Bosch IVMD 1.0 User Manual 2
IVMD 1.0
Intelligent Video Motion Detection
en Configuration Instructions
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Issue: April 2006 (Software version 1.0)
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1 License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.1 Requesting the Activation Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2 Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.1 VCA tab (Video content analysis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4 Area settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.1 The basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.2 The Area settings window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.2.1 Detector field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.2.2 Detector field context menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.2.3 Area settings context menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.3 Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.3.1 Adjusting the calibration plane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.3.2 Viewing and editing calibration settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4.4 Properties of a detector field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4.5 Sensitive area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.6 Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5 Display of Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6 Contact and Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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1 Introduction
IVMD (Intelligent Video Motion Detection) is a software
algorithm that detects movements of objects within an environment monitored by a video camera and generates alarm events
that can be processed further in a CCTV system.
IVMD makes it possible to capture and evaluate directional
movement of objects, thereby largely preventing false alarms.
IVMD adapts automatically to changing environmental conditions and is therefore non-sensitive to perturbing influences
such as rain and tree movement.
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2 Requirements
You will need the Configuration Manager software to configure
IVMD. This must be installed on a Windows PC that can communicate with the respective device over a network.
2.1 License
When you purchase IVMD you are given an Authorization Number.
Together with the Installation code, which you can find in the
Web browser view, you generate the Activation Key on our
Internet platform.
This key is then entered in the Web browser view. Thereafter
you can use IVMD.
1. Open the Web browser view of the device.
2. Select SETTINGS > Service settings > Licenses:
You will find the Installation code here.
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2.1.1 Requesting the Activation Key
3. Connect to the Internet on a PC and open this page in a
Web browser:
– https://activation.boschsecurity.com/
(this page always appears in English)
You will see the BOSCH Security Systems License Man-
ager.
4. If you already have an account, log in.
You can create a new account if you wish. One of the benefits of an account is that you can list all of your previous
license activations.
You can also continue the process without logging in.
5. Once you have logged in, the welcome dialog will appear.
6. Next, you will see the License Activation screen. Enter
your Authorization Number then click the check mark next
to the input window.
7. The next step is to enter your Installation Code.
Entering an installation site and comments is optional.
This information will assist you later in assigning the Acti-
vation Key to the device.
8. Click Submit. The Activation Key is displayed.
You can copy the key to the clipboard.
You can have the key e-mailed to you.
You can print the page.
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9. If you have clicked the Email Activation Key link, you will
see a dialog in which you can enter two e-mail addresses
for recipients.
10. Open the Web browser view of the device again.
11. Select SETTINGS > Service settings > Licenses again.
12. Enter the Activation key – copy&paste is supported.
13. Click Set to save the Activation key. A window tells you
that installation was successful.
14. Close the window. IVMD is now activated.
The Activation key can no longer be seen.
2.2 Limitations
Please note the following considerations:
IVMD is suitable for monitoring boundaries, fences and enclosures and for the protection of pipelines, overland lines etc.
However, in certain environments the use of this type of motion
detection system may not always be advisable; this is because
movements may not always be detected or too many movements may be detected owing to reflections.
Movements may be falsely detected if there is:
– a reflective metal background
– glass (glazed building frontages)
– water as a background
Large areas of reflected light can also cause spurious motion
detection. However, light reflections caused by falling raindrops, for example, are small enough to be ignored for statistical purposes and owing to the uniform nature of their motion.
Objects that always move uniformly (such as clouds) do not
impair the detection of other objects and do not trigger false
alarms.
A constant background is necessary in order to detect motion
reliably and to assign that motion to a certain object. The more
the background moves, the harder it is to distinguish moving
objects from it. For instance, a person walking in front of a
hedge that is moving in the wind will very probably not be
detected.
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If the image consists to a certain extent of nothing but moving
objects – in other words if objects cannot be distinguished
from each other or from the background – the motion of an individual object cannot be detected (e.g. individuals in a large
crowd).
If a very large number of objects are detected, a lot of computing power will be required – this will reduce the power that is
available for the transmission of live video data. If necessary,
change the settings so that only relevant objects are detected.
IVMD and the associated configuration menus offer a number of
simple ways to overcome these limitations and eliminate problem areas.
This means that you will be able to use IVMD reliably in a wide
range of applications.
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3 Configuration
IVMD can only be configured with the Configuration Manager.
The Configuration Manager can be installed on any
Windows PC.
NOTE!
The system requirements and operation of the Configuration
Manager are described in the Installation and Operating Manual
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for the Configuration Manager. You can access online help for
the software by selecting Help > Index when you are in the
Configuration Manager.
1. Start the Configuration Manager.
2. On the Network main tab, select the device for which you
wish to configure IVMD.
3. In the display area, click the VCA tab to switch to Video
content analysis.
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3.1 VCA tab (Video content analysis)
The camera image appears on the right. You see an individual
image that is refreshed at regular intervals. As soon as the analysis is activated, meta data is generated and depending on the
configuration the additional information is overlaid on top of
the image – an object bounding box for example.
1. Move the camera to the required position.
NOTE!
All of the settings you make relate to the selected camera posi-
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tion. This means that you must reconfigure IVMD for this camera whenever you change the camera's direction or position.
2. Activate the analysis. Otherwise alarm events are not output for further processing.
3. Select IVMD 1.0 under Analysis type.
4. If you are configuring IVMD for a camera for the first time,
select suitable initial settings for all parameters by clicking
Default settings. You should also do this if you have
changed the camera's position or direction.
5. Click Select area...
The Area settings window opens. IVMD is configured using
this window.
You will find full details in the next section.
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Alarm state
This field shows whether IVMD has generated an alarm event
with the current settings.
Object markings
Objects that generate an alarm event under the current settings
appear on the camera image inside a red outline.
Objects that are detected as moving but do not generate an
alarm event under the current settings appear inside a yellow
outline.
Object (yellow)
(No alarm event generated)
Object (red)
(Alarm event generated)
NOTE!
These object outlines are displayed in real time and are always
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synchronized exactly with the moving object. However, because
the camera image is not live video feed, the outline does not
always exactly surround the object.
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