Design Ideas

Group 2Timothy Kwan

Tom BoldsShang Yi Lin

ManagerRandal HongWed. Sep 3

Overview

Digital Compositing - Timothy Kwan Automatic Refrigerator - Tom Bolds

ParkGoogle - Shang Yi Lin

Digital Compositing

Digital compositing is the process of digitally assembling multiple images to make a final image

Digital compositing is generally done through Alpha Blending

Alpha Blending is the process of combining a translucent foreground color with a background color

Alpha Blending

α = opacity valuef = foreground pixelb = background pixelc = composited pixel

c = α*f + (1 – α)*b Given the standard

RGB Color wheel, three composite pixels will be generated.

Marketability?

Aimed towards people who work in image rendering fields. (Movie companies, video game companies, etc)

Generally done via softwareApple ShakeAdobe After EffectsKodak Cineon

Drastic speed improvement implemented via hardware

Automatic Refrigerator

Refrigerator has weight sensors in shelves to keep track of the amount of food

When a certain kind of food is running low, the item is automatically added to the list

The pads can be reprogrammed to be used with different foods (ie. milk, juice, meat, etc…)

Market

Helps to remedy frequent trips to the store to get forgotten items.

Refrigerators contain TVs these days. A small chip that adds convenience is entirely reasonable.

Could be expanded to automatically order food online as the internet becomes a main way to shop for food.

ParkGoogle

ParkGoogle – Parking Plus Google ParkGoogle chip provides

customers the service which knows where is the nearest and available parking lot around your vehicle.

ParkGoogle utilizes GPS data and information about parking lots from internet.

Marketability

Aimed towards the big cities that need to control their traffic jam.

Save Time - Avoid vehicles spend much time to find parking lot.

Save Money – Save gasoline. It’s also a green technology.