Motion Patrol - USB Camera Motion Detection

Use it as a screen saver security camera

     

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Open Source Video Basic Express 2008 Project Files Available For Download Below

Motion patrol will serve as a security camera system for your computer.  Save it as a screen saver and it will record jpeg images of people who try to access your computer, office, or desk.  Set your computer up anywhere to act as a security camera.

Are you new to Visual Basic Express 2008, a free development studio by Microsoft?  Motion Patrol Demonstrates the use of these Visual Basic Express Components.  Click here for program examples.

Motion Patrol Setup File - Download this to run Motion Patrol Now

Download and run this file for automatic setup of MotionPatrol

Motion Patrol Screen Saver File - Download this for the Motion Patrol Screen Saver

Download and run the setup file above first

Then, download and save this scr file to the c:\windows\system32\ folder

Go to Start - Control Panel - Display - Screen Saver and select MotionPatrolSS from the drop down menu

To hide the file on start up, select Auto Start and Hide from the Motion Patrol Option menu

Motion Patrol Project Files - Download this if you wish to have the VB Express 2008 Project Files

* These programs were written for Windows and tested on WindowsXP

Send reports of program bugs to "shelato at aol dot com".  Place "Motion Patrol" in the subject line so I don't miss it.  I check my email once a week.

 

Installing Motion Patrol

 

To modify the program, follow these instructions.  Otherwise, simply install the program above and run it as is.

 

Using Visual Basic Express To Open The Motion Patrol Project Files

Motion Patrol - Visual Basic Express Program Flow Description

 

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Part I - The Basics - Working With USB Camera Video and JPEG Images

Part II - Save and Retrieve Images

Part III - Detect Motion and Draw on Jpeg Image

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