Gyro-Cam Samples

Here's some static examples of how my automated image capture system works. It auto-saves an image every minute, but only if the lights are on and something has changed. Below, the black images show what the software sees as a difference between the frames. The idea with all this is to auto-capture the project as it progresses, then run the frames together to make a time-lapsed video later.

I had just got the camera installed and here's the last few frames of the first day of use. You can see the shipping crate converted to a workbench in the center, with the keel on top, ready to start construction. The cabin is off-screen to the left. The white at the bottom is my car, which I've moved further out of the picture since then.

Click the images for full 640x480 versions.

All done for now:

18:00 diff:

So I leave the garage...

18:01 diff:

This is different since I'm not in it. Now, nothing happens for 6 minutes, then, what's this?...

18:08 diff:

Bart! My cat that is. Now he leaves too...

18:09

Timothy D. Witham <twitham@quiknet.com>

Last modified: Mon Jan 4 20:25:19 PST 1999