HELPPP !! URGENT Motion detect with a webcamera !!! PLSSSSS

I tried but none of the exemples work . I need a simple vi that detects motion and a green light is on when that happens . The method is not important the easyer the bether (treshold is easy not STEI or segmentation). Thanks

Hello,
Are you able to acquire
images in LabVIEW with your web camera? I'm assuming that this is s USB
camera which means it will have to be DirectShow compliant to work.
Additionally, you will need the IMAQ for USB driver which can be found
here: http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/5030 . Which examples have you tried? There looks to be a good one on the community here: http://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-4717 . You will have to fix the code in the example so that it uses the IMAQ for USB driver instead of IMAQ or IMAQdx.
-Zach
Certified LabVIEW Developer

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