scenesense 0.1.1

3D spatial scene monitoring — detect missing, moved, and new objects from video or live camera feeds

scenesense

A Python library for 3D spatial scene monitoring. Point a camera at any space, build a baseline, and get notified when objects are added, removed, or moved — with timestamps.

Install

pip install .

Or for development:

pip install -e .

Quick Start

Compare two videos

from scenesense import Scene

scene = Scene()

# Build baseline from first video
scene.baseline("room_before.mp4", save_path="baseline.json")

# Compare against second video
changes = scene.compare("room_after.mp4")

for c in changes:
    print(c)
# {"status": "missing", "object": "cup", "last_position": [...]}
# {"status": "new",     "object": "bag", "position": [...]}
# {"status": "moved",   "object": "chair", "from": [...], "to": [...]}

Load a saved baseline

scene = Scene()
scene.load_baseline("baseline.json")
changes = scene.compare("room_after.mp4")

Live camera monitoring

from scenesense import Scene

def on_event(event):
    print(f"[{event['timestamp']}] {event['event'].upper()} — {event['object']}")
    # event keys: event, object, timestamp, stream_offset_seconds
    # + last_position (missing), position (new), from/to (moved)

scene = Scene()

scene.watch(
    source=0,                  # webcam index or RTSP URL
    baseline_duration=15,      # seconds to build baseline
    interval=30,               # seconds between checks
    on_event=on_event
)

Configuration

scene = Scene(
    model_size="n",        # yolo model: 'n' (fast), 's', 'm' (accurate)
    confidence=0.4,        # detection confidence threshold
    sample_rate=1.0,       # frames per second to sample from video
    move_threshold=0.3,    # distance to consider an object moved
    match_threshold=0.5    # distance to consider two detections the same object
)

How it works

1. Frame extraction — samples frames from video at a controlled rate
2. Object detection — runs YOLOv8 on each frame to find objects and bounding boxes
3. Depth estimation — runs MiDaS to estimate per-pixel depth
4. 3D projection — combines detection center + depth to get XYZ coordinates
5. Scene graph — collapses per-frame detections into a stable list of unique objects
6. Registration — aligns new video coordinate frame to baseline using ORB feature matching
7. Delta detection — compares scene graphs to find missing, moved, and new objects

Use cases

• Warehouse shelf auditing
• Museum artifact monitoring
• Security and facility management
• Construction site progress tracking
• Retail planogram compliance
• Manufacturing FOD detection

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• opencv-python
• numpy
• ultralytics (YOLOv8)

Models are downloaded automatically on first use (~30MB total).

Testing

pytest tests/unit/ -v