From 41a35825e11240e5e98cdf5bba0b943c0dbc6d1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alessandro Mauri <alemauri001@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 12:47:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] first commit

---
 ambient.py      | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 sv/ambientd/run |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 70 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 ambient.py
 create mode 100755 sv/ambientd/run

diff --git a/ambient.py b/ambient.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..51ad8d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ambient.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# Simple daemon to change brightness based on luminance
+# TODO: add a config
+# TODO: add debug option
+# TODO: add dry-run
+# TODO automatically find the right brightness path and do not assume intel_backlight
+
+import time
+
+# Open the luminance sensor device file
+try:
+    luminance_file = open('/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device0/in_illuminance_raw', 'r')
+except OSError as err:
+    print(err)
+    exit(1)
+
+# max luminance of the screen - 100 (maybe)
+max_luminance = 350
+
+# get luminance value, on fail return the max
+def get_luminance():
+    try:
+        l = int(luminance_file.read())
+        luminance_file.seek(0)
+    except:
+        l = max_luminance
+    return l
+
+# Get the max brightness 
+max_brightness = 100
+with open('/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/max_brightness', 'r') as f:
+    max_brightness = int(f.read())
+min_brightness = int(max_brightness * 0.05)
+
+
+lum = [get_luminance()]*4
+user_offset = 0
+while True:
+    lum.append(lum.pop(0))
+    lum[0] = get_luminance()
+    
+    luminance = sum(lum)/len(lum)
+    luminance_percent = min(luminance/max_luminance, 1.0)
+    brightness_target = max(int(luminance_percent * max_brightness), min_brightness)
+
+    brightness_adjusted = min(max(brightness_target+user_offset, min_brightness), max_brightness)
+    b = open('/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness', 'w')
+    b.write(str(brightness_adjusted))
+    b.close()
+
+    time.sleep(3)
+
+    # if the value of the brightness changed then update the user offset
+    # TODO: if the brightness remains stable within a range then apply the full
+    #       offset, else ease out the offset back to zero.
+    #       example: full brightness but the user chooses to tune it down, when
+    #       full brightness is no longer needed tune the offset down
+    a = open('/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness')
+    x = int(a.read()) - brightness_target
+    a.close()
+    if brightness_target != max_brightness or x < 0:
+        user_offset = x
+
+    print("brightness target: ", brightness_target, "user offset: ", user_offset, "brightness adjusted: ", brightness_adjusted)
+    #print(luminance, luminance_percent, brightness)
+
diff --git a/sv/ambientd/run b/sv/ambientd/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..39a535f
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+++ b/sv/ambientd/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+exec ambient.py