Just wanted to know before I dive into this field.
Is it possible to send video frames from an opencv program on windows to a Samsung android tab and visualize it there?
Thanks in advance !
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Just wanted to know before I dive into this field.
Is it possible to send video frames from an opencv program on windows to a Samsung android tab and visualize it there?
Thanks in advance !
I did the opposite, sending a stream of images from Android to a C/OpenCV program on windows, quite some time ago. The maximum frame rate I got was only ~12FPS for 320×240 B/W images using a G1 over WiFi. I tested different thing like sending compressed images (JPEG) or raw pixels but that was the maximum I got. I assume the limiting factor was the processing speed of the G1 combined with the poor camera stack of Android 1.6. On more decent devices a higher frame rate shouldn’t be a problem. But it should even work on a G1 with a more sophisticated approach.
Your direction should be easier because if you want to compress the transmitted images that happen on a fast windows machine and you don’t have to deal with the phone’s camera. Just transmit the pixels from your C/C++ application over a socket to you Android app using a WiFi connection. You might, however, have to consider the machines/languages endianness. You could also try to use streaming video (just like youtube). But that might require much more effort.