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Watching Video with Object Overlays

The cameras configured with Advanced Object Tracking feature tracking overlays that highlight the object in the video. Tracking overlays can be enabled in OpCenter for the playback of both live and stored video.

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  • Thumbnail image

  • Camera number and name

  • Time of event

  • Event type

  • Length of the event video clip

  • Color bar (Displays the object’s three most prominent colors)

  • Direction icon

  • Event details (Lists the properties of an event card. The Colors are referred to by their color IDs. To cross-reference an ID with its corresponding color, see the Search panel color selector)

with additional information displayed on mouse-over:

  • Date of event

Viewing Advanced Object Event Video Clip

To view the video clip and other details of an Advanced Object event, click the event card. The video clip will play back in the video player.

To display an overlay identifying the tracked object, right-click the video player and select Overlays-> Show Object Tracks. Refer Watching Video with Object Overlays section for more details.

Viewing Event Details

When an Advanced Object event card is selected, details about the event may be viewed in the event editor, located below the video player.

In addition to the tabs available for all event types, such as Notes and Images, Advanced Object events include the following information in the Details tab:

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  • Colors: The object’s three most prominent colors

  • Directions: The direction the object was traveling it

  • Speed: The speed of the object

  • Size: The size of the object relative to the rest of the field of view

  • Aspect: The aspect ratio of the object

Searching for Advance Object Events

Setting up the Search

<<Include Video>>

Sorting Search Results

There are two ways to sort the results of a search: by Time and by Similarity. Although the default sort order for standard motion events is by time, when searching for Advanced Object events using the options under ( )Specify it is recommended to sort by similarity. This will place the Advanced Object events that best match your criteria at the top of the Search panel results screen.

Sort order is specified when setting up the criteria for a search. To change the sorting of Advanced Object events:

  1. Under Events, check the box next to [ ]Advanced Object to search for events generated by the Advanced Object Tracking plug-in.

  2. Click ( )Specify.

  3. Change the Sort Results By radio button to ( )Similarity.

  4. Modify the ( )Specify search options as desired. The following options will produce meaningful results when sorting by similarity: