Possible to capture a jpg image when a face is detected ?

[smcgann99]

Thanks for a very useful app, I'm planning on using it with Node-RED for home automation.

Is it possible to have a jpg image sent via MQTT as binary buffer when a face is detected - I would some way to idenitfy the person using the tablet, perhaps to unlock features etc.

I think a lot people would find a use for this.

[smcgann99]

Another option would be a just to have a snapshot url as well as the stream if that could be done ?

[thanksmister]

We do not have that option. If you want, this can be a feature request. Right now we publish images using Telegram when the alarm is disarmed.

There is no unlock feature because the alarm panel is an application that is to run on a dedicated device. If the device locks, the functionality of alarm panel will stop working because it depends on background tasks and running as a foreground application.

We currently use face detection on device to dismiss the screensaver. Optionally, you can use DayDream in Android.

[smcgann99]

I managed to work around this by using the movement detection mqtt message to trigger node red to capture 1 image from the camera stream and perform face recognition. This can then "unlock" features within my application. As the face detection causes too much spam mqtt messages. It would be really handy to have a snapshot url to complement the camera stream however.

Thanks