Using Computer Vision Analytics
FortiRecorder uses computer vision to understand and analyze digital images to identify important persons via facial detection or important objects like a vehicle or a weapon. The computer vision section enables processing of face and object detection generated events
The processing is done in FortiCentral. For more information, see the Facial Recognition chapter in the FortiCentral User Guide.
For information concerning accessing logged events and managing user databases via REST API, see the REST API Reference document.
Object detection in FortiRecorder is treated as a camera related event, similar to motion detection.
To enable detection actions
- Go to Analytics > Computer Vision > Computer Vision.
- Enter the desired time in the Accept detection after field. This setting instructs the FortiRecorder to postpone deciding if a person is known or unknown for the entered period of time before taking action. More time allows the camera a chance to get a better view of the object or face to avoid misinterpretations.
- Enable Face detection action. Face detection is organized into five categories:
- Prohibited: Individuals who are prohibited from accessing the building.
- VIP: Individuals who are very important and are not security threats.
- Expired: The time is past the expiry date of the person recorded.
- Unknown: Individuals who are detected but not matched to an individual in the database.
- Regular Person: Individuals who are recognized as common visitors, such as guests, employees, or contractors.
- Enable Object detection action. Object detection is organized into seven categories:
- Person: An individual.
- Motion: Something that has generated motion.
- Weapon: A detected tool that can cause harm.
- Vehicle: A transportation machine, such as a bike, a car, or a train.
- Animal: A non-human creature, such as a bird or a dog.
- Item: An object, such as a backpack or a suitcase.
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Sport: Athletic equipment, such as skis or a skateboard.
Note:
Each category can be further filtered by only enabling parts of the group in the analytics processor.
- Select from the drop-down menu the action you wish the FortiRecorder to take upon detection for each category:
- No action: Ignore events of this type.
- Event: Accept events of this type, process them for notification, and display them on timlines and logs.
- Event clip: Accept events of this type, process them for notification, display them on timelines and logs, and generate a video clip at the moment of detection.
- Select Apply.