Example - search for motion

"I work as a store manager in a cosmetics store. I want to prove that an item was stolen and identify who stole it."

In this example, we will search for motion only in the area that the item was stolen from. The incident occurred on July 16 between 11:40 and 12:00.

  1. When you set the timespan , select Custom interval. The date and time picker is displayed.

    Set the timespan during search.

  2. Select the date , enter the start and end time , and click Set .

  3. Open the list of cameras and select the camera overlooking the shelf that the item was stolen from .

    Select the cameras during search.

  4. Click Search for and select Motion .

    Define the search categories.

  5. Click New search . At this point, the search provides one result .

    View the search results.

  6. Specify where to search for motion .

    Specify the motion search areas for each camera.

  7. In the window that appears, click and drag to unmask the area where the stolen item was located . Additional search results appear. Click anywhere outside the window to close it.

    Preview video from the search results.

  8. The yellow bounding boxes in the thumbnails help you identify the search results that can be used as evidence .
  9. To preview video, select the search result and click Play forward , or double-click the search result to view it in full-screen.
  10. For information about how to export the video, see Export the video.