NAOqi Vision¶

This section describes the vision components of your robot.

NAOqi currently contains the following vision modules:

ALBacklightingDetection: enables to check if the image of the camera is backlit.
ALDarknessDetection: gives NAO the ability to detect if it is in a dark environment.
ALFaceDetection: gives NAO the ability to detect and recognize human faces.
ALLandmarkDetection: gives NAO the ability to detect specific visual landmarks.
ALMovementDetection: gives NAO the ability to detect some movement and tell where it comes from.
ALPhotoCapture: provides tools to take pictures and save them on disk.
ALRedBallDetection: gives NAO the ability to detect red and circular objects.
ALVideoDevice: manages video inputs.
ALVideoRecorder: provides video recording tools.
ALVisionRecognition: provides learning and recognition capabilities of visual patterns.
ALVisualCompass: gives NAO the ability to use an image as a compass.
ALVisionToolbox (deprecated): provides tools to record / analyse camera images. Use ALBacklightingDetection, ALDarknessDetection, ALPhotoCapture and ALVideoRecorder instead.

NAO Software 1.14 documentation