blakeblackshear.frigate/README.md

# Frigate - Realtime Object Detection for IP Cameras
Uses OpenCV and Tensorflow to perform realtime object detection locally for IP cameras. Designed for integration with HomeAssistant or others via MQTT.

Use of a [Google Coral USB Accelerator](https://coral.withgoogle.com/products/accelerator/) is optional, but highly recommended. On my Intel i7 processor, I can process 2-3 FPS with the CPU. The Coral can process 100+ FPS with very low CPU load.

- Leverages multiprocessing heavily with an emphasis on realtime over processing every frame
- Uses a very low overhead motion detection to determine where to run object detection
- Object detection with Tensorflow runs in a separate process
- Object info is published over MQTT for integration into HomeAssistant as a binary sensor
- An endpoint is available to view an MJPEG stream for debugging, but should not be used continuously

![Diagram](diagram.png)

## Example video (from older version)
You see multiple bounding boxes because it draws bounding boxes from all frames in the past 1 second where a person was detected. Not all of the bounding boxes were from the current frame.
[![](http://img.youtube.com/vi/nqHbCtyo4dY/0.jpg)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqHbCtyo4dY "Frigate")

## Getting Started
Build the container with
```
docker build -t frigate .
```

Models for both CPU and EdgeTPU (Coral) are bundled in the image. You can use your own models with volume mounts:
- CPU Model: `/cpu_model.tflite`
- EdgeTPU Model: `/edgetpu_model.tflite`
- Labels: `/labelmap.txt`

Run the container with
```bash
docker run --rm \
--privileged \
--shm-size=512m \ # should work for a 2-3 cameras
-v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb \
-v <path_to_config_dir>:/config:ro \
-v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
-p 5000:5000 \
-e FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD='password' \
frigate:latest
```

Example docker-compose:
```yaml
  frigate:
    container_name: frigate
    restart: unless-stopped
    privileged: true
    shm_size: '1g' # should work for 5-7 cameras
    image: frigate:latest
    volumes:
      - /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - <path_to_config>:/config
    ports:
      - "5000:5000"
    environment:
      FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD: "password"
```

A `config.yml` file must exist in the `config` directory. See example [here](config/config.example.yml) and device specific info can be found [here](docs/DEVICES.md).

Access the mjpeg stream at `http://localhost:5000/<camera_name>` and the best snapshot for any object type with at `http://localhost:5000/<camera_name>/<object_name>/best.jpg`

Debug info is available at `http://localhost:5000/debug/stats`

## Integration with HomeAssistant
```
camera:
  - name: Camera Last Person
    platform: mqtt
    topic: frigate/<camera_name>/person/snapshot
  - name: Camera Last Car
    platform: mqtt
    topic: frigate/<camera_name>/car/snapshot

binary_sensor:
  - name: Camera Person
    platform: mqtt
    state_topic: "frigate/<camera_name>/person"
    device_class: motion
    availability_topic: "frigate/available"

automation:
  - alias: Alert me if a person is detected while armed away
    trigger: 
      platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.camera_person
      from: 'off'
      to: 'on'
    condition:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home_alarm
        state: armed_away
    action:
      - service: notify.user_telegram
        data:
          message: "A person was detected."
          data:
            photo:
              - url: http://<ip>:5000/<camera_name>/person/best.jpg
                caption: A person was detected.

sensor:
  - platform: rest
    name: Frigate Debug
    resource: http://localhost:5000/debug/stats
    scan_interval: 5
    json_attributes:
      - back
      - coral
    value_template: 'OK'  
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      back_fps: 
        value_template: '{{ states.sensor.frigate_debug.attributes["back"]["fps"] }}'
        unit_of_measurement: 'FPS'
      back_skipped_fps: 
        value_template: '{{ states.sensor.frigate_debug.attributes["back"]["skipped_fps"] }}'
        unit_of_measurement: 'FPS'
      back_detection_fps: 
        value_template: '{{ states.sensor.frigate_debug.attributes["back"]["detection_fps"] }}'
        unit_of_measurement: 'FPS'
      frigate_coral_fps: 
        value_template: '{{ states.sensor.frigate_debug.attributes["coral"]["fps"] }}'
        unit_of_measurement: 'FPS'
      frigate_coral_inference:
        value_template: '{{ states.sensor.frigate_debug.attributes["coral"]["inference_speed"] }}' 
        unit_of_measurement: 'ms'
```

## Tips
- Lower the framerate of the video feed on the camera to reduce the CPU usage for capturing the feed