Axis Communications 61339 User manual

AXISVideoMotionDetection3

UserManual

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AXISVideoMotionDetection3

TableofContents

ApplicationOverview........................................4

Requirements..................................................4

Considerations..................................................4

InstallApplication..........................................5

StartandStoptheApplication.....................................5

CongureApplication.......................................6

MultichannelProducts...........................................6

IncludeArea...................................................6

ExcludeArea...................................................7

VisualConrmation..............................................7

IgnoreFilters...................................................7

UsingtheApplicationinanActionRule.........................10

AXISVideoMotionDetection3

ApplicationOverview

AXISVideoMotionDetection3isanapplicationthatdetectsmovingobjectsinthecamera’seldofview.Whenamovingobjectis

detected,AXISVideoMotionDetection3sendsanalarmthatcanbeusedbyAxisnetworkcamerasandvideoencoders,andby

third-partysoftware,to,forexample,recordvideoorsendanotication.

TouseAXISVideoMotionDetection3,theapplicationmustrstbeuploadedtotheAxisproductanditmustbestarted.Toavoid

detectingunwantedobjects,theapplicationshouldbecongured.Includeandexcludeareasareusedtodenethepartsofthescene

inwhichmovingobjectsshouldbedetected.Ignorelterscanbeusedtoavoiddetectingobjectssuchasshadowsofswayingtrees,

lightsfrompassingcarsandsmallanimalsregardlessofwhereinthescenetheobjectsappear.

Duringconguration,visualconrmationcanbeusedtohelpunderstandtheeffectofthedifferentlters.Whenvisualconrmation

isenabled,redpolygonsshowwhichobjectstheapplicationdetectsandgreenpolygonsshowwhichobjectstheapplicationignores.

Requirements

AXISVideoMotionDetection3canbeinstalledinAxisnetworkcamerasandvideoencodersthatsupportAXISCameraApplication

Platform.Theapplicationisintendedforxedcamerasandxeddomes.Acompletelistofcompatibleproductsandrmware

versionsisavailableatwww.axis.com/applications

Theapplicationdoesnotrequireanylicense.

Forfullfunctionality,InternetExplorerandAXISMediaControl(AMC)arerequiredwhenconguringtheapplication.

Considerations

BeforeusingAXISVideoMotionDetection3,takethefollowingintoconsideration:

•Smallanddistantobjectsmightnotbedetected.

•Detectionaccuracymaybeaffectedbyweatherconditionssuchasheavyrainorsnow.

•MakesurethatthelightingconditionsarewithintheAxisproduct’sspecication.Addadditionallightingifneeded.

•Makesurethatthecameraisnotsubjecttoexcessivevibrations.Vibrationsmightcausefalsedetections.

AXISVideoMotionDetection3

InstallApplication

ToinstalltheapplicationinanAxisnetworkcameraorvideoencoder,followthesesteps:

1.Downloadtheapplicationfromwww.axis.com/applications

2.GotoSetup>ApplicationsintheAxisproduct’swebpages.

3.UnderUploadApplication,clickBrowse,locatetheapplicationleandthenclickUploadPackage.

TheapplicationwillappearunderInstalledApplicationsontheApplicationspageandunderOverviewinthemenu.

Note

Applicationscanbeuploadedbyproductadministrators.

StartandStoptheApplication

Tostarttheapplication,selectitintheInstalledApplicationslistontheApplicationspageandclickStart.

Tostoptheapplication,selectitinthelistandclickStop.

AXISVideoMotionDetection3

ConﬁgureApplication

Onceinstalled,theapplicationisavailablefromSetup>Applications>MotionDetection3intheAxisproduct’swebpages.Goto

SettingsandthenclickAXIS AXIS

AXIS

Video Video

Video

Motion Motion

Motion

Detection Detection

Detection

settings settings

settings

toopentheapplication’swebpage.

TocongureAXISVideoMotionDetection3,followthesesteps:

1.Modifythesizeandpositionoftheincludearea.Thisistheareainwhichmovingobjectswillbedetected.SeeInclude

Areaonpage6.

2.Optionally,addoneormoreexcludeareas.Objectsinanexcludeareawillbeignored.SeeExcludeAreaonpage7.

3.ClickSavetoapplythechanges.

4.Usevisualconrmationtoverifythesettings.SeeVisualConrmationonpage7.

5.Iftoomanyunwantedobjectsaredetected,enableandcongureoneormoreoftheignorelters.SeeIgnoreFilters

onpage7.

Aftermodifyingasetting,clickSavetoapplythechanges.Thevideostreamwillberestartedanditmaytakeafewseconds

beforethechangeisapplied.

MultichannelProducts

Formultichannelproducts,theapplicationcanbeusedonallchannelssimultaneously.Eachvideochannelhasitsowninclude

area,excludeareasandignorerules.

Tousetheapplicationonmultiplechannels,theapplicationmustbeenabledandconguredforeachchannel.

•Toswitchbetweenchannels,clickonthetabsbelowthevideoimage.

•Toenabletheapplicationonachannel,switchtothatchannelandclickEnable.

Itisrecommendedtoonlyenablevisualconrmationforonechannelatatime.Makesuretodisablevisualconrmationbefore

startingconguringanotherchannel.

ClickingSavewillsavechangesonallchannels.

IncludeArea

Theincludeareaistheareainwhichmovingobjectswillbedetected.Objectsmovingoutsidetheincludeareawillbeignored.

Theobjectwillbedetectedalsoifonlyapartoftheobjectisinsidetheincludearea.

Note

Tomodifytheincludearea,InternetExplorerandAXISMediaControl(AMC)mustbeused.

Thedefaultincludeareaisasquarethatcoversthewholeimage.Clickontheicontohighlightthearea.

Usethemousetoreshapeandresizetheareasothatitonlycoversthepartoftheimageinwhichmovingobjectsshouldbedetected.

Thedefaultsquarecanbechangedtoapolygonwithupto20points(corners).

•Toaddanewpoint,clickontheincludeareaborder.Dragthepointtothedesiredposition.

•Toremoveapoint,right-clickonthepoint.

•Tomoveapoint,dragthepointtothenewposition.

•Tomovetheentireincludearea,placethemousepointerinsidethearea.Whenthepointerbecomesacross,dragthe

areatothenewposition.

AXISVideoMotionDetection3

ConﬁgureApplication

•Toselecttheincludearea,clickontheborder.

Toresettheincludeareatoitsdefaultsize,clickReset.

ExcludeArea

Anexcludeareaisanareainwhichmovingobjectswillbeignored.Useexcludeareasifthereareareasinsidetheincludearea

thattriggeralotofunwanteddetectedobjects.Upto10excludeareascanbeused.

Note

Toaddandmodifyexcludeareas,InternetExplorerandAXISMediaControl(AMC)mustbeused.

Toaddanexcludearea,clickAdd.Thedefaultexcludeareaisarectangleplacedinthecenteroftheimage.Usethemouse

tomove,reshapeandresizetheareasothatitcoversthedesiredpartoftheimage.Thedefaultsquarecanbechangedtoa

polygonwithupto20points(corners).

•Tomovetheexcludearea,placethemousepointerinsidethearea.Whenthepointerbecomesacross,dragthearea

tothenewposition.

•Toaddanewpoint,clickontheexcludeareaborder.Dragthepointtothedesiredposition.

•Toremoveapoint,right-clickonthepoint.

•Tomoveapoint,dragthepointtothenewposition.

•Toselectanexcludearea,clickontheborder.

Toremoveanexcludearea,selecttheareaandthenclickRemove.

Tohighlighttheexcludeareas,clickonthe

icon.

VisualConrmation

Visualconrmationisusedtovalidatethatthesettingsarecorrect,thatis,thatallobjectsthatshouldbedetectedaredetected.

Note

Tousevisualconrmation,InternetExplorerandAXISMediaControl(AMC)mustbeused.

Whenvisualconrmationisenabled,allmovingobjectsfoundbytheapplicationwillbeencircledandfollowedbypolygons.Ared

polygonindicatesthattheobjectisfoundandisdetectedasamovingobject.Agreenpolygonindicatesthattheobjectisfoundbut

isignoredbecauseitisnotintheincludeareaorbecauseofoneoftheignorelters.

Toenablevisualconrmation:

1.SelecttheEnablevisualconrmationoption.

2.ClickSave.

Note

•Visualconrmationisdisabledafter15minutes.

•Aftermodifyingasetting,clickSavetoapplythechange.Thevideostreamwillberestartedanditmaytakeafewseconds

beforethechangeisapplied.

•Enablingvisualconrmationmayintroducevideolatency.

IgnoreFilters

IfAXISVideoMotionDetection3detectstoomanyunwantedobjects,startbymodifyingtheincludeandexcludeareas.Ifstilltoo

manyobjectsaredetected,useoneormoreoftheignorelters.

AXISVideoMotionDetection3

ConﬁgureApplication

Supportedignorelters:

•Swayingobjects—Usedtoignoreobjectsthatonlymoveashortdistance

•Short-livedobjects—Usedtoignoreobjectsthatonlyappearintheimageforashortperiodoftime

•Smallobjects—Usedtoignoresmallobjects

Ignoreltersareappliedtoallmovingobjectsfoundbytheapplicationandshouldbeconguredwithcaretoensurethatno

importantobjectsareignored.

Onlyuseignoreltersifneededanduseasfewltersaspossible.Enableandcongureonelteratatimeandusevisualconrmation

toverifythesettingsbeforeenablinganotherlter.Whenconguringalter,startwithasmallltersize,clickSaveandusevisual

conrmationtoverifythesettings.Ifrequired,increasetheltersizeinsmallstepsuntilthenumberofunwantedobjectsisreduced.

SwayingObjectIgnoreFilter

Theswayingobjectlterisusedtoavoiddetectingobjectsthatonlymoveashortdistance,forexamplemovingtrees,agsandtheir

shadows.Usethelterifsuchobjectscausealotoffalsedetections.Iftheswayingobjectsinthescenearelarge,forexamplelarge

pondsorlargetrees,useexcludeareasinsteadofthelter.Thelterwillbeappliedtoallmovingobjectsinsceneand,ifsetto

avaluetoolarge,importantobjectsmightnotbedetected.

Whentheswayingobjectlterisenabledandtheapplicationndsamovingobject,theobjectwillnotbereportedasdetected(red

polygoninvisualconrmation)untilithastravelledadistancelargerthanthesetltersize.Thealarmsentbytheapplicationwillbe

sentwhentheobjectisdetected.Ifthealarmisusedtostartarecording,congurethepre-triggertimesothattherecordingalso

includesthetimetheobjectmovedinthescenebeforebeingdetected.

Toenablethelter:

1.SelecttheSwayingobjectsoption.

2.Clickonthe

icontoshowtheltersizeintheimage.

3.Usethemousetoadjusttheltersize.Startwithasmallsize.Objectsmovingadistanceshorterthanthedistancefrom

thecenterofthecrosstooneofthearrowheadswillbeignored.Theltercanbemovedtothelocationofaswaying

objecttomakeiteasiertoadjustthesize.Notethatthelterwillbeappliedtoallobjectsintheimage,notonlytothe

onesatthelocationwherethelterisplaced.

4.ClickSavetoapplythelter.

5.Usevisualconrmationtoverifythesettings.

6.Iftheresultisnotsatisfactory,increasetheltersizeinsmallsteps.

Theltersizecanalsobesetbyenteringavaluebetween10and50intheeld.Thevaluecorrespondstothedistancefromthe

centerofthecrosstooneofthearrowheads.Thevalue100impliesthatanobjectmusttravelfromitsinitialpointtoonethirdofthe

imagewidthorheightbeforebeingdetected.Thevalue50implieshalfthatdistance,thatis,theobjectmusttraveladistanceof

onesixthoftheimagewidthorheightbeforebeingdetected.

Short-LivedObjectIgnoreFilter

Theshort-livedobjectlterisusedtoavoiddetectingobjectsthatonlyappearforashortperiodoftime,suchaslightbeamsfroma

passingcarandquicklymovingshadows.Usethelterifsuchobjectscausealotoffalsedetections.

Whentheshort-livedobjectlterisenabledandtheapplicationndsamovingobject,theobjectwillnotbereportedasdetected

(redpolygoninvisualconrmation)untilthesettimeaspassed.Thealarmsentbytheapplicationwillbesentwhentheobjectis

detected.Ifthealarmisusedtostartarecording,congurethepre-triggertimesothattherecordingalsoincludesthetimethe

objectmovedinthescenebeforebeingdetected.

Toenablethelter:

1.SelecttheShort-livedobjectsoption.

AXISVideoMotionDetection3

ConﬁgureApplication

2.Enterthenumberofsecondsintheeld.Thenumberofsecondsistheminimumtimethatmustpassbeforetheobjectis

detected.Startwithasmallnumber.

3.ClickSavetoapplythelter.

4.Usevisualconrmationtoverifythesettings.

5.Iftheresultisnotsatisfactory,increasetheltersizeinsmallsteps.

SmallObjectIgnoreFilter

Thesmallobjectlterisusedtoavoiddetectingobjectsthataretoosmall.Forexample,ifonlymovingcarsshouldbedetected,the

smallobjectltercanbeusedtoavoiddetectingpeopleandanimals.

Ifusingthesmallobjectlter,takeintoconsiderationthatanobjectfarfromthecameraappearssmallerthananobjectclosetothe

camera.Ifthelterissettoignoreobjectsthesizeofaperson,peoplethatareclosetobecameracanstillbedetectedbecause

theyarelargerthantheltersize.

Toenablethelter:

1.SelecttheSmallobjectsoption.

2.Clickonthe

icontoshowtheltersizeintheimage.

3.Usethemousetoadjusttheltersize.Startwithasmallsize.Movingobjectsthattinsidetherectanglewillbeignored.

Thelterdisplayedintheimagecanbemovedtomakeiteasiertocomparetheltersizewiththesizeofobjects

intheimage.Notethatthelterwillbeappliedtoallobjectsintheimage,alsotoobjectsthatarenotlocatedat

thepositionofthedisplayedlter.

4.ClickSavetoapplythelter.

5.Usevisualconrmationtoverifythesettings.

6.Iftheresultisnotsatisfactory,increasetheltersizeinsmallsteps.

Theltersizecanalsobesetbyenteringthewidthandheightintheelds.Thewidthandheightarethemaximumwidthand

maximumheightoftheobjectstoignoreandaremeasuredinpercentoftheimagewidthandheight.Valuesbetween5and100

canbeused.

AXISVideoMotionDetection3

UsingtheApplicationinanActionRule

Usingactionrules,Axisnetworkcamerasandvideoencoderscanbeconguredto,forexample,recordvideoorsendanotication

whenAXISVideoMotionDetection3detectsamovingobject.

ThefollowingexampleshowshowtoconguretheAxisproducttorecordvideotoanSDcardornetworksharewhen

AXISVideoMotionDetection3detectsmotion.Fordetailedinformationaboutthedifferentsettings,seetheAxisproduct’sonline

helporUserManual.

1.InsertanSDcardintheAxisproduct,orgotoSetup>SystemOptions>StorageintheAxisproduct’swebpagesand

conguretheproducttouseanetworkshare.

2.InstallandcongureAXISVideoMotionDetection3.

3.Optionally,gotoSetup>Video&Audio>StreamProlesandcreateastreamproletouseforrecording.

4.GotoSetup>Events>ActionRulesandclickAddtocreateanewactionrule.

5.FromtheTriggerdrop-downlist,selectApplicationsandthenselectVMD3.

6.Congureothersettingsasrequired.Forexample,toonlyrecordvideoduringcertaintimeperiods,selectaSchedule.

7.UnderActions,selectRecordVideofromtheTypedrop-downlist.

8.Selectthestreamproleandstoragedevicetouseandcongurethepre-andpost-triggertimes.

9.MakesurethattheruleisenabledandthenclickOK.

Note

ToappearintheTriggerlist,theapplicationmustbestartedanditsstatusmustbeIdleorRunning.

UserManualVer.M3.4

AXISVideoMotionDetection3

Date:December2014

PartNo.61339

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