I need to extract certain information from a bunch of images. I'm a Python developer, but know little about this niche. Can somebody suggest particular toolkits to start with?

The problem: The placement of flippers on pinball machines has a rich history. There are thousands of different pinball machines. I would like to identify broad trends and turning points. So I'd like to be able to process photos like this in bulk, spot the flippers, and record their locations relative to the rest of the playfield: https://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=20&picno=38587

I know how to get the raw data (lists of pinball machines, collection of images) but the part I don't know how to tackle is the image processing (selection of best playfield image, compensating for photographer variation, finding the flippers, extracting their position and angle).

If you've done something like this before, what has worked for you? #pinball #python

I need to extract certain information from a bunch of images. I'm a Python developer, but know little about this niche. Can somebody suggest particular toolkits to start with?

The problem: The placement of flippers on pinball machines has a rich history. There are thousands of different pinball machines. I would like to identify broad trends and turning points. So I'd like to be able to process photos like this in bulk, spot the flippers, and record their locations relative to the rest of the playfield: https://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=20&picno=38587

I know how to get the raw data (lists of pinball machines, collection of images) but the part I don't know how to tackle is the image processing (selection of best playfield image, compensating for photographer variation, finding the flippers, extracting their position and angle).

If you've done something like this before, what has worked for you? #pinball #python

Time to have fun! Windows 95 PLUS! adds some much needed colours to Windows 95. And "3D Pinball - Space Cadet" and "Microsoft Hover!" provide a bit of leisure time. Oh, well... it's something. 😜

#RetroGaming#Win95#Windows95#RetroComputing#Microsoft#Windows#Emulation#86Box#Pinball#PCGaming #90s

More progress on the Street Fighter II Pinball restoration. Amanda's gluing the cabinet back together. I'm slowly working my way through bags and bags of hardware to go back on the playfield. End is in sight... #pinball

Here's Hopeakuula Arcade's main room. Located in Kouvola, Finland, this hobbyist run, not for profit arcade has been welcoming the pinball-curious folks since 2011.

Mostly run by yours truly and my partner in life and crime, @quester, we aim to keep pinball alive for the next generations of players. The collection has over 35 games, ranging from 70s electromechanicals to the latest 2020 ones.

#pinball #arcade #kouvola #finland #suomi #museum

Here's Hopeakuula Arcade's main room. Located in Kouvola, Finland, this hobbyist run, not for profit arcade has been welcoming the pinball-curious folks since 2011.

Mostly run by yours truly and my partner in life and crime, @quester, we aim to keep pinball alive for the next generations of players. The collection has over 35 games, ranging from 70s electromechanicals to the latest 2020 ones.

#pinball #arcade #kouvola #finland #suomi #museum

Hello people! I've been on the Fediverse for couple of years now, so here's my re- #introduction

I'm Ari, better known by my tag APZ and this is my #pinball repair, #arcade and #retrogaming account. I mostly post about playing and repairing pinball machines, but I also work on #retrocomputing with all the classics.

An IT guy by day, I moonlight as a public pinball arcade here in #Finland with my partner @quester. This is purely a hobby of mine and I do this to keep my sanity and to keep pinball alive for the next generations of players. At the moment I own a bit over 30 pinball machines from 70s to 2020s.

A lot of what I do involves #electronics, #CAD for now obsolete parts and #3dprinting and tabletop #cnc to recreate them.

I love to #travel, usually to meet like-minded arcade collectors. I have a strong preference to #repair stuff instead of throwing it away. I'm a #linux user since mid-90s, having been part of #foss movement most of my life.

Hello people! I've been on the Fediverse for couple of years now, so here's my re- #introduction

I'm Ari, better known by my tag APZ and this is my #pinball repair, #arcade and #retrogaming account. I mostly post about playing and repairing pinball machines, but I also work on #retrocomputing with all the classics.

An IT guy by day, I moonlight as a public pinball arcade here in #Finland with my partner @quester. This is purely a hobby of mine and I do this to keep my sanity and to keep pinball alive for the next generations of players. At the moment I own a bit over 30 pinball machines from 70s to 2020s.

A lot of what I do involves #electronics, #CAD for now obsolete parts and #3dprinting and tabletop #cnc to recreate them.

I love to #travel, usually to meet like-minded arcade collectors. I have a strong preference to #repair stuff instead of throwing it away. I'm a #linux user since mid-90s, having been part of #foss movement most of my life.

So you replace a fuse with an iron nail, which causes a transistor to run so hot it burns a hole in the PCB. So what do you do? Apparently some fine repair tech came to this problem and the apparent solution was to jumper over the now totally burned traces and then add wires and hang the now missing transistor from those. Because why not?

This is a WhiteStar pinball platform driver board I got for spares long ago, but I think it's glorious in all of its tech goreness.

#pinball #arcade #electronics #techgore #retrotech

So you replace a fuse with an iron nail, which causes a transistor to run so hot it burns a hole in the PCB. So what do you do? Apparently some fine repair tech came to this problem and the apparent solution was to jumper over the now totally burned traces and then add wires and hang the now missing transistor from those. Because why not?

This is a WhiteStar pinball platform driver board I got for spares long ago, but I think it's glorious in all of its tech goreness.

#pinball #arcade #electronics #techgore #retrotech