Detects if any intruder nears your computer with the help of Ultrasonic sensor and captures their image immediately with the help of your USB Webcam.
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Install the required python libraries from requirement.txt file
sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
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Connect your Arduino board over USB and find the name of the port it is connected to (Usually this is
/dev/ttyUSB0
if there is only one device connected over USB). -
Open and Arduino IDE; Verify & Upload the sketch
arduino/ultra_sonic_sensor.ino
to the board.
python python/capture_user.py /dev/ttyUSB0
Depending on the range you have set in the python script capture_user.py
RANGE
variable, the script will activate the camera, captures the image and saves it. You can find the image in your $HOME/image_captures/ directory