Archiver
The Archiver role is responsible for the discovery, status
polling, and control of video units. The Archiver also manages the video archive and
performs motion detection if it is not done on the unit itself.
Auxiliary Archiver
The Auxiliary Archiver role supplements the video
archive produced by the Archiver role. Unlike the Archiver role, the Auxiliary Archiver role
is not bound to any particular discovery port, therefore, it can archive any camera in
the system, including cameras federated from other Security Center systems. The Auxiliary Archiver role cannot
operate independently; it requires the Archiver role to communicate with video
units.
background
In KiwiVision™ Video Analytics, the
background is composed of the static environment and immovable objects that are learned
to identify changes in an image.
block
In KiwiVision™
Video Analytics, a block is a rectangular section of the camera image where image
processing, such as pixelation, is performed.
Camera events
The Camera events task is an
investigation task that reports on events pertaining to selected cameras within a
specified time range.
Camera Integrity Monitor
The Camera Integrity Monitor role samples video
images from cameras at regular intervals, detects abnormal variations that indicate that
cameras might have been tampered with, and generates Camera tampering
events.
camera integrity monitoring
In Security Center, camera integrity monitoring is
software that detects any form of tampering with the camera, such as moving the camera,
obstructing the camera view, changing the camera focus, and so on. The software
automatically generates events to alert the security team to remedy the
situation.
compression artifact
A compression artifact is a type of error, or
deviation from the original recording, that can be detected in images, audio, and video
after applying a lossy compression algorithm. The severity of these errors can vary
depending on the compression being used.
digital signature
A digital signature is cryptographic metadata added to
video frames by the Archiver or Auxiliary Archiver to ensure their authenticity. If a
video sequence is manipulated by adding, deleting, or modifying frames, the signature of
the modified content will differ from the original, indicating that the video
sequence has been tampered with.
foreground
In KiwiVision™ Video Analytics, the image
foreground is composed of people and mobile objects. These dynamic elements are
identified by comparing the input image to the learned background to identify changes in
an image.
intrusion detection
Intrusion detection designates one of the following:
intrusion detection (hardware) or intrusion detection
(analytics).
intrusion detection (analytics)
In KiwiVision™ video analytics, intrusion detection
refers to the software technology that is used to automatically detect the intrusion
of people, objects, or vehicles into protected or private areas when analyzing a
video sequence.
intrusion detection (hardware)
In Security Center, intrusion detection refers to the detection
of an intrusion into a secured area by an intrusion detection unit (hardware
device).
KiwiVision™ Analyzer
The KiwiVision™
Analyzer role performs video analytics processing for assigned cameras.
KiwiVision™ Camera Integrity Monitor
KiwiVision™ Camera Integrity Monitor is a Security Center module that ensures cameras are
operational at all times by performing regular checks of their video to detect whether
the cameras have been tampered with.
KiwiVision™ intrusion detector
(Obsolete) The KiwiVision™
intrusion detector task is an investigation task in Security
Desk that is used to generate software
intrusion detection reports. Starting in KiwiVision™ video analytics 4.1 GA, this task is replaced by the Security video
analytics task.
KiwiVision™ Manager
The KiwiVision™
Manager role manages and distributes the video analytics requests to the available
KiwiVision™ Analyzer roles, stores the events
generated by these Analyzer roles, and handles the report requests sent from Security
Desk.
KiwiVision™ People Counter
The KiwiVision™ People Counter module is part
of the KiwiVision™ video analytics
plugin, and adds analytics capabilities for people counting to Security Center.
pixelation
In KiwiVision™ Video Analytics, pixelation
is an anonymization method that uses groups of pixels, called blocks, to obscure all or
part of an image.
KiwiVision™ Privacy Protector™
KiwiVision™
Privacy Protector™ is a Security Center module that ensures the privacy of
individuals recorded by video surveillance cameras while safeguarding potential
evidence.
KiwiVision™ Security video analytics
The KiwiVision™ Security video analytics
module is part of the KiwiVision™
video analytics plugin, and adds analytics capabilities for security monitoring to
Security Center.
KiwiVision™ video analytics
The KiwiVision™ video analytics plugin adds automation to
security monitoring and people counting tasks through the KiwiVision™ Security video analytics and KiwiVision™ People Counter modules.
people counting (analytics)
In KiwiVision™ video analytics, people counting refers to the software technology that is used to
detect the number of people in an area, and entering or exiting an
area.
privacy protection
In Security Center, privacy protection is software that
anonymizes or masks parts of a video stream where movement is detected. The identity of
individuals or moving objects is protected, without obscuring movements and actions or
preventing monitoring.
Privacy Protector™
The Privacy Protector™ role requests original video
streams from Archiver roles and applies data anonymization to the original video
streams. The privacy-protected (anonymized) video stream is then sent back to the
Archiver role for recording.
public task
A public task is a saved task that can be shared and reused among multiple Security Center users.
Restricted Security Area Surveillance
The Restricted Security
Area Surveillance (RSA
Surveillance) plugin integrates tracking systems into Security Center. A tracking system might use radars,
lasers, heat sensors, and cameras to detect activity in restricted areas and on the
perimeter of a property.
Restricted Security Area Surveillance (RSA Surveillance)
Acronym:
RSA
RSA Surveillance
scheduled task
A scheduled task is an entity that defines an action that
executes automatically on a specific date and time, or according to a recurring
schedule.
Security video analytics
The Security video
analytics task is an investigation task that reports on video analytics
events that are triggered based on analytics scenarios.
tailgating (analytics)
In KiwiVision™
video analytics, tailgating occurs when a person enters an area behind another person
within a defined time frame.
video analytics
Video analytics is the software technology that is used
to analyze video for specific information about its content. Examples of video analytics
include counting the number of people crossing a line, detection of unattended objects,
or the direction of people walking or running.
video analytics scenario
A video analytics scenario is an analytics
configuration that is applied to video streams and that defines what information in the
video is analyzed.
video stream
A video stream is an entity representing a specific video
quality configuration (data format, image resolution, bit rate, frame rate, and so on)
on a camera.