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Metadata is logical information extracted from video streams for easier camera management and retrieval of information that describes object-related content in the camera FOV.
In Axxon Next , metadata can be obtained in two ways:
- by By analyzing video streams stream on Server;.
- by By receiving metadata from edge devices camera built-in analytics (see Embedded Detection Tools).
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To extract metadata from video, you have to de-compress and analyze the video stream which, in its turn, increases the Server's workload, thus limiting the number of available camera channels. |
The following tools are used for server-side analysis and metadata generation:
VMD.
Info title Note Object tracker and Neural Tracker generates generate metadata containing the following information about moving objects in sceneFOV: object type, position, size and color, motion speed and direction, etc.
VMD.
Info title Note VMD generates less accurate data; it . It does not detect object type and color.
Info title Note Face detection metadata contain contains facial bounding boxes and their positions, as well as facial vectors.
Automatic Number Plate Recognition (LPR/ANPR) tools.
Info title Note ANPR metadata contain contains license plate bounding boxes and their positions, as well as vehicle registration numbers.
Info title Note Metadata from pose detection tools contains information on positions and postures of all persons pose (skeleton) of all people in FOV.
Equipment detection tool (PPE)
Info title Note Equipment detection metadata contains information about the position of all the people in FOV.
The metadata is used for the following system options:
Option | Required source of metadata |
Object Tracker, Neural Tracker, built-in detection tool, or VMD. | |
Object Tracker, Neural Tracker, built-in detection tool, or VMD VMD, Face detection tools, Automatic Number Plate Recognition (LPR/ANPR) tools, Pose detection tools, Equipment detection tool (PPE). | |
Object Tracker, Neural Tracker, built-in detection tool, or VMD. | |
Object Tracker, Neural Tracker, built-in detection tool, or VMD. | |
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If a camera uses several sources of metadata, the required source is selected automatically, except for MomentQuest. To perform facial/license number searches, only metadata from corresponding detection tools is used. |
By default, metadata Metadata files are stored in Server's object trajectory database: C:\Program Files\AxxonSoft\AxxonNext\Metadata\stored as files in the object trajectory database in the local Server directory that was selected when installing Axxon Next (see Installation, point 11), in the vmda_db\VMDA_DB.0\vmda_schema ; if subfolder.
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If necessary, you can place |
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metadata on any available network storage (see Configuring storage of the system log and metadata). |
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