Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
When to turn mirror on and off?
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fun challenge… sorta need two sensors… one outside to detect coming in, and one inside to detect going out… that one inside needs a fast response time, as u need the info up long enough to be useful…
I have my mirror using motion and wake up all the time on any motion… but have it on short sleep time (2 mins), so it goes to sleep fast… pi/sbc is still running, so at most you are saving a small amount of power for the monitor.
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I have been thinking about this also over the past couple of days, you could add a camera for facial recognition. I think that’s what I’ll look into so that mine doesn’t turn all on all the time and display all my info.
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Or, a voice command to wake the display (when in standby) and voice command to put the display into standby (when awake).
Then, a voice command for each set of modules (pages). One page for each family member displaying their very own set of modules.
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@mykle1 this would actually be a good module to add, I’ll look in to it, I’m taking the plunge this weekend finally to build one so I’ll see how it goes and report back.
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Good luck, my friend. You will likely have some delay if you’re using a Pi. If you’re using something more robust than a Pi you will certainly have a better, more enjoyable experience. :-)
