I have a business I do work for that is moving to a different locations. I've been working for them for years. The company I used to work for did work for him before they went out of business and i've been taking care of them ever since
AAaaaanyooo one of the things they always did was have three employees have to use a Hd handheld camcorder to record packaging, take the SD card out and put it on a separate computer. I took the time down a lot by getting a USB 3.0 card in that system and a USB 3.0 card reader. Cut the time by well, a disturbingly high amount. But the SD cards (full size) eventually do wear out as they ship about I think 50 orders a week
So at this new place I came up with the idea of using a webcam hooked to an NUC (not powerful one) and record from an angle high above. Using a USB number pad to type in the work order and pause/play the cam footage (displayed on a cheap 32" tv in front of them.
A HUGE thanks to our local Bulgarian software engineer genus televorzia for developing the capture program. I gave him a challenge with a language he didn't have much experience with and he nailed it beautifully.
Aaanyhoooo, he captures this packaging not to catch employees trying to steal anything (who wants to steal metal finials and rods and other pieces used by interior decorators (curtain rods). This is for shipping discrepancies, so if a customer says something didn't arrive in the order, the video can be pulled to see if it said part was packed.
Right now at the end of this project all I need to do is figure out what webcam to use. Sane priced but high quality.
I was thinking a manual focus like this
https://www.amazon.com/MOKOSE-Camera...dp/B0814VFG12/
4k (although one of the descriptions says it's 1080p on amazon, the model number from the website says it's 4k)
I did a test of a $20 chinese autofocus webcam I got from newegg and for testing the program aside from my laptop webcam. To get the table into frame I had to hold it up as far as my arm as high as I could. Thing about this shop is the boss can make basically any metal structure for holding it. That's not a problem but autofocus is, so varifocus cams are pretty much what I need
A lot of cams (like the one linked above) look like all the other ones. There was a 1080p one with a 115 deg angle lens but I can't find it now. Had a blue casing box. The one above is like 60deg max
if anyone of you have camera knowledge for this sort of project, or any other ideas, that would help
before you start saying "what about using security cameras". We already have those. But we can't tie specific packaging of order numbers to security camera footage timestamps, so this is pretty much the only other idea I can think of. Besides, the cams inside are fisheye, and high, so fairly low quality for these tables and we need to see something as small as 1/2" black screws packaged
AAaaaanyooo one of the things they always did was have three employees have to use a Hd handheld camcorder to record packaging, take the SD card out and put it on a separate computer. I took the time down a lot by getting a USB 3.0 card in that system and a USB 3.0 card reader. Cut the time by well, a disturbingly high amount. But the SD cards (full size) eventually do wear out as they ship about I think 50 orders a week
So at this new place I came up with the idea of using a webcam hooked to an NUC (not powerful one) and record from an angle high above. Using a USB number pad to type in the work order and pause/play the cam footage (displayed on a cheap 32" tv in front of them.
A HUGE thanks to our local Bulgarian software engineer genus televorzia for developing the capture program. I gave him a challenge with a language he didn't have much experience with and he nailed it beautifully.
Aaanyhoooo, he captures this packaging not to catch employees trying to steal anything (who wants to steal metal finials and rods and other pieces used by interior decorators (curtain rods). This is for shipping discrepancies, so if a customer says something didn't arrive in the order, the video can be pulled to see if it said part was packed.
Right now at the end of this project all I need to do is figure out what webcam to use. Sane priced but high quality.
I was thinking a manual focus like this
https://www.amazon.com/MOKOSE-Camera...dp/B0814VFG12/
4k (although one of the descriptions says it's 1080p on amazon, the model number from the website says it's 4k)
I did a test of a $20 chinese autofocus webcam I got from newegg and for testing the program aside from my laptop webcam. To get the table into frame I had to hold it up as far as my arm as high as I could. Thing about this shop is the boss can make basically any metal structure for holding it. That's not a problem but autofocus is, so varifocus cams are pretty much what I need
A lot of cams (like the one linked above) look like all the other ones. There was a 1080p one with a 115 deg angle lens but I can't find it now. Had a blue casing box. The one above is like 60deg max
if anyone of you have camera knowledge for this sort of project, or any other ideas, that would help
before you start saying "what about using security cameras". We already have those. But we can't tie specific packaging of order numbers to security camera footage timestamps, so this is pretty much the only other idea I can think of. Besides, the cams inside are fisheye, and high, so fairly low quality for these tables and we need to see something as small as 1/2" black screws packaged
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