Axis Loitering Guard User manual

Brand: Axis

Model: Loitering Guard

Type: User manual

Axis Loitering Guard monitors a defined area within a scene, sending an alert if people, vehicles, or objects move within the area for a specified duration, triggering security measures like recording or sending notifications.

AXISLoiteringGuard

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AXISLoiteringGuard

Abouttheapplication

AXISLoiteringGuardmonitorsanareaofinterestandsendsanalarmifpeople,vehicles,orotherobjectsmovearoundinsidethe

areafortoolong.Thisbehaviorisconsideredloitering.ThealarmcanbeusedbyAxisnetworkvideodevices,andbythird-party

software,to,forexample,alertsecuritystafforrecordvideo.

Toreducefalsealarms,uselterstoignoreobjectssuchasswayingfoliageandsmallanimals.

Useprolestocreatemultiplecongurations,forexamplefordaytimeandnighttimeorfordifferentpartsofthescene.Eachprole

hasitsownsettingsandgeneratesitsownalarms.

Requirements

TheapplicationcanbeinstalledonAxisnetworkvideodevicesthatsupportAXISCameraApplicationPlatform.Acompletelistof

compatibledevicesandrmwareversionsisavailableataxis.com/applications

Werecommendthefollowingbrowsers:

•ChromeTM

•Firefox®

Cameramountingrecommendations

Beforeyoustarttousetheapplication,considerthefollowingrecommendations:

•Ifthemonitoredareahassignicantdifferencesinelevation,createmultipleprolesandsetuptheperspectivein

eachprole.SeeHowtoworkwithprolesonpage4.

•Detectionaccuracymaybeaffectedbyweatherconditionssuchasheavyrainorsnow.

•Makesurethatthelightingconditionsarewithintheproduct’sspecication.Useadditionallightingifneeded.

•Makesurethatthecameraisnotsubjecttoexcessivevibrations.Vibrationsmighttriggerfalsealarms.

•EachtimeaPTZpresetpositionchanges,theapplicationneedstorecalibrate.Wedonotrecommendtorunaguard

tourtogetherwithloiteringguard.

•Eachtimethelterschange,theapplicationrecalibrates.Objectsdetectedbeforeyouchangeltersthereforeneed

sometimetoberedetectedbytheapplication.

•Smallanddistantobjectsmightnotbedetected.

•Objectsapproachinginastraightlinetowardsthecameraneedtomovealongerdistancebeforetheyaredetected

comparedtootherobjects.

AXISLoiteringGuard

Installtheapplication

Note

Toinstallapplicationsontheproductyouneedadministratorrights.

1.Todownloadtheapplication,gotoaxis.com/applications.

2.Logintothecamera’swebpage.

3.GotoSettings>AppsandclickAdd.

4.Uploadtheapplicationle(.eap)tothecamera.

Starttheapplication

1.Logintotheproduct'swebpageandgotoSettings>Apps.

2.Selecttheapplication.

3.Turnontheappwiththetogglebutton.

Stoptheapplication

1.Logintotheproduct'swebpageandgotoSettings>Apps.

2.Selecttheapplication.

3.Turnofftheapplicationwiththetogglebutton.

AXISLoiteringGuard

Setuptheapplication

Thisisanoverviewofhowtosetuptheapplication.

1.Logintotheproduct’swebpageasanadministratorandgotoSettings>Apps>AXISLoiteringGuard.

2.SelecttheapplicationandclickOpen.

3.Useprolestocreatemultiplecongurations,forexamplefordaytimeandnighttimeorfordifferentpartsofthescene.

Eachprolehasitsownsettingsandgeneratesitsownalarms.

4.Todenethepartsofthesceneinwhichmovingobjectsshouldbedetected,useincludeandexcludeareas.

5.Setuptheloiteringconditions.

6.Usevisualconrmationtomakesurethatallobjectsthatshouldbedetectedaredetected.

7.Triggeranalarmwiththetestalarmfunction.

8.Iftheapplicationtriggerstoomanyunwantedalarms,useoneormoreofthelters.

1Liveview

2Prolesettings

3Testalarmandvisualconrmation

AXISLoiteringGuard

Setuptheapplication

Howtoworkwithproles

Eachproletriggersitsownalarmsandhasitsownsettings,makingitpossibletocreateeventswithdifferentactionsinthecamera

andthird-partysoftware.Forexample,touseonecongurationduringthedayandoneduringthenight,createtwoproleswith

differentsettings.Thencreateoneactionruleforeachproleandusedaytimeandnighttimeschedulesasadditionalconditions.

Whentousemultipleproles:

•tosetupdifferentcongurationsfordayandnight

•tousemultipleincludeareas

•tosetupdifferentcongurationsfordifferentPTZpresetpositions

•whenyouwanttousemultipleincludeareas

•tosetupseveralactionruleswithdifferentloiteringconditions

•ifthecameramonitorsanareawithdifferencesinelevation,proleswithdifferentperspectivesetupscanbeusedtolter

smallobject.Dividetheareaintoregionswithoutsignicantelevationdifferencesandcreateoneproleforeachregion.

Ineachprole,modifytheincludeareatocovertheregionandcalibrateperspectiveintheregioninsteadofinthewhole

image.SeeFiltersmallobjectsinascenewithdepthonpage10.

Howtocreateaprole

1.Gototheapplication’swebpageandclick

2.Tocopythesettingsfromapreviouslycreatedprole,selectaprolefromthelistImportsettingsfrom.

3.Torenametheprole,gotoProlepropertiesandclick

4.TypethenameinthetexteldandclickDone.

Howtodeleteaprole

Note

Ifyoudeleteaprolethatisusedbyanactionruleorbyathird-partysoftware,remembertodeleteoredittheaction

ruleorthird-partysoftwareaswell.

Clickthecrossontheprole’stabordothefollowing:

1.Selecttheprole’stab.

2.GotoProlepropertiesandclick

3.ClickandconrmbyclickingDone.

HowtoconnectaproletoaPTZpresetposition

Note

Eachtimethepresetpositionchanges,theapplicationneedstorecalibrate.

AXISLoiteringGuard

Setuptheapplication

Torestrictdetectiontoaspecicpresetposition,youcanconnecttheproletoapresetposition.

1.Gototheapplication’swebpageandselectanexistingprole,orclicktocreateanewprole.

2.TurnonConnectedpresetpositionwiththetogglebutton.

3.Fromthedrop-down-list,selectapresetposition.

Todetectloiteringinallpresetpositions,selectAllpresetpositions.

Addalarmoverlaystovideostreams

Toshowwhattriggeredanalarmintheliveandrecordedvideostream,turnonalarmoverlay.Whenalarmoverlayisturned

on,arectangleisshownaroundobjectsthattriggeralarms.

Important

Thealarmoverlaysareburntintothevideostream.Youcan’tremovethemfromrecordedvideo.

Note

Ifyouuseviewareas,thealarmoverlaysonlyappearintherstviewarea.Thedefaultnameoftherstviewareais

Viewarea1.

1.Gototheapplication’swebpageandselectanexistingprole,orclicktocreateanewprole.

2.TurnonAlarmoverlay.

3.Selectinwhichresolutionalarmoverlaysshouldappear.Youcanonlyselectoneresolutionanditwillbeappliedtoall

proleswithalarmoverlay.

4.ClickNext.

5.Openyourvideomanagementsoftware(VMS)andplacethewindowsside-by-side.

6.Tomakesurethatthealarmoverlaysshowupinthevideostreams,gobacktotheapplication’swebpageandclick

Testalarm.

7.ClickFinish.

Includearea

Theincludeareaistheareainwhichloiteringobjectstriggeralarms.Objectscantriggeralarmsevenifonlyapartoftheobjectis

insidetheincludearea.Theapplicationignoresanyloiteringobjectsoutsidetheincludearea.

Thedefaultincludeareaisarectanglethatcoversthewholeimage.

Usethemousetoreshapeandresizetheareasothatitonlycoversthepartoftheimageinwhichloiteringobjectsshouldbe

detected.Thedefaultrectanglecanbechangedtoapolygonwithupto10corners.

•Toaddanewcorner,clicktheborderoftheincludearea.Dragthecornertothedesiredposition.

•Tomoveacorner,clickanddragthecornertothenewposition.

•Toremoveacorner,right-clickthecorner.

•Tomovetheentireincludearea,placethemousepointerinsidethearea.Whenthepointerchangesshape,dragthe

areatothenewposition.

AXISLoiteringGuard

Setuptheapplication

•Toselecttheincludearea,clickinsidetheincludearea,orclick.

•Toresettheincludeareatoitsdefaultsize,click.

Recommendation

Ifthere’sabusyroadorsidewalkclosetotheincludearea,drawtheincludeareasothatobjectsoutsidetheincludeareadon’t

accidentallygetdetected.Thismeansyoushouldavoiddrawingtheincludeareatooclosetothebusyroadorsidewalk.

Excludeareas

Anexcludeareaisanareainsideanincludeareainwhichloiteringobjectsdonottriggeralarms.Useexcludeareasifthereareareas

insidetheincludeareathattriggeralotofunwantedalarms.Assoonastheobjectentersanexcludearea,theapplicationpausesthe

loiteringtimeforthatobject.Whentheobjectreenterstheincludearea,theloiteringtimecontinuestoincrease.

Youcancreateupto3excludeareas.

Usethemousetomove,reshapeandresizetheareasothatitcoversthedesiredpartoftheimage.Thedefaultrectanglecan

bechangedtoapolygonwithupto10corners.

•Toaddanewcorner,clicktheexcludeareaborder.Dragthecornertothedesiredposition.

AXISLoiteringGuard

Setuptheapplication

•Tomoveacorner,clickanddragthecornertothenewposition.

•Toremoveacorner,right-clickthecorner.

•Tomovetheexcludearea,placethepointerinsidethearea.Clickanddragtheareatothenewposition.

•Toaddanexcludearea,click

•Toselectanexcludearea,clickintheexcludearea,orclick

•Toremoveanexcludearea,click

Recommendation

Placeexcludeareasinsidetheincludearea.Useexcludeareastocover,forexample,movingtreesorvegetationthattrigger

falsealarms.

AXISLoiteringGuard

Setuptheapplication

Aboutloiteringconditions

Loiteringconditionsdenewhenthereisloiteringinthearea.Setthemaximumtimeanobjectisallowedtoloiterbeforeanalarm

triggersandthenchoosebetweenthefollowingconditions:

•Individualmeanstheapplicationtracksthetimeforindividualobjects.Iftheobjectisloiteringinsidetheincludeareafor

alongertimethanspecied,analarmtriggers.Theloiteringtimestartscountingwhentheobjectentersanincludearea.If

theobjectleavestheincludeareatheapplicationresetstheindividualloiteringtime.

Iftwoormoreobjectsmoveclosetogether,theysometimesmerge.Themergedobjectisconsideredanewobjectand

inheritsthetimefromtheobjectthathasthelongestloiteringtime.

•Groupmeanstheapplicationtracksthetimefortheentireincludearea.Ifthereisloiteringinsidetheincludeareafora

longertimethanspecied,analarmtriggers.Theapplicationresetsthegrouploiteringtimewhentherehaven'tbeen

anyobjectsintheareaforawhile.

Towatchthisvideo,gotothewebversionofthisdocument.

www.axis.com/products/online-manual/21455#t10060133

Youcancombinetheconditionsbycreatingdifferentproles.Bothconditionscannotbeselectedinthesameprole.SeeHowtoset

upbothindividualloiteringandgrouploiteringonpage14.

Filters

Iftheapplicationtriggerstoomanyunwantedalarms,startbymodifyingtheincludeandexcludeareas.Iftoomanyalarms

arestilltriggered,useoneormoreofthelters:

Smallobjects-Usethistoignoresmallobjects.

Swayingobjects-Usethistoignoreobjectsthatonlymoveashortdistance.

Filterrecommendations

•Filtersareappliedtoallmovingobjectsfoundbytheapplicationandshouldbesetupwithcaretomakesurethat

noimportantobjectsareignored.

•Useasfewltersaspossible.

•Setuponelteratatimeandusevisualconrmationtocheckthesettingsbeforeyouturnonanotherlter.

•Changetheltersettingscarefullyuntilyou’vereachedthedesiredresult.

Thesmallobjectslter

Thesmallobjectslterreducesfalsealarmsbyignoringobjectsthataresmall,forexamplesmallanimals.

Availablesmallobjectslters:

AXISLoiteringGuard

Setuptheapplication

•Nodepthissuitableifthereisnooronlyasmalldepthintheimage,andinsituationswhereperspectivecannotbeused.

Itcould,forexample,besituationswhenthecamerahasabird's-eyeviewormonitorsanareawithsignicantdifferences

inelevation.SeeHowtoltersmallobjectsinascenewithnodepthonpage11.

•Depthprovidesthebestfalsealarmreductionandisrecommendedformostinstallations.Selectthisoptionwhenthe

imagehasasignicantdepth,thatis,whenobjectsfarfromthecameraappearsmallerthanobjectsclosetothecamera.

SeeFiltersmallobjectsinascenewithdepthonpage10.

Whentheimagehasasignicantdepth,theperspectiveneedstobecalibrated.Duringcalibration,theapplicationcomparesthe

heightoftheobjectsastheyappearintheimagewiththeactualheightsofthecorrespondingphysicalobjects.Theapplicationuses

thecalibratedperspectivetocalculatetheobjectsizebeforeapplyingthesmallobjectslter.

Note

•Thelterappliestoallobjectsintheimage,notjustobjectsinthesamepositionasthesetuprectangle.

•Theapplicationignoresobjectsthataresmallerthanboththeenteredheightandtheenteredwidth.

Filtersmallobjectsinascenewithdepth

1.Gototheapplication’swebpageandselectanexistingprole,orclicktocreateanewprole.

2.GotoFilters>Smallobjectsandclick

3.Turnonthelterwiththetogglebutton.

4.Selectdepth.

5.Calibratetheperspective.SeeCalibrateperspectiveonpage10.

6.Setthesizeofobjectstoexclude.

IfyouselectAnadult,objectssmallerthan75x75cmareexcluded.

IfyouselectAcustomsize,yousetthesizeofobjectstoexclude.Tonottriggeralarms,objectsmustbesmallerthanboth

theenteredheightandtheenteredwidth.

7.Tochecktheltersettings,movetherectangleintheliveviewandmakesureobjectsthatshouldnottriggeralarmst

insidetherectangle.

Whenyoudragtherectangleintheliveview,itadaptstoshowhowlargeanobjectoftheenteredheightandwidth

isatthatpositionintheimage.

8.ClickFinish.

Calibrateperspective

Placeverticalbarsintheimagetocalibrateperspective.Thebarsrepresentphysicalobjectsatdifferentdistancesfromthecamera.

1.Intheliveview,choosetwoormoreobjectsofknownheight,forexamplehumansorfencepoles,thatarelocatedon

thegroundandatdifferentdistancesfromthecamera.

2.Clickandplaceonebarateachobjectintheliveview.

3.Toadjustthelengthofthebarstomatchtheheightoftheobjectasitappearsintheimage,clickanddragattheendpoints.

4.Foreachbar,enterthecorrespondingobject’sheight.

5.Toimprovethecalibration,addadditionalbars.

AXISLoiteringGuard

Setuptheapplication

Example

Ifthereisafencewith2meterhighpolesextendingfromthecameratowardsthehorizon,positionthebarsatthefencepoles,

adjusttheirlengthsandenter200cm(6ft7in)intheelds.

Howtoltersmallobjectsinascenewithnodepth

1.Gototheapplication’swebpageandselectanexistingprole,orclicktocreateanewprole.

2.GotoFilters>Smallobjectsandclick

3.Turnonthelterwiththetogglebutton.

4.Selectnodepth.

5.Changetheobjectsizebydoingoneofthefollowing:

-Toresizetherectangleintheliveview,usethemouse.Theapplicationignoresallobjectsthattinsidethe

rectangle.Tocomparetheltersizewiththesizeofrealobjectsintheimage,placetherectangleindifferent

placesintheliveview.

-Enterthewidthandheightintheelds.

6.ClickFinish.

Theswayingobjectlter

Theswayingobjectslterignoresobjectsthatonlymoveashortdistance,forexampleswayingfoliage,ags,andtheirshadows.If

theswayingobjectsarelarge,forexamplelargepondsorlargetrees,useexcludeareasinsteadofthelter.Thelterisappliedtoall

detectedswayingobjectsand,ifthevalueistoolarge,importantobjectsmightnottriggeractions.

Whentheswayingobjectlteristurnedonandtheapplicationdetectsanobject,theobjectdoesnottriggeranactionuntilit

hasmovedadistancelargerthantheltersize.

Setuptheswayingobjectslter

Thelterignoresanyobjectmovingashorterdistancethanthatfromthecentertotheedgeoftheellipse.

Note

•Thelterappliestoallobjectsintheimage,notjustobjectsinthesamepositionasthesetupellipse.

•Werecommendthatyoubeginwithasmallltersize.

•Iftheswayingobjectlteristoolarge,objectsmightnotfullltheloiteringcriteriaand,inturn,nottriggeralarms.

1.Gototheapplication’swebpageandselectanexistingprole,orclicktocreateanewprole.

2.GotoFilters>Swayingobjectsandclick

3.Turnonthelterwiththetogglebutton.

4.Toresizethelterintheliveview,usethemouseorchangethevalueintheDistanceeld.

5.Tocomparetheltersizewiththesizeofrealobjectsintheimage,placetheellipseindifferentplacesintheliveview.

AXISLoiteringGuard

Setuptheapplication

6.ClickDone.

Visualconrmation

Usevisualconrmationtomakesurethatallobjectsthatshouldbedetectedaredetected.

Therearetwotypesofvisualconrmationintheliveview:

•Outlinesonallmovingobjects.Agreenoutlineindicatesthattheapplicationhasdetectedtheobject.Ifanindividual

objectreachesthemaximumtimelimit,theoutlineturnsredandtheapplicationsendsanalarm.Ifgrouploiteringreaches

themaximumtimelimit,thewholeincludeareaturnsredandtheapplicationsendsanalarm.

•Aprogressbarthatshowsupundertheobject.Whentheloiteringobject,orobjects,reachesthemaximumtimelimit,the

progressbarturnscompletelyredandtheapplicationsendsanalarm.

Note

•Visualconrmationcancausevideolatencyandaffectperformanceduringconguration.

•IfyouchangePTZpresetposition,theapplicationneedsafewsecondstorecalibrate.Thiscausesadelaybeforevisual

conrmationshowsupagain.

•Toimproveperformance,visualconrmationautomaticallyturnsoffafter15minutes.

Toturnonvisualconrmation,clickVisualconrmation.

Howtousetheapplicationinmultichannelproducts

Inmultichannelproducts,theapplicationcanbeusedonseveralchannelssimultaneously.Eachvideochannelhasitsownproles

withanincludearea,excludeareas,andlters.

Foracompletelistofsupportedmultichannelproducts,seewww.axis.com

Note

•Runningtheapplicationonseveralchannelssimultaneouslymayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.

•Tousetheapplicationonmultiplechannels,theapplicationmustbeturnedonandconguredforeachchannel.

•Toswitchbetweenchannels,selectfromthelistofchannelsintheliveview.

•Todisableachannelremoveallitsproles.

AXISLoiteringGuard

Recordvideowhenthereisanalarm

ThefollowingexampleexplainshowtosetuptheAxisdevicetorecordvideotoanSDcardwhentheapplicationtriggersanalarm.

1.Intheproduct’swebpage,gotoSettings>Appsandmakesuretheapplicationisrunning.

2.TocheckthattheSDcardismounted,gotoSettings>System>Storage.

3.GotoSettings>System>Eventsandaddarule.

4.Typeanamefortherule.

5.Inthelistofconditions,underApplications,selecttheapplicationprole.Totriggerthesameactionforallproles,

selectAnyProle.

6.Inthelistofactions,underRecordings,selectRecordvideo.

7.Selectanexistingstreamproleorcreateanewone.

8.Inthelistofstorageoptions,selectSDcard.

MakesuretheSDcardismounted.

9.Gobacktotheapplication’swebpage.Totesttherule,clickTestalarmintheliveview.

AXISLoiteringGuard

Howtosetupbothindividualloiteringandgrouploitering

Thisexampleexplainshowtosetuptwoproleswithdifferentloiteringconditions.

1.Logintotheapplication’swebpage,gotoProlepropertiesandclick

2.Changetheprolenameto“Individualloitering”.

3.GotoLoiteringconditionsandclick

4.SelecttheoptionIndividual.

5.Enterhowlonganindividualobjectisallowedintheincludeareabeforeanalarmtriggers.

6.ClickDone.

7.Clickthetab.

8.GotoProlepropertiesandclick.

9.Changetheprolenameto“Grouploitering”.

10.GotoLoiteringconditionsandclick

11.SelecttheoptionGroup.

12.Enterthemaximumaccumulatedtimeforseveralloiteringobjectsinanincludeareabeforeanalarmtriggers.

13.ClickDone.

14.Setuptwodifferentactionrules,onewithprole“Individualloitering”asatriggerandonewithprole“Grouploitering”

asatrigger.SeeRecordvideowhenthereisanalarmonpage13.

AXISLoiteringGuard

Troubleshooting

Toomanyfalsealarms

Iftheapplicationtriggersunwantedalarmsforobjectsoutsidetheincludearea,pointthecamerasothattheliveviewonly

coverstheareaofinterest.

UserManualVer.M8.2

AXISLoiteringGuardDate:August2022

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