8.4.3.2 Regional People Counting

When enabling Regional People Counting, users can check the real-time number of people and the time of each person's stay in the detection region.

Note:
  • Make sure your camera model is MS-Cxxxx-PA/PE.
  • Support up to 4 detection regions for regional people counting.
  • Users can check the real-time number of people and the time of each person's stay in the detection region on Live View interface.


Settings steps are as shown below:

Step1: Select Detection Region and enable regional people counting detection;

Note: Support up to 4 detection regions.

[Basic Settings]

Step2: Set sensitivity and object size limits.

Table 1. Description of the buttons
Parameters Function Introduction

Trigger Mode

Set the desired mode of the trigger logic including General Mode and Bottom Mode.

General Mode: The alarm is triggered when the object's body roughly enters the detection area.Bottom Mode: the alarm will be triggered as soon as the bottom of the object enters the detection area. Suitable for scenarios that require sensitivity to intrusion status/bottom detection preference.
Sensitivity Level 1~10 are available, the default level is 5. The higher the sensitivity, the easier it is for moving objects to be recorded in the results.
Min. Size Draw the screen or input pixel number to set the minimum size of the detected object. When the object is smaller than this size, it will not be detected. The default minimum size is 3*3.
Max. Size Draw the screen or input pixel number to set the maximum size of the detected object. When the object is larger than this size, it will not be detected. The default maximum size is 320*240.

[Schedule Settings]

Step3: Set detection schedule;

Note: This part is the same as the regular schedule settings. You can refer to 8.4.2.1 Intrusion Detection.

[Alarm Action]

Step4: Set alarm trigger and alarm action;



Table 2. Description of the buttons
Parameters Function Introduction
Alarm Trigger Alarm will be triggered when the Max./Min. Stay/Max. Length of Stay thresholds reaches to the value.
Note: The value must be in the range of 1 to 60.
Alarm Action This part is the same as the regular alarm settings. You can refer to 8.0.4.2.1 Intrusion Detection.
Note:
  • The alarm action is effective on 4 detection regions simultaneously.
  • If you enable External Output and choose Constant External Output Action Time, when the thresholds reach to a certain value you set, External Output Action alarm time will be always constant till the alarm is released.