Add distance to cloud activity zones

[StephenB]

I've found that activity zones are the best way to eliminate unwanted recordings (generally better than reducing motion sensitivity).  But I have some cameras where it would be very helpful to eliminate motion in the background - particularly with the video doorbell, which cannot be aimed.

I'd like an option to specify the distance from the camera for each activity zone.  Then the cloud AI engine would estimate the distance between the camera and the moving object, and drop recordings where the estimated distance exceeds that distance I specified.  This should be conservatively trained (so I don't miss recordings I actually want), so I would expect that some unwanted recordings would still be made.

Future cameras could maybe include some additional sensors to gauge distance, but this would be a way to implement this feature with existing cameras.

[JessicaP]

Thanks for posting your idea! We greatly appreciate your contribution and will keep the status of this idea updated as we get new information on its potential implementation.