Camera Setup

Camera Height 

   1.   Install the camera 90 degrees overhead at a minimum height of 9 feet (3 metres). A different height is possible depending on the zoom capabilities of your camera. The most common problem is that the camera is installed too low. People will appear very large and to be moving very fast.

   2.   The Person Size box should be no more than 1/3 the size of the screen and no less than 1/5 of the size of the screen.

   3.   Although a video appears continuous to our eyes, it really is capturing images in frames. To count a person, the camera must capture at least 3 frames - the person before the line, crossing the line, and after the line. In normal operation, the Aimetis People Counter processes around 10 frames per second.

Lighting

• Poor lighting causes the camera to increase the sensitivity of the sensors, thus generating more noise in the video, which may result in false counts.

• Shiny objects, like a shiny floor may reflect light/shadows from a surrounding area and generate false counts.

• Sunlight from outside, occasionally obscured by moving clouds will cause shadows to cross a counting line. Depending on the angle of an indoor light or the sun, the shadows of people walking by a counting line can trigger false counts.

Storage

Historical data is stored on the camera at a resolution of 1 minute. Depending on the camera model and traffic, storage space allows for up to 10 years or more of data.

Saving Data

The data is saved once per hour. In case of a power failure, you may lose up to 1 hour of historical data. Your camera does not have an internal disk for massive storage, so saving data once per hour extends the life of memory when compared with a system saving once every 15 minutes.

FPS

Ideally, the video analytic should be running 10 to 11 FPS to provide accurate data.

Settings and Historical Data

Re-installation of the video analytic does NOT delete all settings and historical data.

Web Access 

Use only with IE7 and later.