import json import threading class MqttObjectPublisher(threading.Thread): def __init__(self, client, topic_prefix, objects_parsed, detected_objects): threading.Thread.__init__(self) self.client = client self.topic_prefix = topic_prefix self.objects_parsed = objects_parsed self._detected_objects = detected_objects def run(self): last_sent_payload = "" while True: # initialize the payload payload = {} # wait until objects have been parsed with self.objects_parsed: self.objects_parsed.wait() # add all the person scores in detected objects detected_objects = self._detected_objects.copy() person_score = sum([obj['score'] for obj in detected_objects if obj['name'] == 'person']) # if the person score is more than 100, set person to ON payload['person'] = 'ON' if int(person_score*100) > 100 else 'OFF' # send message for objects if different new_payload = json.dumps(payload, sort_keys=True) if new_payload != last_sent_payload: last_sent_payload = new_payload self.client.publish(self.topic_prefix+'/objects', new_payload, retain=False)