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# Desk Presence Detection (Snapshot-Based, Home Assistant)
This project provides a low-CPU desk presence detection system using a webcam and snapshot-based computer vision. It is designed to work reliably on weak hardware without running continuous video inference.
Presence is detected using:
- Face detection (Haar cascade)
- Frame-to-frame motion detection
- A confidence score with decay
- A cooldown to prevent feedback loops caused by lights turning on or off
- The detected presence is published to Home Assistant as a binary_sensor.
## Installation
### 1. Clone
### 2. Build the image
```sh
docker build -t desk-presence .
```
### 3. Home Assistant Setup
#### A. Create Long Lived Access Token
#### B. Run the container
```sh
docker run -d \
--name desk-presence \
--restart unless-stopped \
--device /dev/video0:/dev/video0 \
-e HA_URL="http://192.168.0.202:8123" \
-e HA_ENTITY_ID="binary_sensor.desk_presence_vision" \
-e HA_TOKEN="YOUR_LONG_LIVED_TOKEN" \
-e CAMERA="/dev/video0"
desk-presence
```