Harry

This week I focused on strengthening the frame and upgrading some of the hardware for the eventual demo. I cut our 2nd order of PVC and designed a stronger frame that should be much more stable. This second frame design reinforces our primary frame design at the base and wraps around the pool table. I’m preparing to cement our initial frame. In addition, I added mounting screws for a stable projector mount. I also put in a order for higher resolution camera and a camera mount (turns out 1080p is not the same through different cameras, for our test photos we were getting 12 MP, our original camera was reporting 7 MP, so we upgraded to a camera with 15 MP – Megapixel is relevant to image quality but not video quality).

Christina

This week, I tested my CV code with different camera types. Previously, I had been using my phone’s camera, which has a very high resolution and quality. With the previous camera, the CV algorithms were having a hard time with the low resolution, since the edges are not as clear, which made detecting the edges of the pool table difficult. An example result is below.

Harry has the same higher resolution camera that we are planning on purchasing, so I got to test and tune with that. This was much more better for detecting the pool table edges, and the results are shown below. Next week, I plan on tuning the ball detection so that we can have the camera CV part working in real time.

Sam

Last week, we started integration with Christina’s CV and Sam’s software. It was mostly a hacky mess, so this week, I took the time to refactor our code and make a new ‘main’ module to act as the main entrypoint. Currently blocked from making progress by a team member. 😒 It’s partly my fault, too… We win together, lose together, but it’s always better when we’re together. 🤗

TEAM

We picked up more parts from Home Depot! We had an enjoyable car ride there — I believe bonding moments are important for team chemistry and morale. Overall, we’re confident we can deliver a working MVP by the demo day. ✌️ We’re meeting tomorrow (Sunday) to fix some bugs we found after integration. We are optimistic about our project. Waka waka. 😉