Viewing Demographic Events
Monitoring Recent Demographics Events in the Monitor Panel
The OpCenter Monitor panel allows you to view events as they happen. You can specify which cameras to view, and what types of events are displayed. Use the following steps to view recent events generated by the Demographics plug-in:
In 3VR OpCenter, click the Monitor tab to go to the Monitor panel.
Click camera numbers to select the cameras associated with the Demographics plug-in.
Click the arrow below the camera selector to open the event type drop-down menu.
Select [ ]Demographics to display events of that type and click OK.
The Monitor panel will update to display only Demographics events from the selected cameras.
To view an event, click the event card. The event card will turn blue, indicating it is currently selected.
About Demographics Event Cards
A Demographics event will be generated in OpCenter whenever a person is identified on a camera bound to the Demographics plugin.
Demographics event cards contain pictures, video, and information about the person. They appear in the Monitor panel for recent
events and in the Search panel for search results.
Each Demographics event card contains the following information in storyboard view:
Thumbnail image
Camera number and name
Time of event
Event type
Length of event
Demographics zone name (or “None”)
Estimated age
Gender with additional information displayed on mouse-over:
Date of event
Viewing Demographic Events
When a Demographics event card is selected, the video clip associated with the event will play back in the video player. 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, Demographics events include the following information in the Details tab:
Demographics Zone Name: The name of the Demographics zone generating the
event (or “None”)Age Group: The estimated age of the person
Gender: The gender of the person
Searching for Demographic Events
Use the Search panel to find Demographics events recorded days, weeks, or months ago.
To go to the Search panel, click the Search tab.
Define the dates, days of the week, and time ranges to search for events.
Under Cameras, select one or more cameras bound to the Demographics plug-in.
Under Events, select [ ]Demographics to search for events generated by the Demographics plug-in.
The following options are available when searching for Demographics events:
Click ( )All Demographics to search for all Demographics events generated during the specified time range.
To search using Demographics properties, click ( )Specify.
Type some text in the Demographics Zone box to locate events in a specific zone.
