Motion in area

General information

The search by motion in area is used to find moments of motion in a specified area. For the search to work correctly, the following is required:

• Access permissions to search in the archive (see Role).
• A detector that is configured and connected to the camera (see Detectors).
• In the detector settings, the Yes value is selected in the Record objects trajectories parameter (see Object tracking).

Configuration of the minimum and maximum object size

The algorithms for setting the maximum and minimum sizes of a moving object are identical. You can set the maximum (minimum) size of a moving object using any of the following methods:

1. Place the cursor over the node point Change node and move it by dragging.
   
2. Use the buttons / to set the width and height of the maximum (minimum) object size in the upper and lower fields, respectively. The dimensions of the visual element in the surveillance window will change accordingly.

The maximum (minimum) object size is configured.

Configuration of the minimum and maximum object speed

In Axxon One, the speed is a conditional value that is calculated using values of different dimensions. The algorithm of speed calculation takes into account both the frame width and height. For a more accurate search, we recommend performing several search iterations and selecting the necessary speed values empirically. The algorithms for setting the maximum and minimum speed of a moving object are identical.

You can set the maximum (minimum) speed of a moving object using any of the following methods:

1. Place the cursor over the node point Change node and move it by dragging. The length of an arrow corresponds to the maximum (minimum) movement of the object per second.
   
2. Use the buttons / to set the maximum (minimum) speed of an object as a percentage of the frame size per second.

The minimum (maximum) speed of a moving object is configured.

The following objects are included in the search results:

• If you specify only the maximum speed—the objects that move slower than the maximum speed.
• If you specify only the minimum speed—the objects that move faster than the minimum speed.
• If you specify both the maximum and minimum speed—the objects whose speed doesn't exceed the maximum but is greater than the minimum speed.

Search by motion in area

To search by motion in area:

1. Open the required layout (see Configuration of layouts).
2. Select the required camera.
3. Click the Search button located in the lower right corner of the surveillance window (see Search in archive).
4. Set the search interval (see Setting a search interval).
5. Click the button.
6. Select Motion in area.
7. In the surveillance window, specify the area that needs to be analyzed during the search according to the selected criterion.
   The nodes of the area are connected by a two-color dashed line. By default, the area is specified by four node points with the coordinates (30, 30), (70, 30), (70, 70), and (30, 70), where the first value is the coordinate along the X axis and the second value is the coordinate along the Y axis (0,0 is the upper left corner of the frame; 100,100 is the lower right corner of the frame).
   To edit the area, you can use the following actions listed in the table:
   

   Action	Result
   Right-click a line	Create a new node of the area
   Right-click a created node	Delete a node of the area
   Place the cursor over a node and move it by dragging	Move a node of the area

8. Click the button to add search criteria specified in the table:
   

   Сriterion	Value	Description
   Line crossing
   Source		From the drop-down list, select a metadata source (see Metadata database). You can search by one detector only
   Show HeatMap		By default, the heat map isn't displayed (the checkbox is clear). If you want to view the heat map, set the checkbox. The heat map allows you to evaluate movement activity in the frame and identify areas where the main flows of moving objects occur. Note The colors on the heat map change from blue to red depending on activity: where blue is low activity and red is high activity (see Working with search results). If, in the Color criterion, you select colors, the accuracy of selecting areas containing moving objects of the corresponding color increases
   Max size	W	The default value for width is 80. The value must be in the range [1, 100]
   	H	The default value for height is 80. The value must be in the range [1, 100]
   Min size	W	The default value for width is 10. The value must be in the range [1, 100]
   	H	The default value for height is 10. The value must be in the range [1, 100]
   Color	Brown	Select one or more required colors Attention! Axxon One uses a logic that treats all objects as monochromatic. An object color in Axxon One is the average of all colors in the video image. All objects of the specified colors are displayed in the search results. You cannot search by color when you use metadata from the Motion detector (see Motion detector).
   	Red
   	Orange
   	Yellow
   	Green
   	Light blue
   	Blue
   	Purple
   	Pink
   	White
   	Grey
   	Black
   Select all		By default, the checkbox is clear. If you want to find all colors, set the checkbox
   Object type	Select the required object types. You can search by one or more types Attention! The Person or Vehicle object type is correctly identified only from the Neural tracker. When you search by the metadata from other detectors (see Metadata database), results can be displayed conditionally based on an analysis of the object's appearance. If: The height is greater than the width—Person. The height is less than the width—Vehicle. An object is considered abandoned if it has been motionless for some time, such as a parked car. You cannot search by object type when you use metadata from the Motion detector.
   Person		By default, the search is performed by the Person object (the checkbox is set). If this object type isn't required, clear the checkbox
   Group		By default, the search isn't performed by the Group object (the checkbox is clear). If this object type is required, set the checkbox Note To correctly search by the Group type, set the checkbox in the Person and/or Vehicle type. The Group criterion isn't available when you use metadata from the Neural tracker.
   Vehicle		By default, the search isn't performed by the Vehicle object (the checkbox is clear). If this object type is required, set the checkbox
   Enter		By default, Enter is selected. Entrance is defined as the moment when an object enters the detection area and crosses its boundaries, and exit is defined as the moment when an object leaves the detection area and crosses its boundaries. If you need to find exit moments, select Exit
   Exit
   Direction		By default, the search is performed by objects moving in all directions. You can stop the search for motion in one or more directions: Click any mouse button in the directions in which you want to stop the search by motion. As a result, the sector corresponding to this direction turns gray. To reactivate the search for disabled directions, click the direction again with any mouse button. Note If search results are incorrect, set the Advanced mode (requires more processing time) checkbox. This will improve search accuracy but will also take longer to process.
   Advanced mode		By default, the checkbox is clear. If you need an advanced search, set the checkbox
   Max speed	15	The default value for maximum speed is 15. The value must be in the range [1, 100]
   Min speed	15	The default value for minimum speed is 15. The value must be in the range [1, 100]

   Note

   To delete a criterion, click the button.

9. Click the Search button.
   

   Note

   You can stop the search at any moment. To do this, click the Stop button, which appears instead of the Search button.

The search results panel displays frames that match the specified search criteria.