in your image and if you are going to use the ROI feature. You must also propose for each blob the 5 features you want to use and a brief description on how you will implement both the blob detection algorithm and feature extracton algorithms. Your proposal must contain psuedo code (at a high level) and have the following sections:
   
   Secton 1: Mass Case - Blob Detection Algorithm
   
   Section 2: Mass Case - Features Extraction Algorithms (5) for Blobs
   
   
   
   
   
3. FINAL PHASE: Implementation and turn in of code and results. It should include 2 files turned in to blackboard projects link "Project 3- Final"
   1) zipped up (using zip standard only) file containing all code.
   2) word document (see project description). This document must contain:
   

   Word Document (click here for template you MUST use) that details the following: Section 1 Execution Instructions: Instructions for me to download and run your code. YOU NEED to show me screen shots of you doing this from your uploaded blackboard code.....this forces you to make sure that I can run your code. You MUST have the following screenshots AND give description on what to do: screenshot 1.1 = screen shot of your files uploaded to Project 1 turn in folder on blackboard FIGURE HERE screenshot 1.2 = directory view of "temp" directory you unzipped file to showing the unziped files and directory structures. FIGURE HERE screenshot 1.3 = Eclipse running where you have opened up project file in "temp" directory. FIGURE HERE screenshot 1.4 = Eclipse running the application - show screenshot of it running. If I must do something beyond simply hitting the "run" button, you need to give screenshots and step by step instructions.   Section 2 Code Descpription  A describing how code is structured and the state of how it works. Give a describption for each filename listed.   Section 3 Testing:  here you give screen shots of you running the various stages of the program as detailed here: section 3.1: loading image - FIGURE HERE screenshot 3.1a= pop-up file dialog box where you have selected the image you are going to load in your program. FIGURE HERE screenshot 3.1b= the image being viewed in your application that was just loaded. section 3.2: Blob Detection    you need to discuss your results….where the blobs detected correctly …where the features for each blob correct.!!! FIGURE HERE screenshot 3.2a = screen shot of active image in your application you are going to process FIGURE HERE screenshot 3.2b = screen shot of ROI , new active image, that you are going to process (OPTIONAL if did not do ROI option) FIGURE HERE screenshot 3.2c = screen shot after you do Process->Feature Detecton showing BLOB results in scrollable window DUMP XML here Listing 3.2 XML file results from running Process->Feature Detction on image in screenshot 3.2.1b   Section 4 Comments Optional any comments you have regarding your code (necessary if you code is not working, you need to tell me in detail what the problem is or what is missing)