Axis Digital Autotracking User Manual

AXISDigitalAutotracking2

UserManual

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ThismanualisintendedforadministratorsandusersofAXISDigital
Autotracking,andisapplicabletorelease2.0.Itincludesinstructions
forusingandmanagingtheapplication.Previousexperienceof
networkingwillbeofusewhenusingthisproduct.Someknowledge
ofUNIXorLinux-basedsystemsmayalsobebenecial,fordeveloping
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AXISDigitalAutotracking2

TableofContents

ApplicationOverview........................................4

Tracking.......................................................4

Requirements..................................................4

Considerations..................................................4

InstallApplication..........................................6

StartandStoptheApplication.....................................6

CongureApplication.......................................7

IncludeArea...................................................7

ExcludeArea...................................................7

VisualConrmation..............................................8

IgnoreFilters...................................................8

UsingtheApplicationinanActionRule.........................1 1

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AXISDigitalAutotracking2

ApplicationOverview

ApplicationOverview

AXISDigitalAutotrackingisanapplicationthatallowsthecameratodiscoveramovingobject,suchasapersonoravehicle,zoom
inontheobjectandfollowitwithinadenedarea.Autotrackingcontinuesuntilthemovingobjectstopsordisappearsfromthe
denedarea.Theapplicationismostsuitableinenvironmentswheremovementisunusualandcouldindicateunwantedactivity.
AXISDigitalAutotrackingallowsefcient,motion-triggeredmonitoringwhilesavingonbandwidthanddiskspace.

Digitalautotrackingdiffersfrommechanicalautotrackinginthatthecameraviewisadaptedtoincludealldetectedmoving
objects.Mechanicalautotracking,whichisavailableinsomePTZcameras,locksonasingleobjectandfollowsthatobjectuntilthe
objectisoutsidethecamera’srangeofcoverage.

TouseAXISDigitalAutotracking,theapplicationmustrstbeuploadedtotheAxisproductanditmustbestarted.Toavoidtracking
unwantedobjects,theapplicationshouldbecongured.Includeandexcludeareasareusedtodenethepartsofthesceneinwhich
movingobjectsshouldbetracked.Ignorelterscanbeusedtoavoidtrackingobjectssuchasshadowsofswayingtrees,lightsfrom
passingcarsandsmallanimalsregardlessofwhereinthescenetheobjectsappear.

Duringconguration,visualconrmationcanbeusedtohelpunderstandtheeffectofthedifferentlters.Whenvisualconrmation
isenabled,redpolygonsshowwhichobjectstheapplicationtracksandgreenpolygonsshowwhichobjectstheapplicationignores.
Ayellowrectangleshowshowthecameraviewisadaptedtotrackmovingobjects.

Tracking

Totrackobjects,AXISDigitalAutotrackingusesoneofthecamera’sviewareas.Whenamovingobjectisdetected,theviewarea
zoomsinonandfollowstheobject.Whiletracking,theapplicationcontinuestomonitorthecamera’sentireeldofview .Ifa
secondmovingobjectisdetected,theviewareaisadaptedtoincludeallmovingobjects.Trackingcontinuesuntilallobjectshave
stoppedordisappearedfromtheincludearea.

Theviewareausedforautotrackingiscreatedautomaticallywhenopeningtheapplication’swebpageforthersttime.Theviewarea
iscalledDigitalAutotrackingViewandhasaresolutionoptimizedfortheapplicationandthecamera.Ifrequired,theviewarea’s
resolutioncanbechangedorauser-denedviewareacanbeused.TheviewareausedforautotrackingmusthavePTZenabledand
mustusethesameaspectratioastheDigitalAutotrackingView.Theresolutioncannotbelargerthanhalfthecamera’smaximum
resolution.Themaximumzoomlevelisautomaticallyadaptedtotheviewarearesolution.

Theviewareausedforautotrackingisdisplayedintheapplication'swebpagebutcanalsobeaccessedfrom,forexample,the
LiveViewpage.Intheapplication'swebpage,theviewareaistheviewtotheright.Theviewtotheleftistheoverviewimage
showingthecamera'sentireeldofview.

AXISDigitalAutotrackingcanbeusedwhileaguardtourisrunning.Theguardtourwillbestoppedtemporarilywhendigital
autotrackingstartsandwillresumewhenautotrackingstops.Manualpan,tiltandzoomoperations,forexampleusingajoystick
ormouse,haveprecedenceoverautotracking.

TheAxisproductcanbeconguredtoperformactions,forexamplerecordvideoorsendanoticationmessage,whenautotracking
startsorstops.SeeUsingtheApplicationinanActionRuleonpage1 1.

Requirements

AXISDigitalAutotrackingcanbeinstalledinAxisnetworkcamerasthatsupportviewareasandAXISCameraApplicationPlatform.
Theapplicationisintendedforxedcameraswithatleastmegapixelresolution.Acompletelistofcompatibleproductsand
rmwareversionsisavailableatwww.axis.com/applications

Theapplicationdoesnotrequireanylicense.

Forfullfunctionality,InternetExplorerandAXISMediaControl(AMC)arerequiredwhenconguringtheapplication.

Considerations

BeforeusingAXISDigitalAutotracking,takethefollowingintoconsideration:

•Smallanddistantobjectsmightnotbetracked.

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