There is a cat that wanders around my neighbourhood. I wanted to build something that would notify me whenever it came to my backyard. The post describes what I did
Nicely done, I like the straightforward dedicated nature of the project. Even years after the Raspberry Pi has been out I still enjoy reading how people use it. I suppose the cat factor does play a role in it though.
Reminds of this post of someone who added a camera to the little cat door because the cat kept bringing 'gifts' (mice) indoors. He used ML to detect if the cat brought a gift. In that case he temporarily locked it.
Not sure if it is the same project, but I remember something like that from a long time ago. The cat would walk through a backlit tunnel and project a black and white silhouette of its profile onto a low res camera.
They used a very simple neural network to do the detection. Several example pictures were included in the write up, showing the cat normally, one where it was holding a mouse, as well as a profile of a possum (IIRC).
Replicating those results has been on my to-do list for over a decade.
I am trying to build something similar with my raspberry pi - but with a temperature detector sensor. Btw well written, just how a tech article should be, no fluff and to the point!
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The picture stuff was to get a notification to tell when it was coming to eat
They used a very simple neural network to do the detection. Several example pictures were included in the write up, showing the cat normally, one where it was holding a mouse, as well as a profile of a possum (IIRC).
Replicating those results has been on my to-do list for over a decade.
https://imgur.com/a/vYs1W1L
You can piggy back on my object detection api - it can detect birds - just tried with the image => https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1520638023360-6def43369781...
Request example => https://pastebin.com/1Wnyb6PD