RPI Doorbell

Hi,
I’m trying to create a video doorbell using rpi 3b+ and camera module v1 and integrate it in home assistant.

I was able to create a fluent streaming of the camera with a python script and show it in home assistant with the MJPEG integraton.

Now I want to do several thing when the camera detects motion and I don’t know how:

  1. Show the video stream in my screen panel and play an alarm sound
  2. Start to record a video

I want to mention that I tried to use motion project as well, but streaming was very laggy.

Will appreciate any help.

Hi, you have a few options:

  • detect motion with a sensor
  • use the signal somehow when someone pushes the doorbell
  • use some kind of software to analyze the image from the RPi cam somehow

Maybe someone else has another idea.
Do you mind sharing how you got that streaming set up?

So I have found this python script and it detects motion.
The problem - it uses raspistill and I don’t know how to make it work with picamera 2

https://thezanshow.com/electronics-tutorials/raspberry-pi/tutorial-16

I posted a question on the RPI forum.

#!/usr/bin/python

# original script by brainflakes, improved by pageauc, peewee2 and Kesthal
# www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=45235

# You need to install PIL to run this script
# type "sudo apt-get install python-imaging-tk" in an terminal window to do this

# StringIO is not available in Python 3
import io
#import StringIO
import subprocess
import os
import time
from datetime import datetime
from PIL import Image

# Motion detection settings:
# Threshold          - how much a pixel has to change by to be marked as "changed"
# Sensitivity        - how many changed pixels before capturing an image, needs to be higher if noisy view
# ForceCapture       - whether to force an image to be captured every forceCaptureTime seconds, values True or False
# filepath           - location of folder to save photos
# filenamePrefix     - string that prefixes the file name for easier identification of files.
# diskSpaceToReserve - Delete oldest images to avoid filling disk. How much byte to keep free on disk.
# cameraSettings     - "" = no extra settings; "-hf" = Set horizontal flip of image; "-vf" = Set vertical flip; "-hf -vf" = both horizontal and vertical flip
threshold = 10
sensitivity = 20
forceCapture = True
forceCaptureTime = 60 * 60 # Once an hour
filepath = "/home/pi/picam"
filenamePrefix = "capture"
diskSpaceToReserve = 40 * 1024 * 1024 # Keep 40 mb free on disk
cameraSettings = ""

# settings of the photos to save
saveWidth   = 1296
saveHeight  = 972
saveQuality = 15 # Set jpeg quality (0 to 100)

# Test-Image settings
testWidth = 100
testHeight = 75

# this is the default setting, if the whole image should be scanned for changed pixel
testAreaCount = 1
testBorders = [ [[1,testWidth],[1,testHeight]] ]  # [ [[start pixel on left side,end pixel on right side],[start pixel on top side,stop pixel on bottom side]] ]
# testBorders are NOT zero-based, the first pixel is 1 and the last pixel is testWith or testHeight

# with "testBorders", you can define areas, where the script should scan for changed pixel
# for example, if your picture looks like this:
#
#     ....XXXX
#     ........
#     ........
#
# "." is a street or a house, "X" are trees which move arround like crazy when the wind is blowing
# because of the wind in the trees, there will be taken photos all the time. to prevent this, your setting might look like this:

# testAreaCount = 2
# testBorders = [ [[1,50],[1,75]], [[51,100],[26,75]] ] # area y=1 to 25 not scanned in x=51 to 100

# even more complex example
# testAreaCount = 4
# testBorders = [ [[1,39],[1,75]], [[40,67],[43,75]], [[68,85],[48,75]], [[86,100],[41,75]] ]

# in debug mode, a file debug.bmp is written to disk with marked changed pixel an with marked border of scan-area
# debug mode should only be turned on while testing the parameters above
debugMode = False # False or True

# Capture a small test image (for motion detection)
def captureTestImage(settings, width, height):
    command = "raspistill %s -w %s -h %s -t 200 -e bmp -n -o -" % (settings, width, height)
    #imageData = StringIO.StringIO()
    imageData = io.BytesIO()
    imageData.write(subprocess.check_output(command, shell=True))
    imageData.seek(0)
    im = Image.open(imageData)
    buffer = im.load()
    imageData.close()
    return im, buffer

# Save a full size image to disk
def saveImage(settings, width, height, quality, diskSpaceToReserve):
    keepDiskSpaceFree(diskSpaceToReserve)
    time = datetime.now()
    filename = filepath + "/" + filenamePrefix + "-%04d%02d%02d-%02d%02d%02d.jpg" % (time.year, time.month, time.day, time.hour, time.minute, time.second)
    subprocess.call("raspistill %s -w %s -h %s -t 200 -e jpg -q %s -n -o %s" % (settings, width, height, quality, filename), shell=True)
    print("Captured %s" % filename)

# Keep free space above given level
def keepDiskSpaceFree(bytesToReserve):
    if (getFreeSpace() < bytesToReserve):
        for filename in sorted(os.listdir(filepath + "/")):
            if filename.startswith(filenamePrefix) and filename.endswith(".jpg"):
                os.remove(filepath + "/" + filename)
                print("Deleted %s/%s to avoid filling disk" % (filepath,filename))
                if (getFreeSpace() > bytesToReserve):
                    return

# Get available disk space
def getFreeSpace():
    st = os.statvfs(filepath + "/")
    du = st.f_bavail * st.f_frsize
    return du

def motion():

    # Get first image
    image1, buffer1 = captureTestImage(cameraSettings, testWidth, testHeight)

    # Reset last capture time
    lastCapture = time.time()

    while (True):

        # Get comparison image
        image2, buffer2 = captureTestImage(cameraSettings, testWidth, testHeight)

        # Count changed pixels
        changedPixels = 0
        takePicture = False

        if (debugMode): # in debug mode, save a bitmap-file with marked changed pixels and with visible testarea-borders
            debugimage = Image.new("RGB",(testWidth, testHeight))
            debugim = debugimage.load()

        for z in range(0, testAreaCount): # = xrange(0,1) with default-values = z will only have the value of 0 = only one scan-area = whole picture
            for x in range(testBorders[z][0][0]-1, testBorders[z][0][1]): # = xrange(0,100) with default-values
                for y in range(testBorders[z][1][0]-1, testBorders[z][1][1]):   # = xrange(0,75) with default-values; testBorders are NOT zero-based, buffer1[x,y] are zero-based (0,0 is top left of image, testWidth-1,testHeight-1 is botton right)
                    if (debugMode):
                        debugim[x,y] = buffer2[x,y]
                        if ((x == testBorders[z][0][0]-1) or (x == testBorders[z][0][1]-1) or (y == testBorders[z][1][0]-1) or (y == testBorders[z][1][1]-1)):
                            # print "Border %s %s" % (x,y)
                            debugim[x,y] = (0, 0, 255) # in debug mode, mark all border pixel to blue
                    # Just check green channel as it's the highest quality channel
                    pixdiff = abs(buffer1[x,y][1] - buffer2[x,y][1])
                    if pixdiff > threshold:
                        changedPixels += 1
                        if (debugMode):
                            debugim[x,y] = (0, 255, 0) # in debug mode, mark all changed pixel to green
                    # Save an image if pixels changed
                    if (changedPixels > sensitivity):
                        takePicture = True # will shoot the photo later
                    if ((debugMode == False) and (changedPixels > sensitivity)):
                        break  # break the y loop
                if ((debugMode == False) and (changedPixels > sensitivity)):
                    break  # break the x loop
            if ((debugMode == False) and (changedPixels > sensitivity)):
                break  # break the z loop

        if (debugMode):
            debugimage.save(filepath + "/debug.bmp") # save debug image as bmp
            print("debug.bmp saved, %s changed pixel" % changedPixels)
        # else:
        #     print "%s changed pixel" % changedPixels

        # Check force capture
        if forceCapture:
            if time.time() - lastCapture > forceCaptureTime:
                takePicture = True

        if takePicture:
            lastCapture = time.time()
            return True
            #saveImage(cameraSettings, saveWidth, saveHeight, saveQuality, diskSpaceToReserve)
        else:
            return False

        # Swap comparison buffers
        image1 = image2
        buffer1 = buffer2