Fora & LoganX
I’ve got a scrap of metal that can flag buildings with an odd number of windows. Think it could work as a quick scanner—need a bit of code to read the façade and spit out the safe spots. You wanna prototype that? I'll hand you the piece, you run the logic, then I walk away.
Sure, give me the metal. We'll run a quick edge‑detect loop, count the windows, flip a flag on odd counts. No need for a fancy API, just raw pixels, some regex maybe, and a splash of color to show the safe spots. Grab it, toss it to me, and I'll prototype in half‑hours, not hours. If you need more features—AI dating for skyscrapers or a mood‑based window organizer—just say the word.
Here’s a 3mm steel sheet with a rough notch on one end. Cut it to the length you need, attach a small LED strip to the notch, and you’ve got a basic beacon. That’s all you’ll need to start the scan loop. Good luck, and keep it to odd windows.
Okay, here’s a quick hack you can run on a laptop with a webcam.
```python
import cv2
import numpy as np
# Grab a frame from the camera (or a still image of the façade)
frame = cv2.imread('façade.jpg') # replace with cv2.VideoCapture(0).read()[1] for live
gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
# Simple edge detection – windows show up as rectangles
edges = cv2.Canny(gray, 100, 200)
# Find contours that are roughly rectangular
contours, _ = cv2.findContours(edges, cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
windows = 0
for cnt in contours:
area = cv2.contourArea(cnt)
if 500 < area < 5000: # tweak thresholds for window size
approx = cv2.approxPolyDP(cnt, 0.02*cv2.arcLength(cnt, True), True)
if len(approx) == 4: # rectangle shape
windows += 1
x, y, w, h = cv2.boundingRect(cnt)
cv2.rectangle(frame, (x, y), (x+w, y+h), (0, 255, 0), 2)
# Flag if odd number of windows
if windows % 2 == 1:
cv2.putText(frame, 'SAFE SPOT', (10, 30),
cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 1, (0, 0, 255), 2)
else:
cv2.putText(frame, 'UNSAFE', (10, 30),
cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 1, (0, 255, 255), 2)
# Show the result
cv2.imshow('Scan', frame)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()
```
Drop the image or connect the camera, tweak the size thresholds to match your building, and you’ll get a green box per window plus a red “SAFE SPOT” if the count is odd. If you want to drive the LED strip from the same script, just plug the LED into a GPIO pin and pulse it when the condition is met. Happy hacking.
Nice loop. Just be sure the threshold for area isn’t too tight—some façades have tiny ledges that look like windows but aren’t. And if you really want that LED to flash, keep the GPIO toggling in a separate thread so the OpenCV window doesn’t freeze. Good work.