Anyone try to build a bed occupancy sensor integrated with Home Assistant? I’ve looked into load sensors but all of them seem to have pretty small weight limits (low enough to where I don’t think it would even support the empty bed).
What devices/sensors have you used for this? And what does your setup look like?
I can’t believe I’m even engaging this post, but… what’s the use-case? Gotta say, this sounds extra creepy.
Turn on the lights in the bedroom based on presence sensor, but only if the bed occupancy sensor detects no one is in bed.
Turn off the lights when 2 people in bed. Turn the lights on really low when only 1 person gets up. Track time you went to bed / time in bed as a low-budget sleep tracker not tied to a big data broker, like a smart watch would be…
Yum yum
-Data_mining_bot
Self-hosted. The data stays within my home- It is processed locally on my server.
You must be here from c/all. Home Assistant is a self-hosted application and stores all of its data locally on hardware you own and control. If there’s data mining, its because you put it there yourself.
Yeah as if people aren’t linking it to Google and Alexa for voice commands
So don’t do that if that’s important to you. I don’t. Besides, home assistant has its own local voice commands if you want them.
Some of us like to automate our homes with our home automation systems instead of finding new ways to remote control them.
Just because you go to a dark place in your imagination doesn’t mean everyone else does.
@just_another_person Turning on or off nightlights. Changing iOS focus (e.g., sleeping). Activating outside security monitoring… all kinds of interesting use cases.
Can one change iOS focus modes from home assistant?
@spitfire I said that but the fact is I don’t really know. But I’d like to know. I know #HA #HomeAssistant can launch apps and select channels on #AppleTV so I think it should be possible on iOS. Using webhooks maybe.
Taking care of an elderly person whose a fall risk? There are lots of valid reasons.
Presence sensors do fall detection and human presence to a great degree. No need for a BED sensor and measuring occupancy.
And how is a presence sensor in a bedroom less creepy? Its measuring the same thing as you say.
If I’m in the bedroom, I may want my ceiling lights on if someone is in there if it’s dark outside, but if my wife and I are in bed, then only turn on the baseboard lights, at 1% brightness when someone is still in bed. Presence sensors aren’t that fine grained, and I certainly don’t want to wake up my wife when this old fart gets up to go pee again. She’s grumpy when awakened. 🤣
Gotta make sure the dogs aren’t jumping on the bed while the humans are gone. What else could you possibly use this for? 🤷🏻♂️
Human trafficking or people being held against their will???
Why would anyone ask about “occupancy” of a bed? Motion or Presence sensors are fine. Like, you want to enact a trigger based on when someone gets IN the bed? That’s makes no sense.
This whole question comes off as extra fucking creepy to me.
Maybe if you’d read the replies to your question you wouldn’t be creeped out. There are a lot of good use cases and I haven’t even though how it could be misused before you brought it up.
You’re the only creepy one here bro. If you can’t even imagine practical uses for this you definitely need therapy.
@just_another_person
Don’t open the blinds as long as there is someone in bed?
You’re right in that it’s a useful tool for various kinds of abuse, but so is almost every useful home automation/home security sensor.
The most obvious/useful use cases I can see are:
Both should be easy with load cells under the bed legs but rather difficult otherwise.
(Useful assuming a household of two adults in one bed that is).
Honest question, do you use Home Assistant?
Yeah it’s creepy, but I think the more logical reason for wanting it is to know whether or not their spouse is being faithful. My previous comment was sarcastic because I thought you were being sarcastic yourself.
I guess?? Still…