Axis M3044-V - View Area and Privacy Mask Configuration

AXISM30NetworkCameraSeries
Setup
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallighting,forexampleuorescentlighting,selectFlicker-free.
•Forenvironmentswithcertainarticiallightandbrightlight,forexampleoutdoorswithuorescentlightingatnightand
sunduringdaytime,selectFlicker-reduced.
•Tolockthecurrentexposuresettings,selectHoldcurrent.
Aboutviewarea
Aviewareaisacroppedpartofthefullview.Youcanstreamandstoreviewareasinsteadofthefullviewtominimizebandwidth
andstorageneeds.IfyouenablePTZforaviewarea,youcanpan,tiltandzoomwithinit.Byusingviewareasyoucanremove
partsofthefullview,forexamplesky.
Whenyousetupaviewarea,werecommendyoutosetthevideostreamresolutiontothesamesizeasorsmallerthantheviewarea
size.Ifyousetthevideostreamresolutionlargerthantheviewareasizeitimpliesdigitallyscaledupvideoaftersensorcapture,
whichrequiresmorebandwidthwithoutaddingimageinformation.
Howtohidepartsoftheimagewithprivacymasks
Ifyouwanttohidepartsoftheimageduetoprivacyreasons,useoneorseveralprivacymasks.
Whatisaprivacymask?
Aprivacymaskisauser-denedareathatcoverspartsofthemonitoredarea.Privacymasksappearasblocksofsolidcolorandare
appliedonthevideostream.
PrivacymaskscannotbebypassedthroughtheVAPIX®applicationprogramminginterface(API).
Important
Ifyouaddmanyprivacymasks,thismayaffecttheproduct’sperformance.
Note
ToviewprivacymasksinvideooverHDMIthevideostreammustberestartedeverytimetheproductisrestarted.
Howtocreateaprivacymask
Tocreateoreditaprivacymask,gotoSettings>Privacymask.
Howtoenhancefacialrecognition
Tobetterrecognizethefaceofapersonpassingbythecamera,youcansettheoptimalpixelresolutionwiththecamera’spixel
counter.
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