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Search by reference image in Genetec

HOW-TO GUIDEGenetec plugin · Security Desk

Follow a useful candidate with an image-based search across indexed camera history.

Genetec plugin: follow a result from a completed description search, recheck the camera scope, and compare the returned appearances.

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Start from a candidate

Section titled “Start from a candidate”

Run a description search and inspect a promising appearance. Choose Find this person in archive beneath the candidate. The plugin selects Similarity, uses that candidate as the reference, and runs the archive search.

In the campus example, start with a clear view of the person carrying the blue backpack. Compare the returned jacket, jeans, backpack, and surrounding camera video.

Section titled “Confirm the follow-up search”
  1. Choose Find this person in archive under the intended candidate.
  2. Check that Similarity shows the candidate’s image and person object type.
  3. Recheck the camera tree. Select the intended cameras for the follow-up search.
  4. Check Time Options and choose Search again if you changed the scope.

The current plugin requires an existing EyesOnIt result as the archive-search reference. Browse… and Capture… can display an image preview; use a result’s Find this person in archive action to run the candidate-based search shown here.

Genetec Similarity search controls showing person, a campus reference image, and time options.
Genetec plugin: the selected campus candidate becomes the reference image for the archive search. Enlarge image

Review and continue

Section titled “Review and continue”

Sort and inspect the returned candidates. The reference helps find similar appearances; confirm each result through its image and available video.

Actual similarity-search thumbnails returned in Genetec for the campus reference image.
Genetec plugin: review the returned campus appearances before opening the corresponding recording. Enlarge image

Double-click a mapped result to open video at its timestamp. Playback requirements explain the camera and recording checks.

Use Convert to Live Monitoring for a temporary image-based watch. This can start immediately when the server is ready. Check its settings in Manage and stop the watch when finished.

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