Connect-451: A Real Time Connect 4 Board Processor

This project outlines a method to capture the state of a “Connect-4” board game in realtime using a webcam and basic image segmentation methods. “Connect-4” is two player perfect information game, which was strongly solved in 1988 [1]. In this implementation, a human player will always play first as red. The program will then acquired board state using a webcam, and then calculate a ”good” response for the yellow player. This is repeated until one player achieves victory by having four pieces in a row, either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.