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The python script uses webcam capture for detecting motion. 

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• Script uses OpenCV and mahotas

• It first captures the picture of the webcam, thresholds it using mahotas OTSU

• During the video capture id dynamically thresholds frame

• Calculates absolute difference of the first picture and current frame

• Contours detected on the difference

• If there is a contour area larger than 1000 px, then an alert appears and contour squared

• The captured video is saved on the disk