[Config Support]: Occupancy reporting

[jakeycrx]

Describe the problem you are having

Hi,

I'm using the cat occupancy sensor within the Frigate HAOS integration to play various sounds to try and discourage cats from urinating and defecating everywhere. I'm getting false triggers though. There is activity at the time of the false trigger and the camera is autotracking (people and cars), so I guess it must be detecting a false positive of a cat from something. There is nothing stored anywhere to see what the false trigger was though.

There was a false trigger at 11:30. The trigger at 7:07 was genuine.

The last image stored for a cat is 7:07:

That is also the last image stored in the Frigate+ section on the UI, there is nothing stored for the 11:30 trigger:

I have set the min score in my config for cats. Is there any way of tying the occupancy sensor to the min score with the median scoring? I guess it's seeing a false trigger of a cat for one frame from something therefore triggering the occupancy sensor?

Version

0.14.0-7c39b17

Frigate config file

dahua:
    ffmpeg:
      output_args:
        record: preset-record-generic-audio-copy
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://****:****@192.168.1.108:554/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0
          input_args: -avoid_negative_ts make_zero -timeout 5000000 -buffer_size 10000K
          roles:
            - record
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/dahua_sub
          input_args: preset-rtsp-restream
          roles:
            - detect
    objects:
      track:
        - person
        - car
        - cat
        - dog
      filters:
        person:
          max_ratio: 0.8
          min_score: 0.65
          threshold: 0.8
        cat:
          min_score: 0.7
          threshold: 0.8
        dog:
          min_score: 0.7
          threshold: 0.8
    detect:
        # Optional: Number of frames without a detection before Frigate considers an object to be gone. (default: 5x the frame rate)
      max_disappeared: 75
    zones:
      car_detection_dahua:
        coordinates: 
          0.279,0.192,0.034,0.238,0.024,0,0.480,0,0.611,0,0.615,0.192,0.509,0.158,0.405,0.154
        objects:
          - car
      overall_detection_dahua:
        coordinates: 0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0
        objects:
          - person
          - cat
          - dog
      light_detection_dahua:
        coordinates: 
          0.893,1,0.12,1,0.016,0.304,0.067,0.292,0.248,0.232,0.348,0.243,0.505,0.253,0.678,0.428,0.741,0.544,0.731,0.683
        objects:
          - person
    motion:
      mask: 0.736,1,0.969,1,0.969,0.9,0.888,0.894,0.887,0.943,0.778,0.946,0.736,0.944
    record:
      enabled: true
      retain:
        days: 0
      events:
        pre_capture: 5
        post_capture: 20
        retain:
          default: 5
          mode: all
          objects:
            cat: 90
            dog: 90
    snapshots:
      required_zones:
        - car_detection_dahua
        - overall_detection_dahua
      enabled: true
      clean_copy: true
      retain:
        default: 45

Relevant log output

No log entry at 11:30

Frigate stats

No response

Operating system

HassOS

Install method

HassOS Addon

Object Detector

Coral

Any other information that may be helpful

No response

[NickM-27]

in general using the /events or /reviews MQTT topics will be more reliable. The occupancy sensors don't have the same filters that review items / events do so they will trigger faster but also be less accurate

[jakeycrx]

So if I use the frigate/<camera_name>/<object_name> topic that will only trigger on genuine detections?

[jakeycrx]

Should I be using label from within events? Because it's the same as the occupancy sensor.

[NickM-27]

It's not the same because you have access to a variety of fields that allow you to adjust the behavior

[jakeycrx]

Using just label is the same. How would I go about adjusting the behaviour?

[NickM-27]

You could for example check that it entered a zone, check that the score is above a certain level, etc

[jakeycrx]

Using the score does the trick

  - binary_sensor:
      name: MQTT Cat & Score
      off_delay: 10
      state_topic: "frigate/events"
      value_template: "{{ 'ON' if value_json['after']['label'] == 'cat' and value_json['after']['score'] | float >= 0.8  else 'OFF' }}"