Dahua Smart Motion Detection Camera Tested

By: Rob Kilpatrick, Published on Mar 03, 2020

Dahua has introduced Smart Motion Detection, AI-based VMD, claiming to use an advanced algorithm to differentiate human and vehicular shapes within a scene and send alarms only when a person or vehicle is detected.

We bought and tested one of these models, the 5MP N53AJ52, examining:

  • How does Smart Motion Detection compare to their existing Analytics+ line?
  • Does it detect people crawling, running or obstructed?
  • Does it false alarm on common outdoor sources?
  • Does it ignore common indoor sources of false alarms?
  • How far can it detect people?
  • How does image quality compare to the 4MP Analytics+ camera?

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  • **** ** ****** ****** crawling, ******* ** **********?
  • **** ** ***** ***** on ****** ******* *******?
  • **** ** ****** ****** indoor ******* ** ***** alarms?
  • *** *** *** ** detect ******?
  • *** **** ***** ******* compare ** *** *** Analytics+ ******?

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Key ********

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****** ***** **** ******** key *********:

  • *** ***** ****** ** Major ***** *******:***** ****** ********* *** frequent ****** ** ***** light ******* ** *** room. ********* ********* *** not ******* ** ***** events.
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  • ***** ****** ** *******:******* ** *** ***** triggered ***** ****** ** both *** *** *********.
  • **** *** ***** ***** Quality:****** ******* ***** *** be ******** ** **** ~20' **** *** ****** in *** *****, ~*-* lux, *** ** ********* noise *** *********.

SMD **. *********+

***** ****** ********* (***) makes ******* ****** ** Dahua's *********+, *** ******** worse, **** ******* ********* range *** **** ***** alerts. **** ** ********** puzzling ** *** ********* analytics ******* ** *** SMD ****** ***** *********** similar ** *** **** tests ** *********+, ****** it ******* *** ***** would ****** *** ***** performance ***.

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New ******** ******

***** **** **** ******** SMD ******** **** ** released ** *** **** few *****. ** **** re-test ***** **** *** firmware **** *********. *******, Dahua ****** ****** ***** analytics **** ** ******* factory ******** *** *** impose **** *** ****** to ** ***** ********* beta *******.

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*** ***** ******* *** be ***** ****** *** ~$178, **** ** ***** pricing **** *** ******* Analytics+ ****** ***** ***** for ~$*** ****** *****.

People ******** ******** *******, ********, **********

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****** **** **** ******** detected ******** ** **** analytics.

*******, ****** **** ******** detected ********* ******** ** the *****.

No ***** ****** ** ******* ******* *** *******

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Full ***** ***** *******

** **** ***** ** ~20' **** ******* ***** similar ****** *** ***** details.

******** *** ******** ** ~40' ******* ****** ******* are **** ** **** cameras *** **** ***** are ******** ** *** N45DL7Z.

Low ***** ***** *******

** * *** ***** of ~*** ** ~**' more ******** *** ******* overexposes *** **** *** chart, **** ****** ******* are *********, ****** **** chart ******* *** ********* on *** *******.

****, ** ~**' **** facial ******* *** ********* on *** ******* ***** they *** *** **** on *** *******.

Dark ***** *******

** ~**' *** ******* offers **** ****** *** chart ******* *** ** heavy ************ ** *** N45DL7Z.

** ~**' ******* ****** details *** **** ** both ******* *** *** N45DL7Z ***** *********** *** chart.

WDR *******

*** ***** ******* *** strong *** *********** ** our ******** ******* *****. Below ** ** ***** of *** *** ****.

**** ******* *** ******* WDR *******, ********* ****** and ***** ******* ** both ***** ** *** WDR *****.

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Size **********

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Country ** ******

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Version ****

*** ********* ******** **** used ****** *******:

  • *******: **.***.*******.*.*, ***** ****: 2019-12-31
  • *******: **.***.*******.**.*, ***** ****: 2019-11-18

Comments (6)

Undisclosed Integrator #1

03/03/20 05:37pm

** *** *** ******* I ***** *** ****** must ** ***** ******* of **** ;)

*** *******

************** *** ****** *** performance ** *** ******** mandoor *****. ***** ** an ***** ** *** FOV ****.

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Rob Kilpatrick

IPVM | IPVMU Certified | In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #1 | 03/03/20 05:39pm

****** *** ******** **** out, ***** **!

Undisclosed Integrator #1

03/03/20 05:37pm

** *** ********* ***** as * **** ***** the *** *******?

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Rob Kilpatrick

IPVM | IPVMU Certified | In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #1 | 03/03/20 05:49pm

***, ** ** *** up ** * **** under ***.

Undisclosed Integrator #2

03/03/20 08:55pm

*** *** **** *** the *** *** ****?

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Tsvi Lev

03/05/20 08:38am

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