Weird movement triggering outdoor wireless camera.. what's going on??

[Cropduster172]

Have a wireless PTZ camera mounted under the soffit of our garage.
It works well overall but is frequently triggered for capturing motion detection when it's not a perso, animal or vehicle...just what appears to be streaks of white flying at it.

I doubt it's bugs. What's going on with it?

 

[methusaleh]

Changes in humidity that the IR is reflecting off of.

Like visible light, IR reflects off any light-colored surface.

 

[Cropduster172]

Changes in humidity that the IR is reflecting off of.

Like visible light, IR reflects off any light-colored surface.

Thanks. Its kind of eerie looking.

 

[Jetronic]

Which is the main reason I got a white car again. Not that it looks eerie, but it stays noticeably cooler

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

Who yah gonna call Ghost Busters!

 

[Cropduster172]

Which is the main reason I got a white car again. Not that it looks eerie, but it stays noticeably cooler

What's the car color have to be with the camera?

 

[Hall]

just what appears to be streaks of white flying at it.

Larger bugs (moths ?) flying close enough to make them appear large enough to trigger the motion detector ?

 

[andrew_j]

Curious what brand of camera? Just report it as false positive if possible and hopefully AI can self learn and improve.

 

[Cropduster172]

Curious what brand of camera? Just report it as false positive if possible and hopefully AI can self learn and improve.

Tapo...which is T-P Link.

https://a.co/d/dR0HA83

 

[Carmudgeon]

The motion detection algorithms in consumer-grade security cameras have their limitations.

They detect motion in part by comparing changes in the captured frames, and above a certain threshold, determine that to be something moving in the field of view. Then some try to apply educated guessing (but no real intelligence) as to what that moving lump is, in the shape of a person, dog, car, whatever.

The dust, moisture, or whatever is being captured by the sensor is registering some pretty large differences -- so, motion!

There are some smarts, but not real smarts.

Recall that there's at least one car company that has based its self-driving technology entirely on 2D cameras, with smarts and modelling at a much higher level…and it too has some serious limitations…and potential consequences.

 

[Vil_Riker]

It's either the leaves on the plants, bugs flying or dust specs in the wind.

 

[andrew_j]

The motion detection algorithms in consumer-grade security cameras have their limitations.

They detect motion in part by comparing changes in the captured frames, and above a certain threshold, determine that to be something moving in the field of view. Then some try to apply educated guessing (but no real intelligence) as to what that moving lump is, in the shape of a person, dog, car, whatever.

The dust, moisture, or whatever is being captured by the sensor is registering some pretty large differences -- so, motion!

There are some smarts, but not real smarts.

Recall that there's at least one car company that has based its self-driving technology entirely on 2D cameras, with smarts and modelling at a much higher level…and it too has some serious limitations…and potential consequences.

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