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small robotic tripod on which you mount a webcam, and TrackerCam is Artificial
Intelligence software to control camera movement from your computer. Together
they perform the function of a robotic camera-man for your webcam. With the
system installed, your camera comes robotically alive, panning, tilting, and
zooming under your computer's control.
With the TrackerCam system, you get all the functionality
of an expensive professional web camera and more, at a fraction of the cost!
What Can the TrackerCam Do?
Remote Control – Connect to your TrackerCam over the web
and make it pan, tilt, and zoom to see what you want with simple mouse-clicks or voice commands. Works with any
webcam.
Digital Zoom – Scale the camera image from 50% to 300% to get a full view
or close-up view using an ordinary webcam - takes advantage of high resolution webcams too.
Surveillance – Set your TrackerCam to scan a room or area in a simple or
complex pattern exactly as you specify. Useful for monitoring banks, lobbies, workshop, parking lot,
daycare, workrooms, etc.
Motion Tracking – The TrackerCam is tuned to track all human skin tones
and can automatically pan and tilt to track the nearest
person as they move around. Quality of tracking depends on quality of webcam.
Video Capture – Set your TrackerCam to capture video from its input
to your computer. Make your own home movies!
Remote Monitoring – With our surveillance, motion detection, tracking, and remote control features, the
TrackerCam can monitor an entire room by detecting, tracking and recording
movement. From anywhere in the world, use your web browser to view a history of the
movement captured by your TrackerCam!
What Do these Functions Give You?
Freedom – With our person-tracking feature, you will no longer be
confined to a fixed spot when video conferencing with your family, friends,
and business associates. The TrackerCam automatically pans and tilts
to keep you centered in the picture as you move around.
Flexibility – The TrackerPod’s ultra-wide range of movement lets
your camera point anywhere instantly without clumsy manual positioning or
propping. With our point-and-click positioning feature, you can center
subjects in the picture just by clicking on them. Or, with our
mouse-tracking feature, you can pan and tilt anywhere by simply dragging
your mouse around.
Improved Video-Conferencing – Using our specially designed
software, we can help you get rid of the choppy, broken images normally
associated with current video conferencing software.
Ease of Use – Our well-designed user interface lets you track
movement, record videos, capture and upload regular or panoramic images
with a simple click of a mouse or voice commands!
Compatibility – The TrackerCam works with your standard USB
pc-cam (such as Logitech QuickCam® or Creative® WebCam) and is compatible with
whatever video conferencing software you are currently using.
Detailed Features
- Motorized base (TrackerPod) gives ordinary pc-cams
ultra-wide angles of rotation
(160 degrees pan and 110
degrees tilt at up to 100 degrees per second)
- Digital zoom from 50% to 300% using an
ordinary pc-cam.
- Surveillance
sweep of chosen path and speed
- Automatic
visual tracking of subject
- Automatic
image centering of subject
- Motion
detection and capture
- Mouse-controlled
camera positioning
- Voice command
response
- Compatible with standard pc-cams with WDM
drivers such as
Logitech QuickCam® Pro 4000 or Creative® WebCam 3
- Compatible with existing video conferencing software
such as Microsoft® NetMeetingTM, MSN IM, or Yahoo! IM
- Improves
stream speed of live video conferencing
- Movie video and
audio capturing while tracking
- Still image
capturing
- Automatic
panorama image capturing
- Internet-ready
with password-protected web server
- Internet
password-protected remote positioning
- Internet
password-protected viewing of motion history
- Very easy to
install and use
Minimum System Requirements
- Windows® 98SE, ME, 2000, or XP.
- Genuine Intel® PentiumTM, Pentium
II, Pentium III, AMD® K6, AMD K6-2 processor running at 133 MHz or higher;
for best performance, 200 MHz or above is recommended
- 32MB RAM
- available USB port
- CD-ROM drive
- Display adapter cabable of 24 bit color at 640x480
- Windows compatible sound card and microphone (for voice command features)
- Modem or LAN access to the Internet at 28.8Kbps or faster required (for
video conferencing)
- Web browser such as Microsoft Internet ExplorerTM
4.0 or higher, Netscape NavigatorTM 6.0
or higher
- 20MB available hard disk space
What is USB cable extender?
The TrackerPod as well as most USB cameras come with short USB cable, just
long enough to place your TrackerPod nearby your computer. USB cable extender
is necessary in order to be able to place your web cam in different location,
than your computer. Maximum distance allowable is 150”.
USB extender consists of 4 items:
4 Port USB Hub
USB to Cat5 converter
Cat5 to USB converter
Cat5 Cable
TrackerPod Warranty
The TrackerPod comes with a one year manufacturer's warranty.
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