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To configure the People counter, do the following:

  1. Create Pose Detection (see Configuring Pose Detection).
  2. Below the Pose Detection, click Create…  People counter.

People counter The People counter detection tool counts the number of people in the specified area using the pose detection metadata of the Pose Detection.

A macro triggers when the number of individuals in FOV matches the predefined conditions (see trigger, on the basis of which a macro can be started (see Configuring start conditions for event-driven macros), can be generated if the number of people in the frame meets the specified conditions.

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  • Unlike the Multiple
objects , namely
  • triggering.
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  • Unlike the Neurocounter (
see detection tool
  •  counts only people.

To configure the People counter detection tool, do the following:

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Set the People counter detection tool triggering condition:

If necessary, you can change the detection tool parameters. The list of parameters is given in the table:

ParameterValueDescription
Object features
Record mask to archiveYesMask is recorded to the archive by default. To disable the parameter, select the No value
No
Other
EnableYesThe detection tool is enabled by default. To disable the detection tool, select the No value
No
Name People counterEnter the detection tool name or leave the default name
TypePeople counterName of the detection tool type (non-editable field)
Basic settings
Alarm when valueIn rangeSpecify when the detection tool must trigger:

...

when the number of people in the specified area is within the set range, or out of the

...

range
Out of range
End value of alarm range settings100Specify the range of the number of people in

...

the frame. The value

...

must be in the range [0

...

, 100]

...

Event interval1

Specify the interval in seconds between two consecutive

...

triggerings of the

...

detection tool when the number of

...

people in

...

the frame continuously

...

meets the specified conditions. The value

...

must be in the range [1

...

, 10000]

...

Number of measurements in a row to trigger detection

Specify

...

the minimum number of frames

...

with the set number of people

...

 for the detection tool to trigger

...

. The value

...

must be in the range [1

...

, 20].
The recommended (default) value is 2.
Increasing the value can help eliminate false alarms, but increases the risk of skips. 
Decreasing the value can help reduce skips, but increases the probability of false alarms

Start value of alarm range settings5Specify the range of the number of people in the frame. The value must be in the range [0, 100]

In the preview window, you can

...

specify the areas for detection

...

using the

...

anchor points

...

Image Added (see Configuring the Detection Zone). By default, the entire

...

frame is

...

the area for detection

...

.

...

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  • For convenience of configuration, you can "freeze" the frame. Click the Image Added button. To cancel the action, click this button again.
  • The area for detection is displayed by default. To hide it, click the Image Added button. To cancel the action, click this button again.

To save the parameters of the detection tool, click the Apply Image Added button. To cancel the changes, click the Cancel Image Added button.

In the Surveillance window on the layout next to the counter icon, you can add

Configuring the People counter detection tool is complete. 

To display the counter and the number of counted people, do the following:

  1. Switch to layout editing mode (see Switching to layout editing mode).
  2. Place the counter icon anywhere within the layout cell.
  3. Customize the font. To do this, click the Image Removed button.
  4. Add text. To do this, click on the gray area and enter the required text.
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  5. Save the layout (see Exiting Layout Editing mode).

As a result, the text and the number of people counted by the detection tool will be displayed next to the counter icon.Image Removed(see Displaying the number of detected objects).