Creating a dataset of marathon images to use for bib recognition (Part 3) — In the previous posts, we explored MyRace website to figure out the approach to scrape the marathon images. We then used Selenium to emulate a human scrolling down on the album page and then fetched all the links for the image pages. …

Creating a dataset of marathon images to use for bib recognition (Part 2) — In the previous post, we realized that because of the dynamic nature of the website we need a tool like Selenium to emulate the human behavior and automatically scroll through the page to let all the links load and then fetch the links of interest. …

Creating a dataset of marathon images to use for bib recognition (Part 1) — This post continues on my earlier post on Marathon Bib Recognition project. In case you haven’t read the introductory blog, please go over it to get a better context. Where to get the dataset Okay, I read the intro blog. It sounds great! But, how do you get started? You need data, right? Right. To…

Using deep learning and image processing to recognize numbers from a marathon bib. — Inception I recently participated in a Marathon. A few days later I received an email with a link where I could check out and download my race day pictures. I needed to put my bib number on the webpage, and it would pull up all the photos with me in it…

I started exploring the different ways to visualize the training process while working on the Dog breed identification dataset from Kaggle. I created a basic model that I wanted to test out. I was using Jupyter notebook for quick prototyping. I ran the code and I got the training accuracy…

I am writing this guide so that I can refer back to it whenever I am setting up a Deep learning machine for Computer Vision. I realized the need of it after the 3rd time I was trying to setup my machine. The earlier two types of attempts (I setup…

To be able to do a clean install of Windows 10 you need to create a USB drive with Windows installation. You can do that using either the Microsoft Media Creation tool or a third party application called Rufus and Windows 10 iso file. …

Here is a guide to setup a USB medium (from Windows 10) to be used for installing Windows 10. I know, sounds funny, right? Why will someone want to create a Windows 10 installer when they already have it? Well, I am creating this bootable USB drive because I decided…

Follow these instructions and you should have a working Ubuntu system in a short time (Please excuse the picture quality. I have taken each screenshot using a basic smartphone camera): Before continuing with this guide, please make sure you have a working USB media with Ubuntu installer. …