How To Use Smart Search

Description

This article will show you how to use the Smart Search feature to review recorded events with added analytics.

Smart Features include:

• Face Detection
• IVS
• People Counting
• Heat Map

The features of different devices varies and the Smart Search options available depends which feature the device supports.

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Prerequisites

• Supported device with Smart Search feature
• Recorded footage with Smart Detection Data (SMD, Face, IVS)

Video Examples

Smart Search of Tripwire with Object Filter enabled (Person and Vehicle):

Smart Search of Face Detection using Facial Attributes to search:

Video Instructions

Step by Step Instructions

Smart Search by Face Detection

1. From the Main Menu click AI

2. Click Smart Search > Face Detection

3. Use the drop-down box to select the Channel to search

4. Use the Start Time / End Time fields to enter a date range for the search

5. Click ‘Smart Search’ once parameters have been set

6. The search results will be displayed

7. Double click any entry to begin playback

8. Use the buttons above the search result to Export and Backup any entries

Click to highlight/select a single entry

Use the checkbox to select multiple entries at once

Smart Search by IVS

1. Enter the Main Menu

• Right click at live view then select “Main Menu”

2. Click Smart Detection

3. Click Smart Search – on the left side of the screen

You can search recorded SMD, Human Face, and IVS data.

This guide will use IVS but the procedure is similar.

4. Use the drop-down menu to select the Channel # to search and the Type of IVS rule to search for

5. Click the Begin and End time to enter a time range for the search

6. Click Search

7. The Search results will appear in the center of the screen

The results can be displayed in Graph or List (shown below)

Both will show the Event Type, Time and include a snapshot (if enabled)

8. You can quickly playback the Event by

Graph View: Double click the Event

List View: Click the icon under “Playback”

9. To Export an event use the checkbox to select the Events you wish to Export then click Export int he bottom right of the screen. A USB drive must be inserted in the unit to Export the files to.

How To Setup Intrusion Detection

Description

This article will show you how to setup the Intrusion IVS feature on a supported device

Prerequisites

• Supported device with Intrusion feature

Video Instructions

Step by Step Instructions

1. From the Main Menu click AI

2. Click Parameters > Smart Plan

3. Use the drop down box to select the Channel

4. Click the IVS icon to enable.

The icon will highlight when selected.

Click Apply

5. Click Parameters > IVS

6. Use the drop-down box to select the Channel

Then click Add in the lower right side of the screen to Add an IVS rule

8. The created rule will appear in the list

9. Use the dropdown box to change the Rule Type to “Intrusion”

10. Click the Pencil icon to draw the Intrusion rule

11. The Channel will fullscreen.

Left click anywhere inside the video frame to begin drawing the detection area for the Intrusion.

Right click to end drawing.

12. You can use the Intrusion menu that appears for additional rule settings:

• Name: A name can be applied to the rule
• Action
  • Appear
  • Cross
• Direction

Click  icon to set the Target Filter (maximum and minimum size size for Objects to follow rule)

Click  icon to clear the current rule

Once the Intrusion rule settings have been created click OK

13. Click the  icon to set the Trigger settings when the IVS Missing Object rule is engaged.

14. The Trigger menu will appear

Once the trigger rule settings have been created click Apply, then click Back to return to the previous menu

15. Once all Missing Object settings have been configured, Click Apply in the lower right of the screen to save all changes

16. The created Intrusion rule is now programmed

How To Setup Missing Object

Description

This article will show you how to setup the Missing Object IVS feature on a supported device

Prerequisites

• Supported device with Missing Object feature

Video Instructions

Step by Step Instructions

1. From the Main Menu click AI

2. Click Parameters > Smart Plan

3. Use the drop down box to select the Channel

4. Click the IVS icon to enable.

The icon will highlight when selected.

Click Apply

5. Click Parameters > IVS

6. Use the drop-down box to select the Channel

Then click Add in the lower right side of the screen to Add an IVS rule

7. The created rule will appear in the list

8. Use the dropdown box to change the Rule Type to “Missing”

10. Click the Pencil icon to draw the Missing Object rule

11. The Channel will fullscreen.

Left click anywhere inside the video frame to begin drawing the detection area for the object.

Right click to end drawing

12. You can use the Missing menu that appears for additional rule settings:

• Name: A name can be applied to the rule
• Period: Set a time (in seconds) for the Missing object rule to trigger

Click  icon to set the Target Filter (maximum and minimum size size for Objects to follow rule)

Click  icon to clear the current rule

Once the Missing Object rule settings have been created click OK

13. Click the  icon to set the Trigger settings when the IVS Missing Object rule is engaged.

14. The Trigger menu will appear

Once the trigger rule settings have been created click OK

15. Once all Missing Object settings have been configured, Click Apply in the lower right of the screen to save all changes

16. The created Missing rule is now programmed

How To Setup Abandoned Object

Description

This article will show you how to setup the Abandoned Object IVS feature on a supported device

Prerequisites

• Supported device with Abandoned Object feature

Video Instructions

Step by Step Instructions

1. From the Main Menu click AI

2. Click Parameters > Smart Plan

3. Use the drop down box to select the Channel

4. Click the IVS icon to enable.

The icon will highlight when selected.

Click Apply

5. Click Parameters > IVS

6. Use the drop-down box to select the Channel

Then click Add in the lower right side of the screen to Add an IVS rule

7. The created rule will appear in the list

9. Use the dropdown box to change the Rule Type to “Abandoned”

10. Click the Pencil icon to draw the Missing Object rule

11. The Channel will fullscreen.

Left click anywhere inside the video frame to begin drawing the detection area for the object.

Right click to end drawing

12. You can use the Missing menu that appears for additional rule settings:

• Name: A name can be applied to the rule
• Period: Set a time (in seconds) for the Missing object rule to trigger

Click  icon to set the Target Filter (maximum and minimum size size for Objects to follow rule)

Click  icon to clear the current rule

Once the Abandoned Object rule settings have been created click OK

13. Click the  icon to set the Trigger settings when the IVS Abandoned Object rule is engaged.

14. The Trigger menu will appear

• Period
• Alarm Out
• Snapshot

Once the trigger rule settings have been created click OK

Once all Abandoned settings have been configured, Click Apply in the lower right of the screen to save all changes

15. The created Abandoned rule is now programmed

People Counting

Description

This article will show you how to use the People Counting feature

Prerequisites

• Supported device with People Counting feature

Video Examples

Live Overlay of People Counting Analytic, with Alarm Trigger set for 2 People Entering

Video Instructions

Step by Step Instructions

1. From the Main Menu click AI

2. Click Parameters > Smart Plan

3. Click the People Counting icon to enable.

4. The icon will turn blue when selected.

Click Apply to save

5. Click Parameters > People Counting

6. Use the drop-down box to select the channel.

Click the toggle button to enable

7. Use the drop-down box next to Rule Type to select from the People Counting feature options. There are two options:

• People Counting
• In Area No.

8. Click the RULE button to create the area and rule for the People Counting

9. You can enter a name for the rule in the Name field

Click Draw Area or Draw Rule to create/edit the current rules.

Click the  icon to delete the rule.

10. To create the detection area start by clicking ‘Draw Area’ then left click and drag in the video frame to draw the area.

Right click to complete the drawing

11. To create the detection line start by clicking ‘Draw Rule’ then left click and drag in the video frame to draw the line.

The arrow in the line will denote which direction will count as a ‘Enter’ or ‘Exit’

Draw the arrow from Left to Right

To create a Downward facing arrow

Draw the arrow from Right to Left

To create an upward facing arrow

12. Click OK to save the Area and Rule Drawings

13. Click ‘Setting’ next to Alarm to configure additional settings for People Counting

14. Use the top part of the menu to configure the settings for the On Screen Display Overlay for People Counting

OSD Overlay: Toggle to enable or disable overlay. Press the ‘Clear’ button to clear the current People Counting values

Enter No.: Toggle to enable or disable the overlay for counting people who Enter

Leave No.: Toggle to enable or disable the overlay for counting people who Leave

15. Use the lower part of the menu to configure the parameters for the People Counting alerts and installation configuration

Enter No. – Alarm will trigger when this # of people are counted who Enter

Leave No. – Alarm will trigger when this # of people are counted who Leave

Stranded No.

Max Detect Height (in cm)

Min. Detect Height (in cm)

Click OK once all parameters have been set

16. To create a schedule for People Counting click the ‘Setting’ button next to Period

17. Use the interface to create a schedule for People Counting

Click OK once the schedule has been completed

By default it will count 7 days a week, 24 hours a day

18. Configure the alarm output for when the People Counting alarms are met (Enter/Exit Number, Stranded)

Click Apply once parameters have been set

Completed People Counting setup with On Screen Display enabled at Live View

How To Setup Tripwire

Description

This article will show you how to setup the tripwire IVS feature on a supported device

Prerequisites

• Supported device with tripwire feature

Video Instructions

Step by Step Instructions

1. From the Main Menu click AI

2. Click Parameters > Smart Plan

3. Use the drop down box to select the Channel

4. Click the IVS icon to enable.

The icon will highlight when selected.

Click Apply

5. Click Parameters > IVS

6. Use the drop-down box to select the Channel

Then click Add in the lower right side of the screen to Add an IVS rule

7. The created rule will appear in the list

9. Click the Pencil icon to draw the Tripwire rule

10. The Channel will fullscreen.

Left click anywhere inside the video frame to begin drawing the Trip line, then use the mouse to draw the trip line.

Right click to end drawing

11. The Tripwire menu will appear

• Name: A name can be applied to the rule
• Direction: Both, A To B, B To A

Click  icon to set the Target Filter (maximum and minimum size size for Objects to follow rule)

Click  icon to clear the current rule

Once the tripwire rule settings have been created click OK

12. Click the  icon to set the Trigger settings when the IVS Tripwire rule is engaged.

13. The Trigger menu will appear

• Period
• Alarm Out
• Snapshot

Once the trigger rule settings have been created click OK

14. Once all Tripwire settings have been configured, Click Apply in the lower right of the screen to save all changes

15. The created Tripwire is now programmed

How To Setup Heatmap

Description

This article will cover how to setup Heatmap in a Dahua recorder

Prerequisites

• A Dahua AI Recorder:

Video Instructions

Step by Step Instructions

1. From the Main Menu click AI

2. Click Parameters > Smart Plan

3. Click the Heat Map icon to enable

4. The icon will turn blue when selected

5. Click Apply to Save

6. Click Parameters > Heat Map

7. Use the drop-down box to select the channel

Click the toggle button to Enable

Click the Setting button to create a Schedule for the Heat Map

8. Click Apply to Save

Heat Map is enabled

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Description

This article will cover the initial setup of a Dahua AI Camera.

Prerequisites

A Dahua AI Camera:

IPC-HF8242FN-FR

IPC-HF8242FN-FD

IPC-HDW8341XN-3D

Step by Step Instructions

1. Locate your device using the ConfigTool.

2. Select the IE (Internet Explorer) icon to the right of the camera’s listing.

3. You will be presented with the Device Initialization screen.

4. Enter a new password that meets the security requirements:

• At least 8 characters long
• At least one lower case letter : a
• At least one upper case letter : A
• At least one number : 1
• At least one symbol : !

Example: HIgh91!?

Also check the box next to “Email Address” and input your email address in case your forget your password and need to recover it.
Then select “Save”.

5. Enter the username “admin” and your new password you just created to log in to the web interface of the camera.

Initial Setup for AI Recorder

Description

This article will cover the initial setup of a Dahua AI Recorder.

Prerequisites

• A Dahua AI Recorder:

IVSS7024DR

IVSS7016DR

IVSS7008

Step by Step Instructions

1. Start up your AI Recorder for the first time. Read through the Device Software Usage License Agreement.
When you are done reading through the License Agreement, check the box next to “I have read and accepted the items”.
Then select “Device Initialization”.

2. Enter a password for the administrator account in the password field.
Make sure the password meets the minumum requirements:

• At least 8 characters long
• At least one lower case letter : a
• At least one upper case letter : A
• At least one number : 1
• At least one symbol : !

Example: HIgh91!?

Confirm the password by re-entering it in the second password field.
Then select “Next”.

3. If you want to set up a recovery email address that can be used if you forget your password, toggle on the switch next to “Email (To reset password)” and enter your email address in the field below.
If you want to set up security questions that can be used to recover your password if you forget it, toggle on the switch next to “Security Questions” and fill out the 3 security question. You can change the questions by selecting each one and choosing another from the drop-down.

4. This screen will notify you that you have finished the initial steps of setting up the AI Recorder.
Select “Enter Quick Settings” to continue the setup process.

5. To set the date and time, either select “Manual Setting” to set the time manually or select “Sync with Internet Time Server” to have an external time server sync the time for you.
If you want to manually set the time selet the field next to “Date/Time” and type in the date and time or select the calendar icon next to it to choose the date and time from a calendar menu.
You can also select “Sync with your PC Time” if you are setting up your AI Recorder from a PC.
If you want to automatically sync the time with a time server, type in the url of the server in the “Server” field. Then type in the interval of how often the time syncs in the “Auto Sync Time Interval” field.
You can change the format of how both the date and time are displayed by choosing options from the drop-down menus next to “Time and Date Format”.
Set the time zone you are in from the drop-down menu next to “Time Zone”.
Select “Next”.

6. Use this menu to modify the network settings on the AI Recorder. If you want to modify the TCP/IP information on any or all of the network ports of the AI Recorder, select the edit button, under “Operate”, next the port listed.
If the TCP/IP settings are already set to your desired settings, skip to Step 8.

7. Either select “Use Dynamic IP Address” to have the router/modem choose the IP address for the network card on the AI recorder, or select “Use Static IP Address” to manually modify the TCP/IP settings.
If you selected “Use Static IP Address”, type in the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and MTU as desired.

8. Repeat Steps 6 & 7 for as many network cards on the AI Recorder as you would like.
Either select “Obtain DNS server address automatically” to have the router/modem choose the DNS server or select “Use the following DNS server address” to manually change the DNS server addresses.
If you selected “Use the following DNS server address”, type in the prefered DNS server address and the alternate DNS server address.
Select “Next”.

9. If you would like to use the P2P server for remote access of the AI Recorder without having to use port forwarding, toggle on the button next to “P2P Access”.
You can scan the left QR code on your mobile device to download the mobile application. Then once the app is downloaded and installed, you can use the app to scan the right QR code to add the AI Recorder.
Select “Finish” to finish the setup of the AI Recorder.

10. You have successfully setup your AI Recorder.

Add Dahua Camera to AI Recorder

Description

This article will cover how to add a Dahua Camera to an AI Recorder

Prerequisites

• A Dahua Camera
• A Dahua AI Recorder:

IVSS7024DR

IVSS7016DR

IVSS7008

Step by Step Instructions

1. From the main screen of the iVSS system, select the gear icon at the top right.

2. Select “Device” from the list of Applications.

3. Select “+ Add” at the bottom left.

Smart Add a Dahua Camera

4. Select the “Smart Add” tab in the Add Device window. Then select the “Start Search” button to search for Dahua cameras connected to the same network.

5. After it is done searching for devices, put a check mark in the box next to the Dahua camera you want to add to this recorder. Then select the “Add” button at the bottom.
(You can select multiple cameras to add at the same time by checking the boxes next to each camera in the list.)

6. Wait as the camera is added to the recorder. If it fails to connect, double click on the username and password sections to change the login credentials to the credentials for that camera.

7. Once the camera has been successfully added, the status will change from “Connecting” to “Added”.
Select “Finish” if you are done adding cameras or select “Continue to add” to go back and add more cameras.

NOTE: If you have issues adding a camera through Smart Add or don’t see your camera in the list, proceed to the Manual Add section below:

Manual Add a Dahua Camera

4. Select the “Manual Add” tab in the Add Device window. Then select “Add Device”.

5. Double click on each field to manually change the IP Address, Username, Password, and port for the camera you are trying to add.
Then select the “Add” button.

6. Wait as the camera is added to the recorder. If it fails to connect, double click on the different fields to adjust the settings.

7. Once the camera has been successfully added, the status will change from “Connecting” to “Added”.
Select “Finish” if you are done adding cameras or select “Continue to add” to go back and add more cameras.

Create Face Database

Description

This article will cover how to create a Face Database for facial recognition on a Dahua AI Recorder

Prerequisites

• A Dahua AI Recorder:

IVSS7024DR

IVSS7016DR

IVSS7008

Step by Step Instructions

1. From the main screen of the iVSS system, select the plus “+” at the top.

2. Select “File” from the Applications menu.

3. Select “+ Create” at the top.

4. Enter the name of the Face Database you are creating. Then either select “Save and close”, if you just want to create an empty database, or “Register Face ->”, if you want to add at least one face to the database as you initialize it.

5. If you selected “Register Face ->” in Step 4, you will be presented with this screen. To manually add one face at a time, select “Manual Add” at the top. To batch add, select “Batch Import” at the top and skip to Step 8.
Select the image plus icon on the left to search your file system for a picture of the person’s face. (Face image requirements: File size – <=256KB; Resolution range – 200×200-6000×5000)
Fill in the information about this person on the right.

6. Either select “Save and continue to add” to add more faces to the database before you finish initializing it, or select “OK” to initialize the database with just this face.

7. Once you have successfully initialized the Face Database you will see all the faces you have registered on this screen.

8. If you want to batch import more than one face at a time, either select the “Batch Import” option when creating a database (See Step 5 above), or select “Batch Import” from the database page (see Step 7).
Select “Upload Files” in the center to search your file system for multiple image files to import. You can select multiple at a time.
Make sure the images of the faces have the naming format listed to auto populate the information about each face.

9. Select “OK” when you are done, to import all the face images.

Add Face to Database

Description

This article will cover how to add a face to an existing Face Database for facial recognition on a Dahua AI Recorder

Prerequisites

• A Dahua AI Recorder:

IVSS7024DR

IVSS7016DR

IVSS7008

• An existing Face Database:

Create An AI Face Database

Step by Step Instructions

1. From the main screen of the iVSS system, select the plus “+” at the top.

2. Select “File” from the Applications menu.

3. Double click on the existing Face Database.

4. Either select “+ Manual Add” to add 1 new face to the Face Database (and continue to Step 5) or select “Batch Import” to add multiple new faces to the database (and continue to Step 7).

5. Select the image plus icon on the left to search your file system for a picture of the person’s face. (Face image requirements: File size – <=256KB; Resolution range – 200×200-6000×5000)
Fill in the information about this person on the right.

6. Either select “Save and continue to add” to add more faces to the database, or select “OK” to just add this one face.

7. If you want to batch import more than one face at a time select “Batch Import” from the database page (see Step 4).
Select “Upload Files” in the center to search your file system for multiple image files to import. You can select multiple at a time.
Make sure the images of the faces have the naming format listed to auto populate the information about each face.

8. Select “OK” when you are done, to import all the face images.

Add Trigger or Alarm Based on Face Recognition

Description

This article will cover how to add a trigger or an alarm based on facial recognition on an AI Camera or Recorder

Prerequisites

• A Dahua AI Recorder:

IVSS7024DR

IVSS7016DR

IVSS7008

Step by Step Instructions

1. From the main screen of the iVSS system, select the gear icon at the top right.

2. Select “Event” from the list of applications.

3. Click on the drop-down arrows to the left of the recorder’s serial number to see the list of devices. Then select the camera you want to use from the list.

4. Select “Face Detection” from the AI Plan list.

5. Flip the toggle next to “Enabled” to turn on Face Detection. Then select “Save”.

6. Once the changes are saved it will say “Successfully Operated” at the top right.
Select “Face Recognition” from the AI Plan List.

7. From the Face Recognition page, you can either set up Facial Recognition alarms via the AI built into the camera or AI built into the recorder.
If you want to set up Facial Recognition using the AI built into the camera, continue to Step 8.
If you want to set up Facial Recognition using the AI built into the recorder, continue to Step 14.

8. Select the drop-down menu next to “Deployment Time” to choose the schedule you want the Face Recognition on the carmera to be active on. If you already have a schedule set up, skip to Step 12.
If there is no schedule or you want to make a different schedule, select “Add Schedule”.

9. In the Schedule menu, press the plus “+” button to create a new schedule.

10. Type in the name of the new schedule.

11. Drag and adjust the start and end times of the schedule on each day of the week. You can also select the schedule on a day and delete it if you don’t want anything scheduled that day.
When you are done making changes, press “Save”. Once the changes are saved, select the “Event” section at the top to go back to the Face Recognition alarm settings.

12. Make sure the toggle next to “Enabled” is switched to On and the schedule you want is selected in the “Deployment Time” drop-down.

13. Select “+ Actions” to see all the actions that can be performed when a face is recognized. The options are “Record”, “Snap”, “Buzzer”, and “Log”.

Select “Record” from the Actions drop-down if you want the system to start recording a specific camera’s feed when a face from the database is recognized.
You can select the “Device” drop-down menu to choose which camera’s video feed is recorded when this is triggered.

Select “Snap” from the Actions drop-down if you want the system to take a snapshot image from the camera’s video feed when a face from the database is recognized.

Select “Buzzer” from the Actions drop-down if you want the recorder to make a buzzing/beeping noise every time a face from the database is recognized.

Select “Log” from the Actions drop-down if you want the system to save the information in a log.

When you are done selecting which actions you want to be activated when a face from the database is recognized, select “Save”.

14. Select “AI By Device” to set up Facial Recognition using the AI built into the recorder.
Select the drop-down next to “Deployment Time” to choose the schedule you want the Face Recognition on the recorder to be active on.
If there is no schedule or you want to make a different schedule, select “Add Schedule” and go back to Step 9.
Select “+ Associate Face Database” to choose which face database to use for the facial recognition.

15. Adjust the slider next to “Similar” to choose the percentage of similarity between faces in the database and scanned faces to trigger the alarm event.
Select “AI Alarm Rule” to choose the color that highlights faces that trigger the alarm.
Select “Show Feature Panel” to turn on or off the panel that shows all the features of the faces that are recognized for this alarm event.
Select “+ Actions” to choose which actions are triggered when a face is recognized by the recorder.
(See Step 13, for an explanation on what all the actions do when triggered.)

16. If you want to turn on Stranger Control Mode, which labels all faces that are detected but not recognized from the database as Strangers, turn on the toggle next to “Stranger control mode”.
You can then adjust the alarm rule highlight color with “AI Alarm Rule”.
You can turn on or off the feature panel that shows all the features of the face next to the face detection image by toggling on “Show Feature Panel”.
You can also choose an action to be triggered when a stranger is detected by selecting “+ Actions” and choosing an action to be triggered.
(See Step 13, for an explanation on what all the actions do when triggered.)

17. When you are done making changes to Facial Recognition using the AI built into the recorder, select “Save” at the bottom.
Once the changes are saved it will say “Successfully Operated” at the top right.

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