Author Topic: feature: on motion of Cam2 and/or sound of Cam3, enable 5min record on ALL Cams  (Read 1778 times)

captain

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I have run into this before with surveillance and would think this solution could be implemented in iCam fairly easily.  Scenario:
Cam1: watches the street, lots of movement and shadows all day long which trigger false motion.
Cam2: watches the door.  only set off when someone actually comes to the door, or occasionally headlights or shadows.
Cam3: watches inside.  only set off when someone is inside, but would hear doorbell or knocking.

It would be really cool to have iCamSource not motion enable Cam1 at all, and then have some cool logic, or even AI, to watch and listen to Cam2 and Cam3 and record enable ALL Cams for a period of time (again, AI would be useful), if any triggers went off.

Just brainstorming, but I think there is something here.  Thanks!

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Thank you for the suggestion.

Although it is not exactly AI, Motion Detection Zones are now available in the latest BETA version of the iCamSource: http://skjm.com/forum/index.php?topic=2171.0

Also, you can select which cameras Record Motion Events in the iCamSource preference pane under the Motion Detection tab.

More information about Motion Detection features can be found on our support pages at: http://skjm.com/icam/help/motion_detection.php

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Thanks.  Yes, I have the per-camera zones selected, and motion sensitivity set appropriately.  What I'm asking is for a WHOLE-SYSTEM trigger.  i.e. When burglar trips cam0: cam0, cam1, cam2, and cam4 ALL start recording, and continue if any or all of them keep sensing motion.  Just for configurability, my scenario could have cam3 only trigger itself and cam0 to start recording.  Of course, this is just for example.  The object is to give the end-user power to configure a system that will function as he wishes.  IMHO, triggering the entire setup to start recording is a good idea.  I'm just imagining a break in: burglar takes 15seconds to kick in window and climb in, triggering cam0.  He then scurries about the place, moving so fast that the normal setup wouldn't trigger any of the other cameras.  But if cam0 has triggered them, we would have a complete record of his movements, and more chance of ID'ing the wanker.  :-)  Obviously, there are lots of uses for surveillance cameras, so this is just one example.  Another might be to have a cute record of your dog wandering around the house every time he comes in the dog-flap (trigger), watch as he b-lines for the bed, and get an alert that cam3 (bed-cam) has just caught rover snuggling in under the covers with his pond-water and carrion-rolled-in self.

Thanks for considering.  Cheers!

OUAnthony

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I really like this idea. Second it!

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Interesting. We will definitely keep it on our list of potential features to implement in the future. Thanks you!