ᐅ Are there indoor motion sensors available that do not detect pets?

My spontaneous answer would have been that it would work with Monty Python’s parrot, since it no longer emits heat due to its condition ;-)

Seriously, I find this approach

i_b_n_a_n schrieb:

just an idea: Animals get a transmitter maybe in the form of NFC or Bluetooth on a collar. As soon as the transmitter is within range of the presence monitor or motion sensor, movement is ignored, otherwise not.

the most promising. Many dogs and cats nowadays are microchipped, making it easy to register them in the building automation system as users to be ignored. However, you would also need to carry a chip card yourself, otherwise you might accidentally be ignored when accompanying the cat ;-)

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i_b_n_a_n schrieb:

Just an idea: animals get a transmitter, possibly in the form of NFC or Bluetooth, attached to their collar. As soon as the transmitter is within the range of the motion detector or presence monitor, motion is ignored; otherwise, it is not. So unwanted motion is “filtered out.” Whether the detection is precise enough, I don’t know, of course. Probably more than one motion detector would have to be combined to track movement patterns and analyze them in the smart home system.
Since this doesn’t seem to exist yet, it would be great to develop a solution for it. The prerequisite would be either a powerful pattern (image) recognition system or very accurately locatable transmitters as described above. On the other hand, it might just be a completely crazy idea. 🙄

And what if you come back from walking the dog in the dark in the evening—do you then just stand still in the dark? Or would people get transmitters too? Sounds like a scenario with a lot of fun 😀

There are motion detectors where the height can be adjusted.

Why don’t animals need light? Well, cats aren’t as blind as we are and don’t need light.
No, 11ant, they often don’t sleep at night because, for example, cats are nocturnal.

Our (wall-mounted) motion detectors are set up to ignore the lower area, so they do not react to our cat. With a dog, it could be a bit more challenging, depending on the dog's size.

haydee schrieb:

No, 11ant, they often don’t sleep at night because, for example, cats are nocturnal.

When did I ever say that?

Musketier schrieb:

Our (wall) motion detectors are set so they don’t monitor the lower area and therefore don’t react to our cat.

Haha, if the cat jumps on the cabinet, the light still turns on ;-)

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Since I’m only getting a tiny living unit of 60m² (645ft²) with just one property model, but have almost unlimited programming possibilities with a large team behind me (1 intern, 10 students, and 2 professors), I can imagine running a test. The only thing missing is a "test subject," but that will be resolved in the future as a dog is moving into the neighboring unit, and I have already been assigned to take care of it. 😎