In App Notification’s based on Motion Detection events are now available as an In App Purchase from within Viewer for AXIS Camera Companion for iOS.

What is an “In App Notification”?

An “In App Notification” is a notification that arrives to an App. A Notification appears as a banner at the top of the. A Notification normally looks like this:

The Notification also appears in the Notification Centre.

How much does it cost?

Access to Notifications is enabled via an In App Purchase costing $2.99/£1.99/€2.69. You can buy the In App Purchase from here:

How to set up Motion Detection Notifications

Motion Detection events are used by the camera to trigger the sending Notifications to the iOS device.

You can adjust Motion Detection settings by going to the AXIS Camera Companion PC application. For example in the PC application you can constrain the Motion Detection to occur only in a set portion of the screen.

Once you have set up Motion Detection using the PC Application you can then set up Notifications using the Mobile App. In the Mobile App go to the camera you have set up with Motion Detection and select the Notifications control panel. Here you can switch on Notifications and set the times that Notifications are active.

Motion Detection Recordings

When a Motion Detection event occurs a corresponding recording is made and stored on the SD card of the camera. When a Notification is received and clicked it will open the app in the Recordings area. The Notification text includes the time that the Motion Detection event took place. You can navigate to the corresponding recording using the time in the recording name.

Not all Cameras suit the Notifications service.

Viewer for AXIS Camera Companion Notification Service is a powerful security feature. It does not suit every camera and should be deployed with due consideration. A camera looking at a busy view (for instance a busy shop floor) is not suitable to set up with Notifications. You will simply receive too many Notifications! The Notification service should be used on camera where movement is not normal or is of specific interest (for instance the back door in the store). In this case the Notifications will be fewer, appropriate and interesting.

My WebCam v2.10 for iPad and iPhone now has an improved feature for creating Timelapse Movies.

Simply point your webcam and the scene you want to record and set the Timelapse interval 5, 10, 30 or 35 minutes and leave the broadcaster running for up to a week.

The finished Timelapse movie can be downloaded using the My WebCam Mobile app and then shared via YouTube.

We came across this beautiful animated timelapse webcam today from Portnellan in Scotland.

One of the most popular features of My WebCam over the years has always been the ability to set up your webcam to make Timelapse sequences. Very often these sequences can be beautiful as well as being a great way to view a video summary of the day.

You can set the webcam up to take a snap every 10 minutes. 288 snapshots are collected and made into a movie you can view from within the My WebCam Mobile apps.

Now we have made this service even better. You can save the Timelapse Archive as a Movie. It gets saved as a Movie into the Photo Album. From there you can share it on FB, Twitter or YouTube or embed into a blog.

Here is one (not one of the beautiful examples) that I made a few days ago.

And here is the step by step process on the Mobile App (this feature is on the My WebCam iOS app only, We will put this feature in the Android app soon)

We recently ran a project where a camera was installed in the home of a elderly person suffering from Alzheimers. She lives alone. Her family wanted to be able to check up on her while they are out at work. We provided a “Video Surveillance as a Service” (VSaaS) camera and a range of mobile apps for each of the family members. In this paper we describe the project and the main outcomes.

http://eyespyfx.com/downloads/alzheimers_mobileapps_axis.pdf