A Musical Experiment
With that in mind, I wanted to try something a bit smaller scale and precise. I wondered about the consistency and precision of a professional musician when he is performing a familiar piece. Bryan Crumpler () is a friend and…
Month November 2014
Practicing Physical Skills – Video Verification
I know that there are some schools that are using or experimenting with Dartfish to improve the teaching of novice interpreters for American Sign Language. This makes sense because accurate signing is a precise physical skill that requires rigorous training and practice. Lasca…
Deconstructing Complexity with Video
In a previous posts previous post, I described how Dartfish can be used to scan and tag the interesting sections of long videos and assemble those juicy bits into a much shorter, more focused video clip. In this example, I…
Analyzing Machine Operation with Video
Several other posts have focused on the performance of human operators in a production environment. However video can also be used to better understand how machines operate. The following video clip shows how dough is extruded and then cut off…
Assembling a View of Multiple Operations
At the end of the Hartybake production process there is an automatic bagger. Waffles are placed on a conveyor with small moving pegs to control spacing. Workers transfer the waffles that exit from the oven and insert them in the conveyor. The naturally…