roothorick
Active member
Tell me if I sound crazy.
You know, wouldn't it be really nice if there was an app for your phone where you could take a picture of a connector in one of your machines and it would tell you what type of connector it is and the part number for sourcing replacements and mates? I mean, electrical connectors are made of simple geometry that should be easy enough to algorithmically recognize from a photo, so this should work.
Well, there's already an image recognition search app. However, it doesn't do very well with electrical connectors -- yet. It does have a suggestion option, and I figure, if enough people go through their machines and take pictures of electrical connectors, and add in suggestions for the type of connector it is, then maybe Goggles will start recognizing most connectors.
Am I crazy? Or could this work?
You know, wouldn't it be really nice if there was an app for your phone where you could take a picture of a connector in one of your machines and it would tell you what type of connector it is and the part number for sourcing replacements and mates? I mean, electrical connectors are made of simple geometry that should be easy enough to algorithmically recognize from a photo, so this should work.
Well, there's already an image recognition search app. However, it doesn't do very well with electrical connectors -- yet. It does have a suggestion option, and I figure, if enough people go through their machines and take pictures of electrical connectors, and add in suggestions for the type of connector it is, then maybe Goggles will start recognizing most connectors.
Am I crazy? Or could this work?
