Just use an ai model. If I can use Gemini to figure out whether or not my trash can is out by the street by looking at a camera image, surely it could recognize snow in a picture.
ooh wow I didnt even think of this, I have Ollama running to provide descriptions into my Frigate NVR alerts … I could setup something to query if its snowing and turn on my heated mats!
but basically, you would setup Ollama on a host machine with your GPU, and I believe it automatically sets up as a server, you can then modify the Frigate config files to use Ollama.
Now, trying to get it to recognize snow will be something I have to look into, not sure if I can do it in Frigate or maybe I’ll do it in Home Assistant.
Thanks, I managed to test some models in olllama but the accuracy is not where I need it to be. the same image gives me mixed results. Might need to wait for better models.
I’d probably think saying something along the lines:
anaylze the footage from my outdoor camera, can you tell if it is currently snowing and not that there is snow on the ground, answer yes or no with 100% certainty.