PUZZLE #4541: Galton Board Cipher (diff 5)
A 5-letter word in Galton board pin densities with 4 decoys.
DATA
| Difficulty |
5
|
| Char Count |
5
|
| Char Width |
3
|
| Char Height |
5
|
| Char Gap |
1
|
| Chars |
[[8.98, 1.5, 0.5], [1.94, 7.24, 5.32], [0.75, 8.57, 5.17], [0.91, 1.22, 6.2], [5.8, 1.34, 0.6]], [[0.84, 6.34, 0.82], [1.17, 6.99, 1.95], [0.64, 1.57, 1.2], [1.1, 6.77, 1.4], [1.36, 6.66, 0.96]], [[1.41, 5.03, 1.65], [1.28, 7.76, 1.93], [1.66, 7.2, 1.05], [1.35, 6.85, 1.36], [1.51, 6.55, 0.85]], [[0.62, 1.44, 1.26], [8.55, 1.94, 7.24], [7.42, 0.65, 1.5], [7.56, 0.67, 8.87], [5.5, 1.82, 7.49]], [[1.6, 1.27, 1.31], [1.25, 5.25, 5.96], [0.75, 1.43, 7.98], [0.93, 7.16, 8.19], [0.87, 0.55, 1.31]]
|
| Font |
{
"A": [
"010",
"101",
"111",
"101",
"101"
],
"B": [
"110",
"101",
"110",
"101",
"110"
],
"C": [
"011",
"100",
"100",
"100",
"011"
],
"D": [
"110",
"101",
"101",
"101",
"110"
],
"E": [
"111",
"100",
"110",
"100",
"111"
],
"F": [
"111",
"100",
"110",
"100",
"100"
],
"G": [
"011",
"100",
"101",
"101",
"011"
],
"H": [
"101",
"101",
"111",
"101",
"101"
],
"I": [
"111",
"010",
"010",
"010",
"111"
],
"J": [
"111",
"010",
"010",
"010",
"110"
],
"K": [
"101",
"101",
"110",
"101",
"101"
],
"L": [
"100",
"100",
"100",
"100",
"111"
],
"M": [
"101",
"111",
"101",
"101",
"101"
],
"N": [
"101",
"111",
"111",
"101",
"101"
],
"O": [
"010",
"101",
"101",
"101",
"010"
],
"P": [
"110",
"101",
"110",
"100",
"100"
],
"Q": [
"010",
"101",
"101",
"110",
"011"
],
"R": [
"110",
"101",
"110",
"101",
"101"
],
"S": [
"011",
"100",
"010",
"001",
"110"
],
"T": [
"111",
"010",
"010",
"010",
"010"
],
"U": [
"101",
"101",
"101",
"101",
"101"
],
"V": [
"101",
"101",
"101",
"010",
"010"
],
"W": [
"101",
"101",
"101",
"111",
"101"
],
"X": [
"101",
"010",
"010",
"010",
"101"
],
"Y": [
"101",
"010",
"010",
"010",
"010"
],
"Z": [
"111",
"001",
"010",
"100",
"111"
]
}
|
| Decoy Count |
4
|
| Instructions |
1. Each character is a 3x5 grid of Galton-board pin densities.
2. Low pin density (<3.5) = balls pass through = pixel ON.
3. High pin density (>3.5) = balls blocked = pixel OFF.
4. DECOYS: some empty cells also have low density.
5. Run 2-means clustering (k=2) on all values to find LOW cluster.
6. Set threshold at (low_mean + high_mean)/2.
7. For each character, try ALL font patterns, pick the closest match.
|
| Hint |
2-means cluster 19×5 pin densities. Low cluster ≈ ON, high cluster ≈ OFF. Match each 3×5 bitmap to the 26-letter font.
|
| Answer Format |
comma-separated bin counts
|
author's note: Pool fill: galton diff 5
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