I have my cameras set to send me a push notification when it sees motion of "People". Something must be set wrong or the recognition by Sighthound is mistaken because I get the push alerts for small moving objects like dogs. Ideally I would like to only receive push alerts when it senses a person. In addition, I would like Sighthound to save any clip of motion it sees, human or otherwise while only alerting me to people via push notification to my iPhone.
Any help would be appreciated, I'm in the 14-day eval period. Thanks
Motion detect set to "People" but getting unwanted alerts
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105437 - Posts: 27
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Re: Motion detect set to "People" but getting unwanted alert
I also noticed that it is picking up vehicles on the street as they pass by and they are set to be out of region. So far I'm having a difficult time with the app recognizing motion as I have defined. Thanks
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Semper Vaporo - Posts: 331
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Re: Motion detect set to "People" but getting unwanted alert
When you look at the list of video clips, you will see EVERYTHING that has motion detected in it. But if you look a bit closer at the text at the bottom of each item in the list, you will see that those clips that do not match a rule state that fact. That clip will persist in the list for however long you have set the "Tools|Options" "Storage tab" parameter (default I think is 48 hours), then it will get deleted.
To see only those clips that match a particular rule, select that rule in the list of rules. So if you have a rule to detect only people, you must select that rule in the list of rules in order to see only those clips (or wait until the "non-rule" clips are deleted 2 days later).
If you want to receive an alert for only "people" yet also want to keep all motion clips (whether people or otherwise) and not get an alert for those that are not "People", then create two rules for that one camera... one to detect people and sent an alert and another one to detect anything but not send an alert.
As to the program detecting squirrels, dogs, bugs and other Non-human motion as "people"... that is a difficult thing for any software to do (funny how easy it is for us humanoids to tell the difference, but how difficult it is for a computer to do so). The fact that it can even get close to determining which is which is a phenomenal act. I have written software to do motion detection (back when it took a half day for the computer to evaluate a short video) and it is not an easy task to decide what is a people and what is not. SightHound will make mistakes and sometimes confuse a dog with a person and vice versa, but it does a very good job of detecting people overall... better than anything else I have tried (not that I have tried that many... I found this program and it was so much better than anything else I had tried I quit looking!)
To reduce nuisance alerts, you might narrow the field of the scene that SightHound is looking at by using the "in an area" feature. Reduce the area to only that where a person in motion would be of interest, but ignore those that are further away and thus probably not of interest (yet). Maybe change from "in an area" to "on an area", or to crossing a line.
I use the crossing a line mode the most. A couple of my scenes have a partial view of the neighbor's yards as a consequence of where I have to put the camera to view my driveway or my porch. I set the rule to detect motion crossing in either direction over a line (click the line to cycle through "to the left", "to the right" or "both directions") that I draw on the side of the neighbor's house. The houses are very close together here and I am only concerned with people going between the houses, so anything in motion on either side of that line is ignored and only things that cross it trigger the rule's features. The mail man going onto my neighbor's porch does not cross that line so I get no alert, but if he comes up on my porch that causes him to cross the line and I get an alert.
To see only those clips that match a particular rule, select that rule in the list of rules. So if you have a rule to detect only people, you must select that rule in the list of rules in order to see only those clips (or wait until the "non-rule" clips are deleted 2 days later).
If you want to receive an alert for only "people" yet also want to keep all motion clips (whether people or otherwise) and not get an alert for those that are not "People", then create two rules for that one camera... one to detect people and sent an alert and another one to detect anything but not send an alert.
As to the program detecting squirrels, dogs, bugs and other Non-human motion as "people"... that is a difficult thing for any software to do (funny how easy it is for us humanoids to tell the difference, but how difficult it is for a computer to do so). The fact that it can even get close to determining which is which is a phenomenal act. I have written software to do motion detection (back when it took a half day for the computer to evaluate a short video) and it is not an easy task to decide what is a people and what is not. SightHound will make mistakes and sometimes confuse a dog with a person and vice versa, but it does a very good job of detecting people overall... better than anything else I have tried (not that I have tried that many... I found this program and it was so much better than anything else I had tried I quit looking!)
To reduce nuisance alerts, you might narrow the field of the scene that SightHound is looking at by using the "in an area" feature. Reduce the area to only that where a person in motion would be of interest, but ignore those that are further away and thus probably not of interest (yet). Maybe change from "in an area" to "on an area", or to crossing a line.
I use the crossing a line mode the most. A couple of my scenes have a partial view of the neighbor's yards as a consequence of where I have to put the camera to view my driveway or my porch. I set the rule to detect motion crossing in either direction over a line (click the line to cycle through "to the left", "to the right" or "both directions") that I draw on the side of the neighbor's house. The houses are very close together here and I am only concerned with people going between the houses, so anything in motion on either side of that line is ignored and only things that cross it trigger the rule's features. The mail man going onto my neighbor's porch does not cross that line so I get no alert, but if he comes up on my porch that causes him to cross the line and I get an alert.
Semper Vaporo,
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105437 - Posts: 27
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Re: Motion detect set to "People" but getting unwanted alert
@Semper Vaporo... thanks so much for the detailed response. So much to consider and learn! Can't wait to try out some of your suggestions. Anyway, right now I'm away from the computer that is at my home running Sighthound. Is it possible to edit cameras remotely? If so, I'd like to try a couple of your suggestions! Appreciate it.
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Semper Vaporo - Posts: 331
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Re: Motion detect set to "People" but getting unwanted alert
Sorry, I don't use the remote features of SightHound so I don't know what you can do away from the computer. I'd assume you would need "remote access" already setup on the PC, which I know can be done, but I have never done it.
SightHound has lots of features and although I have been using it since it was released as 'Vitamin D Video'... ummm... so long ago I can't remember when, I am still finding features and tricks that surprise me.
SightHound has lots of features and although I have been using it since it was released as 'Vitamin D Video'... ummm... so long ago I can't remember when, I am still finding features and tricks that surprise me.
Semper Vaporo,