AXISVideoMotionDetection3
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AXISVideoMotionDetection3
TableofContents
ApplicationOverview........................................4
Requirements..................................................4
Considerations..................................................4
InstallApplication..........................................5
StartandStoptheApplication.....................................5
CongureApplication.......................................6
MultichannelProducts...........................................6
IncludeArea...................................................6
ExcludeArea...................................................7
VisualConrmation..............................................7
IgnoreFilters...................................................7
UsingtheApplicationinanActionRule.........................10
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AXISVideoMotionDetection3
ApplicationOverview
ApplicationOverview
AXISVideoMotionDetection3isanapplicationthatdetectsmovingobjectsinthecamera’seldofview.Whenamovingobjectis
detected,AXISVideoMotionDetection3sendsanalarmthatcanbeusedbyAxisnetworkcamerasandvideoencoders,andby
third-partysoftware,to,forexample,recordvideoorsendanotication.
TouseAXISVideoMotionDetection3,theapplicationmustrstbeuploadedtotheAxisproductanditmustbestarted.Toavoid
detectingunwantedobjects,theapplicationshouldbecongured.Includeandexcludeareasareusedtodenethepartsofthescene
inwhichmovingobjectsshouldbedetected.Ignorelterscanbeusedtoavoiddetectingobjectssuchasshadowsofswayingtrees,
lightsfrompassingcarsandsmallanimalsregardlessofwhereinthescenetheobjectsappear.
Duringconguration,visualconrmationcanbeusedtohelpunderstandtheeffectofthedifferentlters.Whenvisualconrmation
isenabled,redpolygonsshowwhichobjectstheapplicationdetectsandgreenpolygonsshowwhichobjectstheapplicationignores.
Requirements
AXISVideoMotionDetection3canbeinstalledinAxisnetworkcamerasandvideoencodersthatsupportAXISCameraApplication
Platform.Theapplicationisintendedforxedcamerasandxeddomes.Acompletelistofcompatibleproductsandrmware
versionsisavailableatwww .axis.com/applications
Theapplicationdoesnotrequireanylicense.
Forfullfunctionality,InternetExplorerandAXISMediaControl(AMC)arerequiredwhenconguringtheapplication.
Considerations
BeforeusingAXISVideoMotionDetection3,takethefollowingintoconsideration:
•Smallanddistantobjectsmightnotbedetected.
•Detectionaccuracymaybeaffectedbyweatherconditionssuchasheavyrainorsnow.
•MakesurethatthelightingconditionsarewithintheAxisproduct’sspecication.Addadditionallightingifneeded.
•Makesurethatthecameraisnotsubjecttoexcessivevibrations.Vibrationsmightcausefalsedetections.
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