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Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual Target Audience for this Document This document is aimed at end users of the Milestone XProtect Analytics solutions for license plate recognition, perimeter protection, motion detection and countless other purposes.
Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual Copyright, Trademarks and Important Information Copyright © 2011 Milestone Systems A/S. Trademarks XProtect is a registered trademark of Milestone Systems A/S. Microsoft® and Windows® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are trademarks of their respective owners. Disclaimer This document is intended for general information purposes only, and due care has been taken in its preparation.
Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual Contents PRODUCT OVERVIEW ................................................. 5 CONFIGURATION ........................................................ 7 Plugin Required .................................................................................... 7 Creating Views for Analytics ................................................................. 8 Create Many or Few Views? ..................................................................
Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual Product Overview Milestone XProtect Analytics provides an intelligent yet highly intuitive solution for video content analysis tasks such as license plate recognition (LPR), perimeter protection, left objects detection, etc. XProtect Analytics works in tight integration with Microsoft ® Windows® components as well as a range of different Milestone products.
Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual recognition or left object detection, and 2) Match against associated positive and/or negative lists, if required. Whenever a license plate, left object, etc. is recognized, the surveillance system stores the analytics information together with timestamp information. In the Smart Client, users are able to the analytics data together with video from the surveillance system.
Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual Configuration Plugin Required In order to use the Smart Clients with your analytics solution, a plugin must be installed for each Smart Client you intend to use. The Smart Client should be installed first, then the plugin. If in doubt about how to install a Smart Client, refer to the Smart Client User’s Manual, available from www.milestonesys.com.
Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual Creating Views for Analytics Once your Smart Client has the necessary plugin, you are able to create Smart Client views for use with analytics. In some organizations, your surveillance system administrator will have set up the required views for you, in which case you can go straight to page 11 (for information about viewing live video and analytics data) or 13 (for information about browsing recorded video and analytics data). 1.
Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual Live: Data about relevant incidents will be displayed in the view’s bottom area, live video will be displayed in the view’s top left position, and an image from the latest incident will be displayed in the view’s top right position. Playback: By switching to the Smart Client’s Playback tab, you can try out the features for browsing past analytics data combined with time-linked video recordings.
Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual Administrative Tools > Services, and make sure the status of the required service is Started. If not, right-click the name or the service, and select Start. Verify that the Recording Server service is running on the surveillance system server(s). This service handles the display and recording of video.
Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual Viewing Live Video & Analytics Data The Smart Client lets you view real-time analytics data combined with matching live video. Selecting an Analytics View 1. Go to the Smart Client’s Live tab. 2. In the Views section, select the required view.
Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual Time: Lists the time at which the incident was detected. Vendor: Lists the video content analysis software on which the incident detection was based. Tip: You decide which columns to display in the table, and in which order they appear. To select which columns to display, click the button to the left of the column headings (see example below). To arrange the order of columns, simply drag them to the required positions.
Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual Browsing Recorded Video & Analytics Data The Smart Client lets you view analytics data combined with matching, time-linked, recorded video. Selecting an Analytics View 1. Go to the Smart Client’s Playback tab. 2. In the Views section, select the required view.
Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual Source: Lists the surveillance system server hosting the camera by which the incident was detected. Time: Lists the time at which the incident was detected. Vendor: Lists the video content analysis software on which the incident detection was based. Selecting Incidents in the Table To view video from a detected incident, you select the required incident in the table in the bottom part of the view.
Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual You can also filter on Today (that is the current day, from 00:00:00 until the current moment), Week (that is the current week, from Monday 00:00:00 until the current moment), or on All (the same as not using a time filter). When ready, click OK. Tip: The list may in some organizations contain several millions of incidents. If such very large amounts of incidents have to be filtered, the filtering process may take some time.
Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual Interpreting the Colored Overlays In analytics views an image from the latest detected incident will be displayed in the view’s top right position. This image contains an overlay in one or more colors. A red (●) box signifies the area of interest, i.e. the detected object, license plate, person or whatever else your analytics solution has been set up to detect.
Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual Using the Time Synchronization Slider The Time Synchronization slider is used for time-synchronizing images in the analytics image capture position in the view’s top right position with the video displayed in the view’s top left position. Often there will be no need for synchronizing time between the two positions, but synchronization may be required if you experience network latency.
Milestone XProtect Analytics 2.2; User’s Manual Removal To remove the alert plugin from a computer running a Smart Client, do the following on the computer running the Smart Client: After you remove the alert plugin, it will no longer be possible to view analytics data in the Smart Client. 1. In Windows’ Start menu, select Control Panel, and select Add or Remove Programs. This will open the Add or Remove Programs window. 2.
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