Video object search helps security teams quickly find people and vehicles of interest across recorded surveillance footage without manually reviewing hours of video. YourSixOS Object Appearance Search provides forensic video search capabilities that allow users to search supported cameras for humans and vehicles using appearance attributes such as clothing color, vehicle color, and vehicle type.

Available directly within the YourSixOS Forensics interface, Object Appearance Search helps accelerate post-event investigations by displaying matching results as searchable thumbnails that can be used to review associated video or find similar appearances across supported cameras.

Requirements

The requirements below must be met in order for a device to support Object Appearance Search:

Device SoC: ARTPEC8, ARTPEC9, and CV25 (What chip does my device have?)
Device Firmware: AXIS OS 11.11 or newer
Device Storage: SD Card in device (Note: feature uses up to 5% of the SD card)

Excluded Devices: Multisensor, panoramic, intercom, and fisheye devices are currently not supported for Object Appearance Search.

Searchability

The following outlines the available search criteria. Users can search for the criteria below across a set of time on a number of devices at a site.

Class: Human or vehicle
Vehicle Class: Car, truck, bus, bike
Color: Vehicle color and human upper and lower body clothing color

Score

Scoring is the confidence level of the results. The higher the score setting, the stricter the system will be on Class and Color accuracy.

Results

Search results will be displayed as thumbnails on the screen, each featuring a timestamp and relevant attributes such as score and color. Clicking on a thumbnail will open a larger pop-up window that shows an enlarged image, along with options to view the result in the matrix (video of the result) or to search for similar results. To review footage of an event, a recording rule must be configured. If the recording rule is based on an analytic (for example, recording when VMD is triggered) that uses include/exclude areas within the video frame, OAS may return results that do not have corresponding recordings, depending on how those areas are defined. Object Appearance Search is not a substitute for recording rules.

Additionally, a timeline bar at the bottom of the screen will indicate when the results appear within the selected date range.

Enable Object Appearance Search

To ensure a device appears in the search field, it must fulfill the requirements mentioned above and have the feature enabled on the device management page, found within the “Optional Features” section. For a user to enable this feature, they must have integrator-level scopes/permissions. A user with organization-level access cannot enable the feature.

Important Note:

The object appearance search data is stored locally on the device and is not intended to be viewed as or used as a substitute for video recordings.