[ozzloy@gmail.com/oble] / TODO

FOR SCREENSAVER:
* use [Un]Inhibit together as a SimulateUserActivity workalike
* xdg-screensaver suspend / resume to SimulateUserActivity
	* http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib-tutorial/2nd-program-anatomy.html
	* http://portland.freedesktop.org/xdg-utils-1.0beta3/xdg-screensaver.html
* SimulateUserActivity
	* does it work on other people's machines?
		* find if other people have their gnome-screensaver run even if they set
		screensaver timeout to 1 minute and run:
		for ((i = 0; i < 999; i++)); do
			sleep 50;
			gnome-screensaver-command --poke;
		done;
	* find irc channel to ask if my understanding is correct
	* file bug
	* track down bug
		* compile gnome-screensaver
* cli opt parse
	* quiet mode
		* no display window
		* no text printed to terminal
* 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
* 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.

OTHER IDEAS:
* authenticating a user based on face recognition (as opposed to face
detection)
	* much more difficult to do reliably
	* use object tracking and emotion estimation to require a set of facial
	expressions as authentication.
		* awesome for people who find typing hard, eg: no hands
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124727d2	1	FOR SCREENSAVER:
	2	* use [Un]Inhibit together as a SimulateUserActivity workalike
	3	* xdg-screensaver suspend / resume to SimulateUserActivity
	4	* http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib-tutorial/2nd-program-anatomy.html
	5	* http://portland.freedesktop.org/xdg-utils-1.0beta3/xdg-screensaver.html
	6	* SimulateUserActivity
	7	* does it work on other people's machines?
	8	* find if other people have their gnome-screensaver run even if they set
	9	screensaver timeout to 1 minute and run:
	10	for ((i = 0; i < 999; i++)); do
	11	sleep 50;
	12	gnome-screensaver-command --poke;
	13	done;
	14	* find irc channel to ask if my understanding is correct
	15	* file bug
	16	* track down bug
	17	* compile gnome-screensaver
	18	* cli opt parse
	19	* quiet mode
	20	* no display window
	21	* no text printed to terminal
	22	* fire up the face detector only just before going to inactive mode.
	23	* that way the camera isn't running all the time
	24	* maybe start 10 seconds before going inactive, then run until activity
	25	* be more aggressive with turning off the screen. dim the screen as soon as
	26	it's not being looked at. turn it off soon thereafter.
	27	* could be enough to save battery. would need to power the camera sometimes,
	28	but would save on backlight. need to test.
	29	* don't prevent sleep when face is detected, but user isn't actually looking at
	30	screen.
	31	* requires pose estimation.
	32	* also requires estimating the direction of the eye.
	33
	34	OTHER IDEAS:
	35	* authenticating a user based on face recognition (as opposed to face
	36	detection)
	37	* much more difficult to do reliably
	38	* use object tracking and emotion estimation to require a set of facial
	39	expressions as authentication.
	40	* awesome for people who find typing hard, eg: no hands