AI People Detection Integration with i-PRO Active Guard for Genetec
Last update: February 2025
Scenario:
This page explains how to integrate AI People Detection with i-PRO Active Guard, enabling quick searches for detected objects by filtering them using various attributes:
1. Camera Settings
2. Installation of i-PRO Active Guard
3. Watchlist and Action Configuration
4. Monitoring and Searching Watchlist Events
5. Searching for People by Attribute
About AI People:
AI People Detection is an AI application provided by i-PRO.
AI People Detection extracts and classifies human facial features and clothing characteristics into useful categories such as gender, age, and clothing color.
AI People Detection/AI Vehicle Detection/AI Face Detection | i-PRO Products
1. Camera Settings
1-1. Camera Registration
Register the camera to VMS.
1-2. Log in to the Configuration Tool
Access the camera using Genetec credentials.
Open Genetec's i-PRO Configuration Tool.
Select [Config Tool] - [Task] - [i-PRO Configuration Tool for Genetec] - [ i-PRO Settings].
*i-PRO Configuration Tool Plugin for Genetec must be installed beforehand.

Click the [Log in] button.
*Log in with the Username/Password you used when you logged in to the Security Center.

Select the target device and enter the [Username] and [Password] to access the device.
Click the [Start] button.

Click the gear icon to open camera setup.

1-3. Adjust the camera angle.
Select [Ext. software] - [Application] - [AI People Detection].
Adjust the camera angle using "Best shot confirmation" to check the best shot images.
For more details, refer to Section 2-2 "Adjust the camera" of AI People Detection in the manual below.
Operating Instructions for AI Face Detection, AI People Detection, and AI Vehicle Detection

1-4. Schedule Settings
Select [Ext. software] - [Operation sched.].
In the Extension software field, select AI People Detection, and check that the schedule is enabled.

2. Installation of i-PRO Active Guard
Refer to the i-PRO Active Guard Setup Instructions for Genetec to complete the installation.
3. Watchlist and Action Configuration
3-1. Creating a Watch List
Select [Security Desk] - [Task] - [i-PRO Active Guard Search].

Select "Setup watchlists".

Select [People] and click "Create a new watchlist".

Select the attributes you want to add to the watchlist.
You can also register an image and automatically select attributes from the image.
To select attributes from a person's image, select the image to be registered from "Search by photo".
After selecting the attributes, click "Save watchlist".

3-2. Action setting
Select [Config Tool] - [System] - [General settings] - [Actions].
Click the “+” button.

Under "When," select "Registered People Detection(i-PRO)".
Under "Action," select the action to be performed when the event occurs. In this example, "Play sound" is selected.
Click "Save".

4. Monitoring and Searching Watchlist Events
4-1. Monitoring Watchlist Events
Select [Security Desk] - [Tasks] - [Monitoring].
Click "Monitoring" in the bottom left menu. Click the "+" button to add the target camera.

When a registered watchlist is detected, "Registered People Detection(i-PRO)" will be displayed.

4-2. Searching Watchlist Events
Select [Security Desk] - [Tasks] - [i-PRO Active Guard Event].

Select conditions such as "Entities", "Event", "Time range", and click "Generate report" to display the reports.
In "Registered people detection" filter, filtering is possible using the created watchlists.

With this filter enabled, all matching people in the People watchlist are shown.
Also, using the filter panel, you can select specific registered items from the People watchlist.

After clicking ”Generate report" to display the reports, a list of events that match the conditions will be shown.

You can play it by clicking on the thumbnail.

5. Searching for People by Attribute
Select [Security Desk] - [Tasks] - [i-PRO Active Guard Search].

Select the date, cameras, and People filter options, then click Search.

With the People filter enabled, only the thumbnails of people detected by the AI Camera using the people detection app are shown.
Also, using the filter panel, you can apply the search condition.

Features and Controls | Description |
---|---|
Detected object | Uploading people picture If a picture is uploaded, features are automatically detected. |
Gender | Male, Female |
Age | Child (0–10), Young Adult (11–20), Adult (21–60), Senior (61+) |
Hair type | Long-hair, Short-hair, Hat |
Hair color | Black, Gray, White, Brown, Gold |
Top type | Short-sleeves, Long-sleeves |
Top color | Black, Gray, White, Brown, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink, Red |
Bottom type | Long, Short |
Bottom color | Black, Gray, White, Brown, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink, Red |
Sunglasses | Sunglasses, No Glasses |
Beard | Beard, No Beard |
Mask | Mask, No Mask |
Bag | Bag, No Bag |
Bag color | Black, White, Brown, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink, Red |
Shoes color | Black, White, Brown, Yellow, Green, Blue, Red |
Moving Direction | Up, Up right, Right, Down right, Down, Down left, Left, Up left |
Additional filters | Recognizable face can only show person thumbnails with clearly visible faces. |
Color image only Note: Black & white images may show in the search results even if "Color image only" is specified. |
|
Threshold | Low, Average, High |
Exclude searched color | If selected, the color will be excluded from search results. |
Include similar color | If selected, colors similar to the specified color will be automatically included. |
You can also search by photo. Click "Detect object".

Upload a photo and select a detected person from the list.
Click "OK". Features are automatically detected.

The search results matching the criteria will be displayed in a list.

You can play it by clicking on the thumbnail.

Genetec Security Center 5.12 / Driver Pack 12.5