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A pressure pad placed on a user's chair and linked by software and hardware to the webcam of a computer.
When the pressure is removed, the webcam is automatically blanked.
This would prevent the truly horrifying situation of a video conference participant thoughtlessly standing up in mid-call,
perhaps to reach for a file, and accidentally revealing to all the other watchers that they are in fact entirely unclad below the waist ...
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Is this a confession? How many times have you "accidentally"
exposed yourself to your virtual audience? |
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No, it is not a confession. It is others who are in desperate and immediate need of this technology. |
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But it has happened. We are still feeling a little nauseous. The next in-person meeting with the offender (and it was pretty offensive) may be more than a little awkward, if that is he doesn't tender his resignation beforehand ... |
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And the meting was being recorded, too. |
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Could an adequate software only solution be made that uses
face detection to turn of the video feed if the face moves
out of the frame? |
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Adequate, possibly, but this is an application where five-nines reliability is absolutely essential. |
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If it had happened to you, you wouldn't be happy with "adequate" either. |
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And an additional periphery sensor that detects 'cute' children and animals interrupting the meeting, triggering replacement of the screen with a traditional off-air broadcast test pattern. |
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