Intel® Learning Series

Labcam by WebCam Laboratory

User Manual
CONTENTS

Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Technical Specifications................................................................................................................................................................ 4
General Information..................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Common Features & Buttons........................................................................................................................................................ 6
Time Lapse Cam........................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Kinematics................................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Motion Cam.............................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Microscope............................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Universal Logger........................................................................................................................................................................ 21
Pathfinder................................................................................................................................................................................. 24

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Introduction

Intel Learning Series Labcam by WebCam Laboratory (hereafter referred to as LabCam) is a webcam based natural science
exploration and data logging laboratory that allows students and teachers to carry out substantial scientific observations
and measurements, using a computer, the software and a simple, everyday webcam.

The software has six functions which are very easy to use, incorporating intuitive, icon based user interfaces. Labcam
creates a great link between work in the classroom and at home, but also encourages independent experiments that can be
carried out effectively, giving further boost to science based subject studies. LabCam sparks enthusiasm in children towards
natural science subjects, bringing out the congenital scientist that lives in most K12 student.

This User Guide provides an overview of the components and features of LabCam.

Enjoy experimenting!

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Technical Specifications

Minimum PC configuration for Intel Learning Series Labcam:

• Monitor capable of minimum 1024×600 resolution
• 1 GB RAM
• INTEL Atom processor or higher
• 60 MB of disk space on your hard drive

Other technical needs:

• Web camera (manual variable focus webcams preferred for the Microscope function/module)

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General Information

• Web Camera usage

The camera is preset with the optimal settings in each function when started.

• Update
The software will automatically indicate when a new version of Intel Learning Series Labcam is available. In order to enjoy
automatic updates, please make sure that your computer is connected to the Internet.

• Protect the environment & yourself

Please do not harm any animals, plants, or the surrounding environment when you carry out experiments with LabCam.
Experiment responsibly and carefully for your own safety. Intel, it’s subsidiaries and the owner of WebCam Laboratory
takes no responsibility for any damages that might occur during your use of the software. While we are confident that
Labcam is one of the safest ways to undertake science experiments, please enjoy the software at your own risk!

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Common Features & Buttons

The following icons can be found in each of the six functions of LabCam.

Home
By clicking on this button, you can close the function you are using and go back to the main menu.

Camera properties
Here you can set up the brightness, contrast, hue, sharpness, saturation, gamma, backlight etc.

Question mark
If you hover over the question mark, a Quick Guide will appear, a layer that demonstrates each button’s function.
If you click on the question mark, the Help menu will appear where you can set up how you want the labels and
the quick guide to appear.
• Show quick guide
Choose this setting if you would like the Quick Guide to appear at each start!
• WebCam Laboratory website
It will navigate you to the WebCam Laboratory official website.
• About WebCam Laboratory
Will show the current version and the credentials of the developers of Intel Learning Series Labcam.

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Time Lapse Cam

The Time Lapse Cam function helps you observe, and better understand the slow processes of nature such as the formation and migration of clouds,
ice melting, the growth of plants, etc. The software allows selecting specified interval shots and then stitches these images into a coherent stream
of video.

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Time Lapse Cam

Within the Time Lapse Cam function the web camera will start right away unless you have previously connected another one. If you did so, a menu
will pop up where you may select the camera you wish to use, as well the frame rate and resolution. The web camera is automatically preset for
optimal settings.

(1) Start/view/change camera | You may set/change the frame rate and the resolution or switch to another web camera.

(2a) Set time between snapshots | You may set the frequency of pictures to be taken using a scroll bar, or the frame rate input box.

(2b) Timed recording | If you do not wish to present and control the experiment, you can set up the starting time and duration of the recording
and Labcam will do the recording for you. In an order to have your experiment captured, you have to simply have the computer and the Time Lapse
module turned on. If you close the program during the recording, your video will be lost, however you can stop (save) your recording by clicking on
the Start/stop recording button.

 (3) Start/stop recording | Press this button to start recording, press on it once again to stop your recording.

(4) Show video | You may select and launch your previously recorded videos, by simply clicking on them.
At the recorded video section, you can see the date, the end date of the recording time and the length of your previously recorded videos.
You may delete your videos by selecting them and clicking on the trashcan button. It will prompt you if you really want to delete the
selected video. You may open the file in the corresponding folder if you click on the folder icon.

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Time Lapse Cam

(5) Set display settings | You can select/unselect the following:

• Show Timestamp: it shows the exact date and time, it will appear on the bottom left side of the display.
• Show Length of Recording: it shows you the length of the video being recorded during the experiment, it appears in the upper right hand
corner of the display.
• Show Frame Counter: it will show the number of recorded frames during the recording and display it in the upper center part of the
screen.
• Show Frame Intervals: shows the remaining amount of time until the next picture will be taken.

(6) List view | You can select the file view types here (small or large thumbnails, list with details).
(7) Video player
• Rewind: it will jump back 0.5 sec/appr. 20 frames in time.

• Pause: it will pause the video recording.

• Play: it will start your videoplay in regular speed.

• Forward: you can jump ahead 0.5 sec/ appr. 20 frames in time.

(8) Full screen view

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Kinematics

The Kinematics function allows tracking of the horizontal and vertical movement characteristics (displacement, velocity, and acceleration) of one or
more objects in real time. After an initial calibration, the measurement units can be set as well. The software is able to capture a maximum of 3
selected objects at the same time, allowing complex kinematic experiments.

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Kinematics

Within the Kinematics function the web camera will start right away unless you have previously connected another one. If you did so, a menu will
pop up where you may select the camera you wish to use, as well the frame rate and resolution. The web camera is automatically preset for optimal
settings.

(1) Start/view/change camera | You may set/change the frame rate, the resolution or switch to another web camera.

(2a) Left click on an object on the camera screen to track it! You may select a maximum of 3 objects.
(2b) Automatic object recognition | This feature will automatically recognize a maximum of 3 objects.

(3) Calibrate | Here you can set the units you wish to work with. You may set the units in centimeters, millimeters, meters, and inches
as well.

(4) You may measure displacement (s), velocity (v), acceleration (a), and set the type of movement, horizontal (X) or vertical (Y).

(5) Start/stop data recording

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Kinematics

(6) Analyze recorded data | A diagram window will appearwhere you have the following options:
• Print: print out your diagram.
• Save: save your diagram in a .png picture format.
• Save data: you can save your data in .csv and .xls formats.
• C ut: click on the scissor icon and red active area will appear which can be manipulated and be moved around in order to cut the relevant
part of the diagram.
• Smooth mode: You may filter out the inaccurate data.
• Density: You can also change the density of the chart divisions with the grid icon.
• Movement in time bar: You may scroll back and forth in your timeline.
•Graph density bar: You may focus on a particular time or time period moving the scroll bar.
• Zoom: Manipulate the vertical curve setting of the graph.

Other features of the diagram:

Hover over any point of measurement in the diagram andthe details of the measurement data (time, value) will appear. By clicking on the curves, you
may move them vertically (button along the y-axis) and scaling of the vertical axis (vertical slider on the far right).
If you forgot to select Displacement, Velocity, or Acceleration during your experiment there is no problem, the software measures all of them during
the experiment. If you select them here in diagram mode, their diagram curves will appear.

(7) Determination of object | The object(s) are indicated by colorful outlines one the screen.

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(8) Visualization of route movement | The selected objects will leave a constantly fading mark on the screen showing the route they
complete.

(9) Drawing the route of movement | The objects leave a constant mark while they are in a movement.

(10) Show diagram on the camera screen

(11) Graph density bar | You may change the live diagram’s data density.

(12) Object recognition settings

• Color sensitivity: you may achieve more precise object recognition.
• Diagram filter: it filters out the inaccurate data/noise from the diagram by making the diagram curve smoother.
• Coordinate: you may move the red coordinate to any part of the image.

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Motion Cam

The Motion Cam function makes a recording when it detects movement in front of the camera, allowing you to capture rare and intimate situations
in nature. It works just like motion-sensor cameras.

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(1) Start/view/change camera | You may set/change the frame rate, the resolution or switch to another web camera.

(2) Select the sensitive area | If there is a movement in that selected area, recording will start.

(3) Set activation level | Set the size of the object that should trigger the recording.

(4) Set sensitivity | Set how sensitive the software should be to movement speed (slower to faster).

(5) Start/stop recording

(6) Motion Level Indicator | Visualizes the selected activation/motion level.

( 7) Show video | You may select and launch your previously recorded videos, by simply clicking on them. At the recorded video section,
you can see the date, the end date of the recording time and the length of your previously recorded videos. You may delete your videos by
selecting them and clicking on the trashcan button. It will prompt you if you really want to delete the selected video. You may open the file
in the corresponding folder if you click on the folder icon.

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(8) List view: your videos will be shown as a list.

Small thumbnails view: your videos will be shown in small icons.
Thumbnails view: you videos will be visible in larger icons.

(9) Video player

• Rewind: it will jump back 0.5 sec/appr. 20 frames in time.

• Pause: it will pause the video recording.

• Play: it will start your video play in regular speed.

• Forward: you can jump ahead 0.5 sec/20 frame per second in time.

(10) Full screen view

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Microscope

The Microscope feature allows you to carry out microscopic measurements and also to perform any kind of measurement when a reference value is
available (ie. the moon’s diameter). Web cameras are able to capture extremely close shots, so even single-celled organisms can observed as well.

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(1) Start/view/change camera | You may set/change the frame rate and the resolution or switch to another web camera.

(2) Load Image | You may load any image into Labcam in .jpg, .png, .bmp format.

(3) Take a picture | The program will capture an image of the web camera view.

(4) Size calibration | You can determine the size of reference and set the units of measurement. The measurement can only be
started when a size of reference is determined.

(5) Measure distance | It measures distance between two selected points on the picture.

(6) Measure angle | One or more angles can be measured on the selected picture with simple mouse clicks.

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(7) Measure area | One or more selected areas can be measured.

(8) Change image parameters | You can change the brightness, the contrast and the color channels.

(9) Change drawing color | You may select from a color palette to indicate the various measurements.

(10) Edit project title | Select a name for your project/experiment.

(11) Edit items | Edit, delete or rename your measurements.

(12) Print | Print out or save your images.

(13) Move your image | Move around in your image by holding down left click.

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(14) Undo | Undo your measurements one by one.

(15) Zoom | Zoom into the selected picture.

(16) Representative fraction | Shows the a scale of ratio in the calibrated units.

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Universal Logger

Universal Logger is a very unique, real time, data recognition module that can digitalize any instrument that has digital, radial dial or fluid based
display. All your obsolete measurement devices in school that can not be connected to a computer are made useful again.

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(1) Start/view/change camera | You may set/change the frame rate and the resolution or switch to another web camera.

(2) Select Instrument | You may choose digital, radial or fluid based instruments.

(3) Min/Max | You may set the interval of minimum and the maximum values, and set the decimals.
(4) Arrange Instrument | Arrange the instrument’s position by moving it in front of the camera.
(5) Set measurement frequency | Sets the frequency of data to be taken.
(6) Set number of displayed diagram points | It changes the graphs’ density.

(7) Start/stop data recording

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(8) Analyze recorded data | A diagram window will appearwhere you have the following options:
• Print: print your diagram.
• Save: save your diagram in a png picture format.
• Save data: you can save your data in .csv and .xls formats.
• C ut: click on the scissor icon and red active area will appear which can be manipulated and be moved around in order to cut the relevant
part of the diagram.
• Smooth mode: you may filter out the inaccurate data.
• Density: You can also change the density of the chart divisions with the grid icon.

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Pathfinder

Pathfinder is practically a motion density map. The more movement occurs, the more colorful the typical trails will be on the screen. Enjoy tracking
traffic density, single-cell organism or trails of ants in an ant farm.

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(1) Start/view/change camera | You may set/change the frame rate, the resolution or switch to another web camera.

(2) Load/view video | You may load .avi or .mpg videos.

(3) Set sensitivity | You can set the scale of sensitivity (smaller or larger object).
(4) Intensity of marking | Set the marking sensitivity.
(5) Timed recording | If you do not wish to present and control the experiment, you can set up the starting time and duration of the recording
and Labcam will do the recording for you. In an order to have your experiment captured, you have to simply have the computer and the Time Lapse
module turned on. If you close the program during the recording, your video will be lost, however you can stop (save) your recording by clicking on
the Start/stop recording button.

(6) Change drawing color | You may select from a color palette to separate the various measurements.

(7) Start/stop recording

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(8) Thermal image display | Motion density is displayed from blue to red, like in a thermal image.

(9) Path map | Switches back to regular image.

( 10) Image selection | You may select and view your previously recorded images. You may delete your images by selecting them
and clicking on the trash can button. It will prompt you if you really want to delete the selected video. You may open the file in the
corresponding folder if you click on the folder icon.

(11) List view | You can select the file view types here (small or large thumbnails, list with details).

(12) Full screen view

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