Robin
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Can you get software to use them for another application?
Our front door doesn't have a peephole and I'm wondering if it's possible to rig a tiny camera up inside a door knocker and view the signal on something like an iPad? Obviously the smallest camera I can think of is a smartphone one and the resolution is still really good.
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Balling
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Just fit a peephole?
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Bart
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so let me get this straight, you hear a knock at the door and you immediately rush around to find your smart phone or ipad, fire up the app to see whos at the door?
I do wonder how the world has made it this far without such inventions 
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Robin
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I was wondering if it was possible. I can't be the only person who has thought of using an old knackered smartphone in bits for parts for something else.
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Ian
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Bullet cam in to a DVR with IP.
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Dom
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....it's called a peephole camera
Although you've got to try and route the cabling through the door unless you want an unsightly mess.
Personally i'd go with Balling and fit a bogo-standard peephole 
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Balling
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What I'd fit:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/14mm-Degree-Angle-Viewer-Sight/dp/B005119E7I/
More like what you're after:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/XCSOURCE%C2%AE-Digital-Peephole-Viewer-Function/dp/B00EDI8V3I/
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Robin
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Ok, ignore what I'm suggesting...
Is it possible to use a camera from a smartphone, without the smartphone? That's the thing I want to know.
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DaveyLC
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Anything is possible.. The problem however is most of the cameras are just sensors all of the work is taking place on the main-board so you'd have to build a whole driver for the sensor and that is hard work when you can literally buy peep-hole cameras with a composite video output for peanuts from china.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Is it possible to use a camera from a smartphone, without the smartphone? That's the thing I want to know.
As Davey mentions, the sensor tends to be on it's own with the controllers else where. Even if you managed to remove the sensor and controllers, you'd still need to interface it with something (it won't output anything 'user-friendly') that'd handle and process the video stream along with streaming it to devices.
So yes you could but the amount of work, time and costs that'd be involved for a one-off project would outweigh doing it.
It'd probably be easier to just mount the phone (internals) to the door/peephole or just buy an off-shelf solution.
Another solution would be to mount an IP camera somewhere near the front door, as there's a load of apps for iPhones/Android/WM that allows you to view IP camera streams.
[Edited on 06-02-2015 by Dom]
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Marc
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Just fit security cameras and a great big speaker that demands to know who is knocking on the door. 
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