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Face search allows you to find faces similar to a given photo in an the archive.

If you perform facial search via the camera window, face track and dimensions are always highlighted.

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To perform face search:

  1. Set the search interval (see Setting a search interval).
  2. Set the minimum similarity level (in %) between the face in the photo and faces from the archive (1). The search results will contain only the video footage recordings with faces with similarity levels above the set value.  
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  3. Select a photo with the face to that should be searched for found in the archive (2). Supported formats: png, jpg, jpeg, jpe. Clicking on a face will select this face as a search parameter. If When you click the face in the surveillance window, this face will be selected for search. If you do not select a photo, then all faces recognized during the specified time will be displayed. To delete a photo from the search, click the Image Added button.

  4. Select, how to sort the search results: by the face matchsimilarity level; by time (3).

  5. If necessary, set an additional search criteria by clicking the Image Added button:
    1. Gender: select the required option;

    2. Age span: specify in years in the From and To fields.
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      Saving information about gender and age to the database should be enabled in the detection tool settings (see Configuring Face detection).

      To delete a criterion, click the Image Added button.


  6. Click the Search button.

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    Once launched, the search can be stopped at any time. To do this, click the Stop button which appears instead of the Search button.


This starts a search in the archive based on the defined criteria.

The video frames with the faces satisfying that meet the search conditions will be displayed in the search results panel. A recognized face will be highlighted with a red frame, and the face similarity level (in %) will be shown displayed below.

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To instantly export a facial face image from the sceneframe, do the following:

  1. Click a face track within in the camera surveillance window.
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The facial face image will be saved to a pre-specified folder the folder specified in the settings (see Configuring export options).