X-Message-Number: 7582
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 15:56:47 -0800
From:  (Olaf Henny)
Subject: Re: CryoNet #7516, Slow Motion Detector

Message #7516
>Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 09:45:00 -0800 (PST)
>From: Joseph Strout <>
>Subject: Re: slow-motion detector
>
>On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Kennita Watson <> wrote:
>
>> How would it tell whether or not you're at home (when considering
>> reference images, include changes in lighting and poor housekeeping)?
>
>It could not, of course.  That's probably the biggest problem; you'd have
>to always remember to turn it off when you leave, or rig up some
>automatic system.  Or you could only use it at night, if the risk of
>dying is greater in your sleep than when wandering about (I have no idea
>whether this is the case).

Could you not have a tiny transmitter on your bracelet, which will tell the 
receiver on the QuickCam in a specific room, that you are in it, and thereby 
activate it.  If none of the camreas gets an "in" signal, then the implication 
is, that you are out, and the system shuts down, until you are back in.  
There is of course also the posibility of a (wrist-?)pulse sensor, which 
would activate an alarm, if a pulse stops for more than 10 seconds, 
permitting a fairly rapid response time.

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