My cat likes my desk. I like my desk. I like my cat.
I do not like my cat on my desk.
I’ve been webcam shopping for about six months, so I’m about ready to get one. Haven’t finalized which one yet, so I’m still open.
I’m also willing to purchase a separate camera that’s solely dedicated to this project, especially if mounting it somewhere other than atop my monitor would work out better. Guess if the software allowed it, I could also set other zones in my office to watch the door, the bird feeder in the window, etc…
My idea is to find a piece of software that’ll let me create a box around my desk, and look for my cat within that box. When it sees my cat in the “desk box” it should allow me to trigger… something. Maybe a noise, maybe a magic packet sent to a 50 cal turret, I don’t know. I’m looking for advice.
Blue Iris allows you to create a zone, in your case, it would be around the edge of your desk,
When an event in that zone happens, it can be used to trigger an alert or action.
https://imgur.com/a/3AZUv0p
I’m not sure how you would convert that event in to physical action, maybe you could send an email to a mobile that has a really loud notification and vibration.
I have used Remootio in the past to manage gate, it can send a trigger to a relay. You could use it to trigger a relay attached to a motor that spins a flyswatter or something like that. It would be a bit of trial and error, but its likely one of the easier options to try rather than learning Arduino coding and whatnot.