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Overengineering a way to know if people are in my university's CS lab
(www.amoses.dev)
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nicosalm
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21 Oct 24 19:12 UTC
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fartfeatures
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22 Oct 24 02:02 UTC
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Point the camera at the door, use the camera to detect if the door is open.
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grahamj
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22 Oct 24 03:20 UTC
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Mount the camera on the door facing down and watch for a moving floor
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22 Oct 24 07:28 UTC
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fartfeatures
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22 Oct 24 13:22 UTC
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That's a clever solution that would use less processing power. A camera pointed at the door provides the benefit of being useful for other purposes e.g. person detection / recognition and standard security camera purposes.
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lazide
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22 Oct 24 14:19 UTC
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Until someone accuses you of looking down their shirt anyway.
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