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🥽 Auto Ad Muter

A DIY smart glasses-inspired ad detection system that automatically mutes your Sony TV when ads appear. Uses a Raspberry Pi Zero W with camera streaming to an iOS app for real-time OCR and ad detection.

🎯 What It Does

Real-time ad detection: Streams video from Pi camera to iOS app
On-device OCR: Uses Apple's Vision framework to detect ad keywords
Auto-mute: Instantly mutes Sony TV when ads are detected
Auto-unmute: Restores audio 2 seconds after ads end
100% local: No cloud processing, works offline
🛠️ Hardware Requirements

Raspberry Pi Zero W
Camera Module v2
Raspberry Pi Zero camera cable
64GB microSD card (Class 10+)
Power bank with micro-USB cable
iPhone/iPad (iOS 14+)
Sony TV (with network API support)
Total cost: ~₹5,000 ($60 USD)

📱 Software Stack

Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi OS Lite (Legacy, 32-bit)
mjpg-streamer with V4L2 input
Camera module via legacy camera stack
iOS App

SwiftUI interface
Vision framework for OCR
Custom MJPEG stream parser
Sony TV API integration