From 3c8565e605973ad92288fa898abf2c208b9b7a9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PVV Sanctuary <pvvsanctuary@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:29:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] use moving average and not difference

---
 src/main.rs | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index af57c3a..d09b495 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use reqwest::Client;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
-use okmain::rgb;
 use win_screenshot::prelude::*;
 
 const URL: &str = "https://homeassistant.pvv.ntnu.no:8123/api/services/light/turn_on";
@@ -23,8 +22,10 @@ async fn main() {
         brightness: 200,
         rgb_color: [0, 0, 0],
     };
-    let logging = true;
-    let time_between_requests = Duration::from_millis(1000);
+    let logging = false;
+    let time_between_requests = Duration::from_millis(100);
+    let mut moving_average = [0u8; 3];
+    let beta = 0.9f64;
     loop {
         let frame_start = Instant::now();
         let v = loop {
@@ -33,26 +34,24 @@ async fn main() {
             let now = Instant::now();
             let v =
                 get_next_rgb_value_for_asynchronously_setting_mood_lights_in_koserommet_at_pvv_by_using_a_mean(buf);
-            let diff = color_difference_is_great_enough_for_making_a_request_to_change_light_colors_using_euclidian_distance(
-                payload.rgb_color,
-                v);
             let elapsed = now.elapsed();
-            if diff > 0.1 {
-                if logging {
-                    println!(
-                        "calculated average pixel value in: {} milliseconds",
-                        elapsed.as_millis()
-                    );
-                    println!("new_rgb_color: {:?}", v);
-                    println!("rgb_color: {:?}", payload.rgb_color);
-                    println!("Found difference of: {}", diff);
-                }
-
-                payload.rgb_color = v;
-                break v;
+            if logging {
+                println!(
+                    "calculated average pixel value in: {} milliseconds",
+                    elapsed.as_millis()
+                );
+                println!("new_rgb_color: {:?}", v);
+                println!("rgb_color: {:?}", payload.rgb_color);
             }
+
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(33));
             if frame_start.elapsed() > time_between_requests {
-                break v;
+                for i in 0..3 {
+                    moving_average[i] =
+                        (moving_average[i] as f64 * beta + v[i] as f64 * (1.0 - beta)) as u8;
+                }
+                payload.rgb_color = moving_average;
+                break moving_average;
             }
         };
         payload.rgb_color = v;
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ fn get_next_rgb_value_for_asynchronously_setting_mood_lights_in_koserommet_at_pv
     [a.r, a.g, a.b]
 }
 
-fn color_difference_is_great_enough_for_making_a_request_to_change_light_colors_using_euclidian_distance(
+fn _color_difference_is_great_enough_for_making_a_request_to_change_light_colors_using_euclidian_distance(
     a: [u8; 3],
     b: [u8; 3],
 ) -> f64 {