Triggering event based on detection of a person on an IP cam?

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Saw this story here about a person whose camera detected a would-be intruder outside their house at night:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/md-homeowner-checks-midnight-surveillance-video-sees-naked-man-rattling-door-i-thought-it-was-a-bad-dream/2017/06/02/31b9063e-47cd-11e7-a196-a1bb629f64cb_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_bethesda313pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.35432eb704bd#comments

…he has the cam set up with some kind of person detection software that triggered an alert to him in the middle of the night. Anyone know of a straightforward way to do this with openhab?

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It seems to me that the guy is simply using: https://nest.com/nest-aware/

I wouldn’t try to replicate this entire functionality in openHAB2… It may be possible but not worth the trouble imho…

There are many solutions out there.
I personally use Unifi Video (IP Cameras with NVR software that have motion detection triggered recordings and the NVR is sending email alerts with an image attachment and a link to the video). This is cheaper than paying a monthly subscription to a provider to store your video recordings.

I haven’t integrated the alerts in any way in openHAB2 but it would be possible with a little digging.
I just have the video feeds in my HABPanel