Configuring intrusion detector areas settings in KiwiVision™ - KiwiVision™ 3.1

Before you can monitor KiwiVision™ in Security Desk, you must configure intrusion detector areas settings for your camera.

1. In Config Tool select your intrusion detector.
2. In the Areas tab, configure the Areas objects.

   

3. Click and drag the Area objects to the area of the video that you want to monitor for intrusion.
   1. Click and drag the white dots to adjust the source (entry point) or sink (exit point) object size or orientation as required.
      Click a line to create a point, drag to move a point, or double click to delete a point.
   2. (Optional) Use the Areas toolbar to perform the following:
      • add areas ()
      • remove areas ()
      • add source () or sink regions ()
      • or remove regions ()
      NOTE: Adding an Area automatically adds the area with one source entry point region (green) and one sink exit point region (red).
4. In the Area section, configure the area settings.
   Configure the Tracking settings as required:

   Min. speed

   Specifies the minimum speed of an object or person in the image region that can trigger an alert. You can specify values in the range 0.01 - 3 m/s (0.033 - 9.9 ft/s).

   NOTE: The velocity estimation is based on the configured perspective and depends on the accuracy of the configuration.

   Max. speed

   Specifies the maximum speed of an object or person in the image region that can trigger an alert. When this maximum speed is exceeded no alert is triggered. You can specify values in the range 1 - 100 m/s (3 - 327 ft/s).

   Max. deviation

   Specifies the maximum number of degrees that movement in the image can deviate from the configured path and still be considered active motion and trigger an alert. You can specify values in the range 5 - 180 degrees.

   For more information about configuring paths, see Configuring intrusion detector paths settings in KiwiVision™.

   Min travel

   Specifies the distance that an object or person must travel in the image to be considered active motion and trigger an alert. You can specify values in the range 0.1 - 10 m (0.3 - 33 ft).

   NOTE: The distance is estimated based on the configured perspective, which might result in inaccuracies.

   Configure the Alert settings as required:

   Min. time

   Specifies that after an alert is sent for an area, additional alerts that are specific to that area are suppressed until the specified time period has elapsed. You can specify values in the range 1 - 100 seconds. Using a low value ensures that multiple alerts that are part of a single real-life event are captured. Using a high value might suppress valid alerts that happen quickly after one another.

   Activate after

   Specifies how long an alert must be detected for before it is sent. A high value filters out camera noise, but might result in missed alerts. You can specify values in the range 0.1 - 10 seconds.

   NOTE: If an intruding object in the scene reaches the Min. speed, does not exceed the Max. speed, takes at least the Min. travel and moves within the Max. deviation angle along the defined path for at least the Activate after period of time, then an alarm will be triggered.

   Min. size

   Specifies how much of the object size area has to be active in the sink (exit point) region to trigger an alert. You can specify values in the range 10 - 100 %.

   NOTE: If this parameter is set to a low value, small motion patterns (such as those of animals) are detected as well. If this parameter is set to a high value, it can result in missed detections of objects or individuals.

   Detection clustering

   Suppresses alerts that are triggered by scattered movements in the image, such as motion caused by camera noise.

   NOTE: Using this option can lead to missing valid alerts if the movement is not clearly detected.

5. Click Apply.