Age & Gender Detection: Analytics

This page comprises the Analytics item overview and options to customize analytics. The item displays a list of analytics including status and the ability to manage analytics.

Overview

To open the Analytics item, in the left menu:

  1. Select the Age & Gender Detection section
  2. Choose the Analytics item
  3. See analytics

Use and Functionality

The Age & Gender Detection Analytics functional menu allows to:

  • Fill in the Camera field with:
    • Camera name or characters in the name
    • Analytics ID
    • Video stream ID
  • Select the required analytics status
  • Click the Reset button to clear the filters
The status options comprise All, Active, and Stopped.

See the list of analytics in the table below. It contains:

  • Analytics and folders ID
  • Camera comprises:
    • Folders' and separate video streams' names
    • Copy Name icon to copy the video stream name
    • Video source type
    • Additional hardware parameters
  • Video stream or video file playback status. For the Active and Offline statuses the system also displays:
    • Countdown since analytics launch
    • Last server connection to analytics (seconds ago)
  • Toolbox comprises:
    • Start/Stop
    • Edit
    • View
    • Delete
  • To learn more about grouping video streams into folders and making the appropriate changes in the Video Streams item, read Video Streams.
  • To find out the ID of CPU/GPU and the server running the video stream, hover the mouse over the circle next to the status of the running analytics.

Create Analytics

To create new analytics, click the Create Analytics button:

The Create Age & Gender Detection Analytics navigation menu allows to:

  • Click the Back to All Analytics button to return to the main Analytics item
  • See the title and serial number of the current tab
  • Click the Back or Next button to move among tabs:
    • General
    • Hardware
    • Permissions

General Tab

The General tab provides the ability to set a video stream and customize analytics parameters.

To set a video stream:

  1. Click the Video field
  2. See the Set Video Stream pop-up window
  3. Fill in the Search field with:
    • Camera name or characters in the name
    • Video stream ID
  4. Select the required camera from the filtered list
  5. Click the Set Video Stream button to confirm the intention
To refresh the video preview, upon selecting the Set Video Stream button, click the Update Video Frame button above the frame. This button is available upon adding the video stream.

Recognition Options

To perform the recognition, apply these recognition options:

  1. Enter the minimum and maximum face height
  2. Modify the detection zone:
    • Click and drag the handles with LMB to set the zone borders
    • Click and drag the area inside the zone with LMB to move the whole zone
    • Click the handle with RMB to delete it
    • Click the Reset Zone button to return the detection zone borders to their original position
  • The detection zone is based on at least 3 handles.
  • The minimum value for the Min Face Height parameter is 50 pixels.
  • The maximum value for the Max Face Height is limited only by the borders of the frame.

Hardware Tab

The Hardware tab provides the ability to customize hardware parameters:

  • Choose the CPU or GPU hardware acceleration
  • Select the hardware decoder from the drop-down list:
    • CPU
    • Intel
    • NVDEC
  • Select the frame processing mode:
    • FPS to set the desired number of frames per second
    • Key Frame to set the frame processing only by keyframes
    • Once Every X Seconds to set intervals in seconds between frame processing
  • The recommended value for the FPS mode is 25.
  • The default parameters allow the production of analytics. To customize the analytics, set parameters as required.
  • To learn more about hardware settings, read How to Сonfigure the Hardware Tab Settings.

Permissions Tab

The Permissions tab provides the ability to:

  • Assign analytics access rights for Roles:
    1. Select the required role from the drop-down list
    2. Click the Add Role button
    3. Select the checkboxes for the required access rights
    4. Click the Delete icon to remove the unnecessary role
  • Assign analytics access rights for Users:
    1. Select the required user from the drop-down list
    2. Click the Add User button
    3. Select the checkboxes for the required access rights
    4. Click the Delete icon to remove the unnecessary user
  • Select the checkboxes for the required analytics access rights by default
  • Select the Save button to confirm the intention in the navigation menu
  • The default parameters are active only if no Roles or Users are added.
  • The quantity of added Roles and Users is not limited.

Once saved, the Age & Gender Detection Analytics editor opens to allow the users to:

  • Modify parameters
  • Set parameters
  • Run the created analytics
  • Proceed to live view mode

Edit Analytics

To edit settings in the selected analytics, click the Edit icon on the toolbox:

The Edit Age & Gender Analytics navigation menu allows to:

  • Click the Back to All Analytics button to return to the main Analytics item
  • See the setting tabs and move among them by clicking their titles:
    • General
    • Hardware
    • Advanced Settings
    • Permissions
  • Select the Stop button to disable the analytics:
    • Yes to confirm the analytics disabling
    • No to cancel the intention or close the pop-up window
  • Select the Start button to enable the analytics
  • Click the Live View button to see the selected analytics process in real-time
  • Select the Save button to apply the changes to the selected analytics
  • The current tab is always highlighted.
  • Analytics editing is available only when selected analytics is disabled.
  • The Stop button is available only when the current analytics is active.
  • The Start button is available only when the current analytics is stopped.
  • The Live View button is available only when the current analytics is active.

To view editing parameters for the General, Hardware, and Permissions tabs, except for Video Stream editing, read Create Analytics.

Advanced Settings

The Advanced Settings tab allows the users to: 

  • Select a server from the drop-down list to run the analytics
  • Enter the interval between analytics data updates in seconds
  • The possible range for the Update Frequency parameter is 1 to 100 sec.
  • Default parameters allow the production of analytics. To customize the analytics, set parameters as required.

Analytics Status

To enable or disable the analytics and view the change in the analytics status:

  1. Select the Start button to enable the analytics
  2. Click the Stop button to disable the analytics process
  3. Confirm the intention

To enable or disable multiple analytics at once, click the Select Analytics button:

The Select Analytics functional menu allows to:

  1. Check the boxes next to the required folders or separate analytics to select them
  2. Click the Start Analytics button and confirm the intention in the pop-up window to enable all selected analytics
  3. Click the Stop Analytics button and confirm the intention in the pop-up window to disable all selected analytics
  4. Click the Cancel button to quit the analytics selection

View Analytics

To see the selected analytics in real-time, click the View icon on the toolbox:

The View icon becomes available only when selected analytics is active.

Live view analytics mode allows to:

  1. View the video from the camera in real-time mode. At the bottom of the block:
    • Click the Settings icon to select the video format from the drop-down list
    • Click the Enlargement icon to expand the video to full screen
  2. See the current age and gender statistics
  3. Click the Edit Analytics button to make changes to the analytics settings

Delete Analytics

To delete the analytics:

  1. Select the Delete icon on the toolbox
  2. Confirm the intention