Video Analytics Person / Face / Vehicle Guide

Published Feb 23, 2021 15:17 PM

Person, face, and vehicle detection are the most commonly offered video analytics, but understanding how they work and what challenges can break them is not easy.

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In this guide we examine:

  • How to tell how well an analytics provider's person, face, and vehicle detection work.
  • The different pixel density requirements for person, face, and vehicle detection.
  • Person Detection performance and most common accuracy problems
  • Face Detection: performance and most common accuracy problems
  • Face detection vs facial recognition
  • Vehicle Detection: performance and most common accuracy problems

This is part of our new Video Analytics Course starting in March.

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*** ********, **** * ***** ******, faces *** ** ******** ** ** ~20' / ** ****, ******* ****** can ** ******** ** ** ***' / *** **** *** ******** ** to ***' / **** **** (******** no ************, **** ********, ***.)

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Person *********

****** ********* ** *** ** *** most ****** *** ******** ***** *********, offering ****-**** ******** *** ******* **************.

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*******, ***** *** ************* *** ********** challenges ** ********* ******.

Person ********* **********

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******* ** *** ** *** **** common ********** *** *********, ******** ********* snow *** **** ** ******:

***** ******* ** ******** ** ****** lights (*.*. ********** ** * ****** vehicle) *** ******* ****** ********* *** person ********* *********, ***** ***** ***** detections:

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******* ** ******* ********** ** **** cameras, **** ****** ********* ********* *** miss ********* * ****** ******* ******* the ***** ** ******** ** * low ***** **** (* - * fps) *** *** ****** **** ** "see" *** ****** ****** ** * person:

Running-Subjects-Not-Detected

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Crawling-Humans-Missed-Completely

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* **** ****** ******* **** ***-********** analytics, **** ******* **** *** ******* and ****** **** ** * ******:

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Face *********

***** **** ********* ** ********** ******, finding *** *********** ** ** ****** in * ***** ** * **** is **** *********** **** ******* * person ** ******* ******* * **** is **** *******. ********, **** ***** surveillance ******* (*.*., ** *******, ****) have ******* ********** *****, ***** ***** more ********* *** ***** ***** ******** analytics.

*********** ****** ** * *********** *******:

  • ***** ** *****: ***** ** ** 'easy' ** ****** * **** ******* directly ** *** ******, *********** *** vary ************* ********* ** *** * person ***** ***** **** (****, ****, right, ***.)
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******, ****-*** ***** *** ******* ** detect:

**** **** ****** *********, **** ********* performance ** **** ************* ******** ** environmental *** ********** **********.

Face ********* **********

***** **** **** ********* ********* *** accurate **** ****** ***** *** **** lighting, ******* ** ***** **** ************ cameras *** *********, ***** *** ********** problems **** ***** ******; ********* ***** and ********.

**** ******* *** ********* ** ********, and ******* *****/** ******* ** *****, resulting ** ******* **** ****** **** mostly *** *** ** *** **** visible:

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** **** ******** * *********** ** the **** ** *** ****, ** a **** *****, ******* ** ***** cameras *** ********* *** ****** ****** look ******** ** *******:

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******* *********** ******* *** **** *********, because ** *** **** ****** ********, is *** ** ****** ********. ***** a ****** *** ** ******* *******, low ***** ***** *** ******* *** face **** ****, *****, *** *********:

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***** *** **** ********* *** *** least *********** *** **** *********, *******, can ***** ***-**** ******* ** **** faces **** **** *** ****** *** full ********:

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*** **** ****'***** ********* ********.

Face ********* ** *** ***********

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***** **** *** ********* *********, ****** recognition ******** ****** ** **** ********* performance, ** ****** *********** ****** ****** until * **** ** ********.

Vehicle *********

********* **** ******** ***** *** ***** an **** ** ** ******** *** alerting ** ************* ******* ** ******** subjects ** ****** ********* **.

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******* ********* ** ************* ****** **** person ** **** ********* *** **** not ****** **** **** ** *** same **********.

Vehicle ********* **********

******** *** ***** ********** *** **** more ****** ** ******* ***** ****** detection **** ***** ****** ** ****** people ******* ******** ** ********:

Human-Detected-As-Vehicle

*** **** ****** ********* *** ******* detection ** **** ******** *** ***** parked *** ***** ** * ****, and **** ********* **** ******** ******** alerts *** *** **** *******, ***** quickly ****** * ******** *** **********:

Stationary Car Triggers Detected Constantly

** *** ****** *******, **** ** a ****** *******.

Vehicle **************

******* **** **** ** ******* (*.*. car, *****, ***) *** ******** ** valuable *********** *** **************, *** **** AI-based ******* ********* ********* ******* ****:

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*******, *** ***** ** ******** ********* vary, *** ***************** ** ****** *** SUVs, ********, *** *********** *** ******.

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***** ******* **** ** ********** **** to *********, ***** ** ******* ***** and ****, **** *** ***** ********* are **** *** ******* ************ ******* detection *********. **** *** **** ****** with **** ******** ***/**** ********* *** require **** ****** ****** ** ****** the *** ************'* *****/****.