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To create the People counter detector, do the following:

  1. Create the Human pose detector (see Configuring the Human pose detector).
  2. Below the Human pose detector, click Create…  People counter.

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

An event, on the basis of which a macro can be started A macro triggers when the number of individuals in FOV matches the predefined conditions (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
detection tool
  • detector (see
Settings specific to type, namely triggering
  • type—triggering.
As opposed to Neurocounter (see Configuring Neurocounter detection tool counts
  •  counts only people.

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

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If necessary, you can change the detector 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 detector is enabled by default. To disable the detector, select the No value
No
Name People counterEnter the detector name or leave the default name
TypePeople counterName of the detector type (non-editable field)
Basic settings
Alarm when valueIn rangeSpecify when the detector must generate an event:

Set the People counter detection tool triggering condition:

...

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

...

events of the

...

detector 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 detector to generate an event. The value

...

must be in the range [1

...

, 20].

...

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

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]

If necessary, you can configure the detection area. For this, do the following:

  1. Click in the preview window.
  2. Select Area of people counting.
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  3. Set the detection area using the anchor points Image Added. You can create multiple areas.
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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 delete the detection area, click the Image Added button.

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

Configuration of the People counter is complete.

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 Removeddetector (see Displaying the number of detected objects).