detect motion from serise of images

Hi, i have a web cam that can ftp images. is there a way i can have another
program download those images and detect if motion had occured? i.e. like an
intruder?

"James" wrote in message news:w_2Pe.15659$M3.1819@trnddc05...
Hi, i have a web cam that can ftp images. is there a way i can have another
program download those images and detect if motion had occured? i.e. like an
intruder?

Possibly, but you could also get webcam software that
has motion detection capability built in. You might give
HomeSentinel at http://bobday.vze.com a try.

-- Bob Day

problem is i allready have a network camera, but it doesn't act like a
normal windows webcamera. i have to find some software that can look at
allready saved images...my camera is a panasonic network camera model:
KX-hcm10


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"James" wrote in message
news:w_2Pe.15659$M3.1819@trnddc05...
Hi, i have a web cam that can ftp images. is there a way i can have
another program download those images and detect if motion had occured?
i.e. like an intruder?

Possibly, but you could also get webcam software that
has motion detection capability built in. You might give
HomeSentinel at http://bobday.vze.com a try.

-- Bob Day

google for something like virtual webcam

ive seen software for this somewhere on the net...

regards slayer

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:58:24 GMT, "James"
wrote:

problem is i allready have a network camera, but it doesn't act like a
normal windows webcamera. i have to find some software that can look at
allready saved images...my camera is a panasonic network camera model:
KX-hcm10

The below has motion detection and works with network cams.

http://www.pysoft.com/ActiveWebCamMainpage.htm

coolness! do you know of a good motion detecting software for a webcam?


"ThE SlAyEr" wrote in message
...
google for something like virtual webcam

ive seen software for this somewhere on the net...

regards slayer

wow, it says it works with my panasonic network cam, im downloading it right
now. thanks!


"Si Ballenger" wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:58:24 GMT, "James"
wrote:

problem is i allready have a network camera, but it doesn't act like a
normal windows webcamera. i have to find some software that can look at
allready saved images...my camera is a panasonic network camera model:
KX-hcm10

The below has motion detection and works with network cams.

http://www.pysoft.com/ActiveWebCamMainpage.htm

James spewed:
wow, it says it works with my panasonic network cam, im downloading
it right now. thanks!

If that doesn't suit your needs, give HomeWatcher a try. I've been using
v1.5 (0128) for what seems like forever now, and have had very little
problems with it. It can save images, time lapse video, and the registered
version allows you to mask areas where you don't want movement detected,
overlay text and time stamps, etc. The software is free, with only a few
things disabled. If you don't mind the little www.homewatcher.com logo on
your images and video, you probably won't even have to upgrade to the full
version. The free version is only very slightly crippled.

Good luck.

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won't work with my network camera

"Robert J Batina" wrote in message
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James spewed:
wow, it says it works with my panasonic network cam, im downloading
it right now. thanks!

If that doesn't suit your needs, give HomeWatcher a try. I've been using
v1.5 (0128) for what seems like forever now, and have had very little
problems with it. It can save images, time lapse video, and the
registered version allows you to mask areas where you don't want movement
detected, overlay text and time stamps, etc. The software is free, with
only a few things disabled. If you don't mind the little
www.homewatcher.com logo on your images and video, you probably won't even
have to upgrade to the full version. The free version is only very
slightly crippled.

Good luck.

--
Visit My Site: http://www.rubbertoe.com

the active webcam software works, but its so slow with my camera. This
causes motion detection not to work correclty. it only sees like 1 frame per
second. i have tried changing all the settings to increase this but its
still very slow. know of any other programs that might connect to my network
camera directly using the activex control from panasonic? active webcam
seems to just rip the images from my panasonics http server.


"Si Ballenger" wrote in message
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On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:58:24 GMT, "James"
wrote:

problem is i allready have a network camera, but it doesn't act like a
normal windows webcamera. i have to find some software that can look at
allready saved images...my camera is a panasonic network camera model:
KX-hcm10

The below has motion detection and works with network cams.

http://www.pysoft.com/ActiveWebCamMainpage.htm