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Event Search in the Video Player

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Access Search through the Video Player

To access the Cloud Web Client, click the Video tab > Video Player within the OWS Cloud Portal.

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In the OpenEye Web Services (OWS) Video Player, click Search Magnifying Glass Search button.png

Types of Event Search

Click the the search type you want to perform on the displayed video panes:

Event Search Icons.png

  • Motion
  • Sensor
  • License Plate Recognition (LPR)
  • Vehicle
  • Person
  • Analytic 
  • Point of Sale (POS)
Motion 

Click on Motion Event Search Motion button.png to search video for motion events.

Event Search Motion Filters.png

  1. Select a Date / Time from the dropdown. If you select Custom Range, enter a Start Date / Time and End Date / Time in the fields, or click the calendar Event Search Calendar button.png and set Start and End Date / Time.

Event Search Calendar.pngEvent Search Time Picker.png

  1. From the Duration dropdown, select greater than > or less than <  
  2. Enter numerical values for hr : min : sec or click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the Duration. Duration arrows.png
  3.  Select Recorder from the dropdown.
  4. Select Cameras from the dropdown or click Search Cameras Search Cameras button.png to select from a list of cameras.
  5. Click Search to to display the list of Events that match the search criteria. Click Reset to start over with a new search.

Reset and Search.png

Sensor

Click on Sensor Event Search Sensor button.png to search video for sensor events.

Event Search Sensor Filters.png

  1. Select a Date / Time from the dropdown. If you select Custom Range, enter a Start Date / Time and End Date / Time in the fields, or click the calendar Event Search Calendar button.png and set Start and End Date / Time.
  2. From the Duration dropdown, select greater than > or less than <
  3. Enter numerical values for hr : min : sec or click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the Duration. Duration arrows.png
  4. Select Sensors from the dropdown or click Search Sensors Search Cameras button.png to select from a list of sensors.
  5. Click Search to to display the list of Events that match the search criteria. Click Reset to start over with a new search.

Reset and Search.png

License Plate Recognition (LPR)

NOTE: LPR requires Apex Server Software version 2.7 or higher.

Click on LPR Event Search LPR button.png to search video for LPR events.

Event Search License Plate Filters.png

  1. Select a Date / Time from the dropdown. If you select Custom Range, enter a Start Date / Time and End Date / Time in the fields, or click the calendar Event Search Calendar button.png and set Start and End Date / Time.
  2. Select Cameras from the dropdown or click Search Cameras Search Cameras button.png to select from a list of cameras.
  3. Enter License Plates numbers to search license plates that match the letters and numbers entered into the field.
  4. Check Include Visually Equivalent Characters to include results with plate numbers and letters that are close in appearance.

NOTE: More than one license plate number can be entered. Separate each entry with a comma. Up to 100 plate numbers can be entered.

NOTE: Add a Wildcard asterisk (*) to a license plate to return specific results.

Examples:

WH89K* will return all license plates that start with WH89K

WH*KR will return all license plates that start with WH and end with KR

W*MK* will return all license plates that start with W and contain MK

  1.  Click Search to to display the list of Events that match the search criteria. Click Reset to start over with a new search.

Reset and Search.png

Vehicle

Click on Vehicle Vehicle Search button.png to search vehicle detection events.

Event Search Vehicle Filters.png

  1. Select a Date / Time from the dropdown. If you select Custom Range, enter a Start Date / Time and End Date / Time in the fields, or click the calendar Event Search Calendar button.png and set Start and End Date / Time.
  2. From the Duration dropdown, select greater than > or less than <
  3. Enter numerical values for hr : min : sec or click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the Duration. Duration arrows.png
  4. Select Cameras from the dropdown or click Search Cameras Search Cameras button.png to select from a list of cameras.
  5. Click Search to to display the list of Events that match the search criteria. Click Reset to start over with a new search.

Reset and Search.png

Person

Click on Person Event Search Person button.png to search person detection events.

Event Search Person Filters.png

  1. Select a Date / Time from the dropdown. If you select Custom Range, enter a Start Date / Time and End Date / Time in the fields, or click the calendar Event Search Calendar button.png and set Start and End Date / Time.
  2. From the Duration dropdown, select greater than > or less than <
  3. Enter numerical values for hr : min : sec or click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the Duration. Duration arrows.png
  4. Select Cameras from the dropdown or click Search Cameras Search Cameras button.png to select from a list of cameras.
  5. Click Search to to display the list of Events that match the search criteria. Click Reset to start over with a new search.

Reset and Search.png

Analytics

Click on Analytics Event Search Analytics button.png to search person Line Crossed, Fog / Smoke, and Camera Tampering events.

Event Search Analytics Filters.png

  1. Select a Date / Time from the dropdown. If you select Custom Range, enter a Start Date / Time and End Date / Time in the fields, or click the calendar Event Search Calendar button.png and set Start and End Date / Time.
  2. From the Duration dropdown, select greater than > or less than <
  3. Enter numerical values for hr : min : sec or click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the Duration. Duration arrows.png
  4. Select one or more of the Analytics Event Types: Line Crossed, Fog / Smoke, and Camera Tampering.
  5. Select Cameras from the dropdown or click Search Cameras Search Cameras button.png to select from a list of cameras.
  6. Click Search to to display the list of Events that match the search criteria. Click Reset to start over with a new search.

Reset and Search.png

Point of Sale (POS)

Click on POS Event Search POS button.png to search video for POS events.

Event Search POS Add Filters.png

  1. Select a Date / Time from the dropdown. If you select Custom Range, enter a Start Date / Time and End Date / Time in the fields, or click the calendar Event Search Calendar button.png and set Start and End Date / Time.
  2. Click Add Filters to add POS search criteria.
  3. Select which filters to apply to the search. More than one filter can be chosen.

Event Search POS Add Filters Transaction.pngEvent Search POS Add Filters Line Item.pngEvent Search POS Add Filters Tender Type.png

  1. Click Apply.
  2. Use the fields and dropdowns in the selected fields to set search criteria.

Event Search Point of Sale Filters.png

  1. Click Search to to display the list of Events that match the search criteria. Click Reset to start over with a new search.

Reset and Search.png

NOTE: Filters are not limited to being selected once per search. For example, two different Line Item Amount filters could be applied to the same search. The exception is Location, which can only be selected once per search.

Search Results

A list of results that match the search criteria will be displayed. Video with playback is displayed in Details to the right of the list.

Event Search POS LPR Result.png

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