X-Git-Url: http://challenge-bot.com/repos/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=37340145e2d781d935e63026b7b0d5b20c735ff5;hb=9618584c806c8f2ad972d7634f9587dc2ce5091b;hp=8fe0c862be4035535702f0fdfb0eb6a5a05cd120;hpb=ccb0e7df577614ebdd0e0241d28a1c157d08050c;p=ozzloy%40gmail.com%2Foble diff --git a/README b/README index 8fe0c86..3734014 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,28 +1,5 @@ prevent the system from sleeping when a user is looking at the screen. -this is accomplished using the built-in camera on my laptop screen's top bezel -and opencv to detect a face. i'm going to use the API used by the default movie -player in ubuntu for preventing system sleeps. +this is accomplished using a camera and opencv to detect a face. -OTHER IDEAS: -* detecting a face could simulate user activity. this would prevent sleeping -and bring up the password prompt when the system is already asleep. - * how cool would that be? if the system is asleep and you sit down at it, the - password prompt comes up before you touch anything! - * or if the screen saver doesn't lock the screen, then the laptop just wakes - up. - * DONE! -* fire up the face detector only just before going to inactive mode. - * that way the camera isn't running all the time - * maybe start 10 seconds before going inactive, then run until activity -* authenticating a user based on face recognition (as opposed to face -detection) - * much more difficult to do reliably -* be more aggressive with turning off the screen. dim the screen as soon as -it's not being looked at. turn it off soon thereafter. - * could be enough to save battery. would need to power the camera sometimes, - but would save on backlight. need to test. -* don't prevent sleep when face is detected, but user isn't actually looking at -screen. - * requires pose estimation. - * also requires estimating the direction of the eye. +this readme is woefully short.