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 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.

AI-VMD setting of iCT for Genetec

 

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

Login dialog of iCT for Genetec

 

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

Click the [Start] button.

detection dialog of iCT for Genetec

 

Click the gear icon to open camera setup.

Select menu of iCT for Genetec

 

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

AI-People 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.

Schedule Settings

 

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].

i-PRO Active Guard Search

 

Select "Setup watchlists".

Setup watchlists

 

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

People

 

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".

Create People Watchlists

 

3-2. Action setting

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

Add Action

 

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".

Set Action

 

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.

Monitoring watchlist events

 

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

Monitoring watchlist events

 

4-2. Searching Watchlist Events

Select [Security Desk] - [Tasks] - [i-PRO Active Guard Event].

Select 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.

Select Conditions

 

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.

Registered people detection

 

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

Display Search Result

 

You can play it by clicking on the thumbnail.

Click to Play

 

5. Searching for People by Attribute

Select [Security Desk] - [Tasks] - [i-PRO Active Guard Search].

i-PRO Active Guard Search

 

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

Select Conditions

 

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.

People Filter

 

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".

Click "Detect object"

 

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

Select people from list

 

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

Display Search Result

 

You can play it by clicking on the thumbnail.

Click to Play

 

 

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