[Vanhackspace] python options dialog

[dan anderson]

As long as the video camera opens via:

from VideoCapture import Device
camera = Device(1)

Then the following two lines will open useful camera settings, which
will allow us to have a clean initial image to start with, making
calibration easier and giving better data because of reduced noise and
a wider usable range.

camera.displayCapturePinProperties()
camera.displayCaptureFilterProperties()

When it gets to finishing touches (possibly never) would matte
blacking the interior (not just the inside lips of the rails) stop
much of that background IR? It might be possible to put aligned
polarizers in front of both the lights and the camera lens so that it
could be used with  My materials knowledge is terrible; are there low
cost polarizing materials with high IR pass? It would need more or
higher output LEDs to hit the same total lumens, but it would filter
out a great deal of bg noise. Hell, the easiest and most efficient way
to do it, if the material's cheap enough, is to just lay a sheet over
the bottom side.

It was a blast, I hope to make it next week.

-Dan