Hey... fishing for ideas here - all suggestions welcome. This is from a conversation with a friend of mine a few days ago. Loads of cars have ben broken into in his street recently, just last week some fool smashed his side window and took the car stereo. So, being the tech type he conjoured this plan. It uses a concealed video camera (small, lens like 5mm diameter I believe - has IR lamp and makes a composite image) and a wireless transmitter. I forget the details of the broadcast standard but distance is about 100mm for reliable transmission.
So, the plan's this - transmit 24/7 from inside the car (except when in motion). The signal will be received by a PC that's always on in the house. The PC will compare each frame to the previous and look for changes. Any image changes should be gross, i.e. obvious. This is because the depth of field of the camera is relatively short - it's only going to "see" the car's interior. So, any frame-wise changes (like someone breaking in) will trigger the PC to start capturing video. Video goes to Police, bad guy get's arrested. That's the plan.
Now - suggestions on bolting it together please. He has the camera, IR kit and transmitter/receiver. I think it has S-Video output from the receiver. I was thinking of something like a Radeon All-in-Wonder to grab the video (as he has one) - are there more appropriate choices. We don't have to keep this dirt-cheap, just not studio-quality expense, eh! Any ideas on frame-by-frame comparing software?
Better still - anybody done something like this before?
Thanks in advance...
So, the plan's this - transmit 24/7 from inside the car (except when in motion). The signal will be received by a PC that's always on in the house. The PC will compare each frame to the previous and look for changes. Any image changes should be gross, i.e. obvious. This is because the depth of field of the camera is relatively short - it's only going to "see" the car's interior. So, any frame-wise changes (like someone breaking in) will trigger the PC to start capturing video. Video goes to Police, bad guy get's arrested. That's the plan.
Now - suggestions on bolting it together please. He has the camera, IR kit and transmitter/receiver. I think it has S-Video output from the receiver. I was thinking of something like a Radeon All-in-Wonder to grab the video (as he has one) - are there more appropriate choices. We don't have to keep this dirt-cheap, just not studio-quality expense, eh! Any ideas on frame-by-frame comparing software?
Better still - anybody done something like this before?
Thanks in advance...
. Looks like they have some software that does exactly what's needed. And I had written X10 off as nothing better than an irritating source of pop-up ads! Any more ideas out there...?
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