Free Multi-Camera Surveillance Software

[Eagletron Inc.]

We have just released our multi-camera support software, called
CamPanel.

This allows you to monitor and control multiple cameras from a single
PC in real-time. Like always, the software is free and, when combined
with our award-winning TrackerPod base, gives you full pan/tilt
control over several cameras from the same interface. (However, at
least one TrackerPod is needed to unlock the capture feature).

For more information and to download go to www.trackercam.com


TrackerCam Development
www.trackercam.com

[Dave]

On 30 Jun 2003 16:00:57 -0700, sales@eagletron.com
(Eagletron Inc.) wrote:
We have just released our multi-camera support software, calledCamPanel.This allows you to monitor and control multiple cameras from a singlePC in real-time. Like always, the software is free and, when combinedwith our award-winning TrackerPod base, gives you full pan/tiltcontrol over several cameras from the same interface. (However, atleast one TrackerPod is needed to unlock the capture feature).For more information and to download go to www.trackercam.comTrackerCam Developmentwww.trackercam.com

Your website FAQ says:

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TrackerCam 4.1 (and higher) not only captures video when
motion occurs, it actually locks on to whatever moved and
follows it with the TrackerPod/PowerPod while capturing.
------

Can you show a video of this feature in action? I'm
interested in seeing how well it works on a moving object.

Thanks in advance

[Dave]

On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:44:21 -0700, Dave
<dju@nospam.net.com> wrote:
On 30 Jun 2003 16:00:57 -0700, sales@eagletron.com(Eagletron Inc.) wrote:We have just released our multi-camera support software, calledCamPanel.This allows you to monitor and control multiple cameras from a singlePC in real-time. Like always, the software is free and, when combinedwith our award-winning TrackerPod base, gives you full pan/tiltcontrol over several cameras from the same interface. (However, atleast one TrackerPod is needed to unlock the capture feature).For more information and to download go to www.trackercam.comTrackerCam Developmentwww.trackercam.comYour website FAQ says:------TrackerCam 4.1 (and higher) not only captures video whenmotion occurs, it actually locks on to whatever moved andfollows it with the TrackerPod/PowerPod while capturing.------Can you show a video of this feature in action? I'minterested in seeing how well it works on a moving object.Thanks in advance

Oops, looks like a real, real old post. Has anyone seen how
the tracker software works with moving objects? With all due
respect to the OP, I'm skeptical.

[Robert J Batina]

Dave <dju@nospam.net.com> spewed: Oops, looks like a real, real old post. Has anyone seen how the tracker software works with moving objects? With all due respect to the OP, I'm skeptical.

I haven't seen the product you are talking about, but I bet it will work
better than you'd expect. The program that I use ( from
www.homewatcher.com ) has motion sensing capabilities - and the registered
version actually lets you digitally zoom in on an object that is moving
across the frame. Giving you a poor-mans motion tracking ability. It works
pretty good, but it's incredibly annoying when used in situations not suited
for it, such as the time-lapse video on my webcam page. (temp down)

But yeah, what I'm saying is... if this software package can do a digital
zoom tracker with decent results, I'd bet that a dedicated tracking
hardware/software system would work pretty good. :)

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[Dave]

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:36:50 GMT, "Robert J Batina"
<rbatina@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
Dave <dju@nospam.net.com> spewed: Oops, looks like a real, real old post. Has anyone seen how the tracker software works with moving objects? With all due respect to the OP, I'm skeptical.I haven't seen the product you are talking about, but I bet it will workbetter than you'd expect. The program that I use ( fromwww.homewatcher.com ) has motion sensing capabilities - and the registeredversion actually lets you digitally zoom in on an object that is movingacross the frame. Giving you a poor-mans motion tracking ability. It workspretty good, but it's incredibly annoying when used in situations not suitedfor it, such as the time-lapse video on my webcam page. (temp down)But yeah, what I'm saying is... if this software package can do a digitalzoom tracker with decent results, I'd bet that a dedicated trackinghardware/software system would work pretty good. :)

I'm working on a tracking recorder myself and I can track a
moving object but if the camera moves all bets are off. If
it moves then everything in the frame looks like it's
moving, (to the motion detector and tracker)...because it
is. So I'm curious if this mechanical tracking algorithm can
really perform on a 1.6ghz. But maybe they have a special
pattern search method that works differently. It would take
a fair amount of CPU to recognize items in order to match
the background image in both frames and it has to
distinguish between the background and the moving object in
order to understand what is moving and what isn't....all
while the camera moves about. I wish I could test the
hardware along with the software to see how well it works.
If the company has a video I'd like to see it.

[Dave]

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http://www.davee.com/video/tracking.mpg
http://www.davee.com/video/tldvr1.rm


BTW: Here's a couple of my test videos.

[Mark Thomas]

I've used open-source software called motion (http://motion.sf.net/)
which records when it detects motion. With some pan/tilt cameras, it
can even follow whatever is moving. I haven't tried that feature, as I
only have a fixed camera.

[Dave]

On 10 Jun 2005 18:52:58 -0700, "Mark Thomas"
<mrt@thomaszone.com> wrote:
I've used open-source software called motion (http://motion.sf.net/)which records when it detects motion. With some pan/tilt cameras, itcan even follow whatever is moving. I haven't tried that feature, as Ionly have a fixed camera.

Thanks for the link. I'm going to take a look and see how it
all works.

Regards,
Dave

[Dave]

On 10 Jun 2005 18:52:58 -0700, "Mark Thomas"
<mrt@thomaszone.com> wrote:
I've used open-source software called motion (http://motion.sf.net/)which records when it detects motion. With some pan/tilt cameras, itcan even follow whatever is moving. I haven't tried that feature, as Ionly have a fixed camera.

I took a (brief) look at the Motion guide and it looks like
the motion tracking-panning feature probably disables the
motion detector momentarily while the camera is panning. I'm
just theorizing based on reading (or skimming) the guide,
but I suspect that minimum_motion_frames parameter would be
used after a camera pan has reached it's new position in
order to prevent a false trigger.

I saw a few features in the detector that look similar to
the type of detector I'm using. I don't have a de speckle
nor fully automatic smart-masking but I have something
similar to the smart mask...only manually controlled. I call
mine auto-masking.

Here's a screen shot of what mine currently looks like
today. I'll be putting mine up for the purpose of trying to
get other people to help test it eventually when I get more
things working. I hope I can find people to help test it
when the time comes....although I realize that the webcam
software industry already has several others that are
probably better than what I have.

Thanks again,
Dave

[Dave]

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Oops, here's the screenshot of my unfinished webcam SW as it
looks today.

http://www.davee.com/tl2dv/

[Eagletron]

Here is a video of how the motion tracker works. It tracks based on
color. This was recorded using a Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 with a
TrackerPod.

http://www.trackercam.com/TCamWeb/demos.htm



Dave wrote: On 30 Jun 2003 16:00:57 -0700, sales@eagletron.com (Eagletron Inc.) wrote:We have just released our multi-camera support software, calledCamPanel.This allows you to monitor and control multiple cameras from a singlePC in real-time. Like always, the software is free and, when combinedwith our award-winning TrackerPod base, gives you full pan/tiltcontrol over several cameras from the same interface. (However, atleast one TrackerPod is needed to unlock the capture feature).For more information and to download go to www.trackercam.comTrackerCam Developmentwww.trackercam.com Your website FAQ says: ------ TrackerCam 4.1 (and higher) not only captures video when motion occurs, it actually locks on to whatever moved and follows it with the TrackerPod/PowerPod while capturing. ------ Can you show a video of this feature in action? I'm interested in seeing how well it works on a moving object. Thanks in advance

[David Middleton]

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:36:50 GMT, "Robert J Batina"
<rbatina@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
The program that I use ( fromwww.homewatcher.com )
HI,
I have just d/l this software, and i am having a bit of trouble setting
up the webpages templates provided whith the software. As their is not
much help on the software website i was wondering if you have any
expert advice on how to set them up. Thanks

[Dave]

On 23 Jun 2005 18:23:06 -0700, announcement@eagletron.com
wrote:
Here is a video of how the motion tracker works. It tracks based oncolor. This was recorded using a Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 with aTrackerPod.http://www.trackercam.com/TCamWeb/demos.htm

Thanks for the video. I finally got back to this thread...

I think I understand how this tracking sw works now. It
temporarily ignores the motion detector until the camera
reaches it's new position, other wise the entire background
scene would probably confuse the sw into thinking that
everything is moving all over the entire frame.

I noticed that how blue blouse is the item being tracked. Is
that because the blue has a higher difference in color than
the yellowish background and yields a better s/n ratio in
the motion detector? If the color sensitivity were more
broad, I suppose that the tracker would show a box around
both people, but in this case it's only around her blouse.
Interesting.