Thursday, November 12, 2020

Haunted TV – Powered by Raspberry Pi & OpenCV @Raspberry_Pi #PiDay #RaspberryPi

We’re still seeing some awesome write-ups roll in from Halloween. Check out this great one from gocivici up on Instructables.

This year I decided to expand on the Idea of a classic horror movie cliche: the mirror scare(a scene where a reflection is used to suddenly reveal a monster, ghost, etc.) I’ve used a Raspberry Pi, camera, and OpenCV to create a creepy camera feed on an old B&W TV which is triggered by face/eye detection. When the Raspberry Pi detects a face, it turns on the TV displaying a live camera feed. When the face looks away from the TV a ghost is displayed in the background(using background subtraction). Once the face looks back at the TV, sees the ghost and turns behind a second time, the ghost disappears and, after a few seconds the TV turns off, restarting the cycle.

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