Making a Handheld Card Counter on the OAK-D-Lite

Jacob Solawetz's blog post explores how the OAK-D-Lite device can be used to develop a portable card-counting tool for blackjack, demonstrating the potential of computer vision applications in real-world scenarios like casinos. The post details the process of deploying custom vision models using the OAK-D-Lite, including sourcing a playing card dataset from Roboflow Universe and training a model to recognize card numbers and suits. Users can begin testing their models via hosted APIs even before receiving their device, and Roboflow facilitates the conversion of models for deployment on the OAK-D-Lite. The blog also highlights the ease of setting up an inference server and the excitement of developing card-counting logic to strategize against the house, showcasing a practical and engaging use of computer vision technology.