[Pkg-scicomp-devel] RFS: libcam

[Albert Huang]

Hi pkg-scicomp DDs (Christophe et al?),

A few members of my robotics group have been developing some software
tools for developing machine vision algorithms that we called libcam.
I've been maintaining debian packages in our own private lab
repository, but interest from researchers at other universities has us
considering submitting it to debian main.  Is there anyone on this
list who would be able to sponsor it?  I can take care of all the
package maintenance, and am also one of the upstream authors.

webpage:  http://libcam.googlecode.com

At the core of libcam is a device independent API for acquiring,
logging, and processing images.  Current backends in the core library
support input from V4L, V4L2, IEEE DC1394 cameras, and libcam's own
log file format.  It provides a modular architecture for connecting
image processing units together in chains or trees.  The focus of
libcam is on assisting the development of machine vision algorithms,
and it does so by providing APIs for fast parameter testing and OpenGL
visualization.

For opencv users: libcam is meant to complement opencv in that it
focuses more on the process of developing algorithms, rather than on
providing a collection of algorithms.  It is often the case that
someone using libcam will have use for algorithms provided by opencv
in a CV application.

I've placed the sources for our current packaging here:
http://people.csail.mit.edu/albert/libcam/
I've checked that they pass lintian without warning, and build from
source in pbuilder.

Best Regards,
Albert