# Hironsan/BossSensor

Hide screen when boss is approaching.

Repository: https://github.com/Hironsan/BossSensor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bosssensor
Homepage: http://ahogrammer.com/2016/11/15/deep-learning-enables-you-to-hide-screen-when-your-boss-is-approaching/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: machine-learning, cnn, deep-learning, opencv, computer-vision
Last push: 2018-10-31T11:42:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3712, "days_push": 2863, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6288, forks 1073 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:41.351602+00:00)

## What it is
A desktop application that uses a webcam and a trained CNN classifier to detect when a specific person (your boss) approaches, automatically hiding your screen. It includes scripts for training a face classifier and running real-time camera detection.

## Use cases
- hide my screen when my boss walks by
- detect a specific person approaching with a webcam
- train a face classifier on my own images
- real-time face recognition from a camera feed
- fun computer vision project with Keras and OpenCV

## When to choose
- you want a playful webcam-based face detection demo
- you need a simple end-to-end example of training and running a CNN face classifier
- you're on macOS with a webcam and want automatic screen hiding

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained or production-ready tool
- you're on Windows or Linux without modification
- you need robust, accurate face recognition in varied lighting
- you can't collect training images of the target person

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: computer-vision, image-processing, machine-learning, deep-learning
- domain: computer-vision, machine-learning, desktop-applications
- platform: python
- tags: face-recognition, webcam, keras, opencv, fun-project, screen-privacy, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- Hironsan/BossSensor (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:41.351602+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:46:18.717019+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Hironsan/BossSensor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:41.351602+00:00, sha faceb3377fe1)
  - homepage: http://ahogrammer.com/2016/11/15/deep-learning-enables-you-to-hide-screen-when-your-boss-is-approaching/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:42:57.911959+00:00, sha 44136fa355b3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.