False Positive Reports; Flashing Lights And False Positives; Using A Smaller Detection Mask To Counter False Positives; Figure 5-14 Masking A Source Of False Positive Reports - Honeywell Rapid Eye Operator's Manual

Searching for Motion

False Positive Reports

Flashing Lights and False Positives

Using a Smaller Detection Mask to Counter False Positives

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Motion search can be triggered by changes in lighting or movement outside of an area of
interest.
A computer monitor can also be a source of false positives. To unmask it or a flashing light
from a search for motion, see
page 65, also explains how to exclude an area.
1. After preparing a motion search (see
Show / Hide mask button (
2. Click on areas of the image where there are computer monitors, television sets or
other sources of flashing light that need to be excluded from a search for motion. As
you click, blocks appear (see
3. Show the masking commands, by placing the mouse pointer on the large video
image and right-clicking.
4. Click Invert Mask (see
Figure 5-14 Masking a Source of False Positive Reports
Flicker from a Mark flickering
monitor can cause areas using
false reports of the motion
motion. However, pointer M.
motion from an
arm, for example,
may need to be
reported.
The easiest solution for false reports of motion is to use smaller masks to search for motion.
In a parking lot, you can search for arrival and departure times by using masks at entry
points to an area, and/or at the boundaries of an image. Use of a mask excludes unmasked
areas from being searched for movement.
Figure 5-14. The section,
Preparing a Motion Search
).
Figure 5-14).
Figure 5-14).
The Invert Mask
command excludes
the marked area from
being searched. Only
the area masked for
motion detection is
searched.
Excluding an Area from a Search
on page 62), click the
on