Some expensive security cameras offer a solution – object detection. This is using the 3rd party event server. 36. 29. I decided to just erase this setting and bump the stream from my camera down a bit to 3 FPS, which still seems to be plenty for motion detection and person identification from Monitor your security cameras with locally processed AI. 1) Do not rely on the presets for outdoor cameras. 2 # You can now limit the # of detection process # per target processor. For example, if you set a 2s alarm delay for a person, and if the person moves within the camera's detection area for less than 2 seconds, the camera will not be triggered: What's more Aug 13, 2023 · But I'm not able to get person/object detection running in zoneminder (1. Brief description: here. 31. Jan 16, 2022 · 2. ; Amazing 3rd party integrations - ALPR, Object/Person Detection, Event Blending and more Nov 23, 2020 · I’d like to thank Reolink for sending RLC-810A 4K AI-powered security camera for review. 5 FPS and record events at 5 FPS). Aug 14, 2023 · But I'm not able to get person/object detection running in zoneminder (1. You can also just watch events live, and see if they are flagged as alarms or not, then adjust numbers as needed. ; Amazing 3rd party integrations - ALPR, Object/Person Detection, Event Blending and more Aug 20, 2023 · Re: Person & Object Detection Post by zmki_jego » Sat Aug 26, 2023 10:03 pm Hi asker, meanwhile I was able to recompile openCV again with python3. zm-aidect. Previously I'd get useless motion notifications to my phone all the time. 99. Be warned that while ZMES is good, it is not perfect and there is room for improvement. 32. Dec 25, 2020 · So still not having much success at all. 4. Use the zone setting "Overload Frame Ignore Count" and the source setting "Reference Image Blend %ge" to reduce the false alarms you are experiencing. I tried a lot of things but nothing works. Then i try to debug what could be happen, and the first result seems strange for me. I've also provided a near realtime example of how people detection can be achieved for events that are detected by ZM and before the notification gets sent out to you. . However, you will see gobs of posts in the forum about people complaining that ZM Dec 22, 2013 · To enable the motion detection function on a camera simply click on the its corresponding function link (image 1). Make sure you are using the right detection model (don’t use tiny yolo). 5 and I understand the structure of objectconfig. Determine if a person detected in an Alarm image is familiar or not. Amazing 3rd party integrations - ALPR, Object/Person Detection, Event Blending and more zoneminder-notifier comes with support built-in for four different object detection models: Darknet (Yolo V4), SSD Mobilenet V3 (2020_01_14 version), SSD Inception V2 (2017_11_17 version), and Histograms of Oriented Gradients (people only detection model included with OpenCV). To do this with Zoneminder's built in motion detection is more difficult. Active. In the list of published models, the SSDNet v2 model (which is currently being used) is the most accurate. I probably missed the part of the documentation regarding the missing yolo files, so I somewhat reverse engineered the whole process to discover what was missing. by gbruneau » Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:25 pm. I just hope that this helps other people trying to implement the on-camera motion detection with ZM. You can use "frame_set" in event server config for frame_sequence and put in actual frame id's or multiple snapshot. x Aug 20, 2023 · But I'm not able to get person/object detection running in zoneminder (1. But I'm not able to get person/object detection running in zoneminder (1. Triggers an alarm when motion is detected within it. 36 with zmeventnotification,machine learning hook, face detection and GPU mode, but the face detection is wrong, for example, it detects one person as another person. This is one of the more important concepts in ZoneMinder and there are five to choose from. I typically set to best,highest sensitivity, change to percentage, then lower number to about 3 (percent). Jun 13, 2020 · Motion detecting can be a bit of a rabbit hole. 1. An optimally configured Zone will reduce CPU processing requirements as well the number of unintended saved events. 99, or alternatively, if you don’t need 4K resolution, there’s a cheaper Full HD model with the same features including people and vehicle detection: RC-510A that goes for $64. Therefore, it is important to understand the concepts behind Oct 8, 2021 · Motion Detection of People Walking in the distance not working Post by kyferez » Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:56 pm I have 1080p cameras and want to ensure I capture anytime someone walks next to my vehicle parked on the street, about 30 feet away. I have installed Zoneminder 1. I did however found a few tweaks on top of the original guide and its subsequent comments that I felt made the offloading more robust and overall useful to me. Mar 21, 2005 · Turns out the monitor settings were overidding face detection so when I commented out rhs_zone_detection and my_sequence as per below the image now gets tagged with my name ! Simple as that Time for a beer Regards Tim [monitor-3] # office match_past_detections=no wait=5 import_zm_zones=yes #rhs_zone_detection_pattern=(person|car|dog) resize=no Aug 12, 2023 · But I'm not able to get person/object detection running in zoneminder (1. Aug 20, 2023 · Person & Object Detection. The official ZM documentation does a good job of describing all the concepts here. its great, yet a human can walk and stand Frigate - NVR With Realtime Object Detection for IP Cameras. Oct 8, 2021 · Motion Detection of People Walking in the distance not working Post by kyferez » Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:56 pm I have 1080p cameras and want to ensure I capture anytime someone walks next to my vehicle parked on the street, about 30 feet away. I have had alot of luck using different strategies. ini has changes but believe I've made correct/updated changes leveraging ml_sequence. I added the following to objectconfig. Learn about Frigate+. Mar 1, 2015 · I just released 1. See: Understanding Zoneminder's Zoning system for Dummies. A short how to showing me defining up a motion detection zone in Zoneminder security camera software and choosing some basic sensitivity settings. I had this performance problem while monitoring and event recording for 8-10 IP cameras using the ZM. If the AI says something is there, zm-aidect Easy to install - from package or source. Only Active and Exclusive zones can trigger an alarm. For object detection; using: object, yolo4 Motion Detection of People Walking in the distance not working Post by kyferez » Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:56 pm I have 1080p cameras and want to ensure I capture anytime someone walks next to my vehicle parked on the street, about 30 feet away. I've followed the guide to configure zmeventserver and a standalone mlapi. x; ↳ ZoneMinder 1. I have the following versions installed: - ZoneMinder v1. I would like to only have one monitor use alpr plate_recognizer, monitor with id 8. It works fine when it catches a good frame (known faces work etc) Using latest public releases of zm, zmevent, opencv. Get access to custom models designed specifically for Frigate with Frigate+. Credits. Dec 10, 2015 · Type. 2) Assuming the objects of interest are on the ground, don't point your camera at the sky. Discussion topics related to mobile applications and ZoneMinder Event Server (including machine learning) 19 posts Previous; 1; 2; Oct 15, 2019 · ↳ ZoneMinder Distributions; ↳ ZoneMinder Translations; ↳ Archive [End of Life Versions] ↳ ZoneMinder 1. the final result of the following command is: sudo -u www-data /var/lib ZoneMinder has a flexible (albeit hard to easily configure) zone detection system using which you can modify how sensitive, precise, accurate your motion alarms are. Aug 13, 2023 · But I'm not able to get person/object detection running in zoneminder (1. 33. Now with object detection, I only get "person' or 'car' notifications for my driveway, and person as well as 'face recognition' (family member/not family member) notifications in my front door. DO NOT PM THESE USERS ""just post a question in the forum' Copied By: KingOfKYA Mar 22, 2021 · It is used by the config upgrade script version=1. I'm running Zoneminder 1. For face detection I'd implement a new hook script using this example. Discussion topics related to mobile applications and ZoneMinder Event Server (including machine learning) 19 posts Previous; 1; 2; Hi, I want execute a script file when the event match with a object detection, for example: person >= 60% I don't know how achieve this, because ZM filter don't have an option to create a filter based on objects detections (person, car, bike, etc) Jul 20, 2023 · I tested person detection with a different python script from outside the "zoneminder environment" and that works fine. I'm totally desperate now and have no idea anymore what I still could do to get person/object detection running in zm. 22 on Ubuntu server 20. 27. Object detection is great - I don't know what kind of inference mechanism for sensor integration ZoneMinder uses, but being able to tell if a person is in view of the camera and triggering a callback is a great idea. The very last thing I tried was to check whether the zm_detect. I mostly use it to filter out junk notifications to my phone. by bb99 » Sat Sep 11, 2010 4:26 pm. Eventually, after feeding the algorithm many events, false alarms should be almost completely eliminated. Apr 13, 2018 · I've provided support for person detection. 42). Reviewing other responses from past forum posts, there was recommendations to "track the stats of various events to change the motion detection settings in the zone setup for the given monitor (camera)" and also to "tweak and test". 24. Jan 17, 2022 · 2. ZoneMinder has a flexible (albeit hard to easily configure) zone detection system using which you can modify how sensitive, precise, accurate your motion alarms are. Aug 26, 2023 · Person & Object Detection. Dec 14, 2021 · My goal is after detecting a person is to send an alert by email. Uses OpenCV and Tensorflow to perform realtime object detection locally for IP cameras. py script works, but it also failed. I don't think adding machine learning based detection (CNNs like TinyYOLO, FastRNNs etc) are a good idea - they are still too slow to work properly in non GPU machines, hence my suggestion to add OpenCV's HOG mechanism. x Oct 29, 2010 · However, depending on the # settings, the detection may take up to a few seconds per frame. Feb 7, 2024 · ZMES will get motion detection to detect correctly in the 90-99% range. I’m not using the zm integration in HA, couldn’t see the point, however I do have zmeventnotification setup to publish to my mqtt server. The Coral will outperform even the best CPUs Oct 8, 2021 · Motion Detection of People Walking in the distance not working Post by kyferez » Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:56 pm I have 1080p cameras and want to ensure I capture anytime someone walks next to my vehicle parked on the street, about 30 feet away. 19. 34. Aug 16, 2023 · But I'm not able to get person/object detection running in zoneminder (1. Sep 19, 2018 · Re: Fine tuning motion for outdoor camera. My goal is after detecting a person is to send an alert by email. Nov 15, 2019 · A few months ago I wrote a series of blog posts describing how I set up object detection (i. 5 and seem to be having some struggle with object detection. Mar 15, 2020 · I’ve got zoneminder configured with object detection and zmevenotification and it all works very well. 23. I’ve gone beyond basic motion detection using zones to a system that detects objects so that I can eliminate false positives and only get alerted when a person is detected. Zones have their gotchas, and you may want to consider ZMES. Sep 11, 2008 · Motion Detection -- Any Tweaks or Advice? by TrOjAn » Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:31 pm. Sep 7, 2023 · AxisMotionDetection. 5 of the event notification server that lets you insert custom hook scripts before alarms are sent out. x Aug 15, 2015 · Re: Help please for a new start with motion detection v 1. First, you could adjust the detection sensitivity for any motion, a person, vehicle, or pet: Second, you can customize alarm delay to reduce AI false alarms. Object detection can be CPU intensive, and it’s not something you’d want to do continuously on multiple streams. All processing is performed locally on your own hardware, and your camera feeds never leave your home. exclude_monitors: Front Door # Normally 320, 416, or 608. I then tied the notifications in to HA using boolean inputs to control which cameras sent notifications. This was working fine previous to 6. 7 bindings. Use of a Google Coral Accelerator is optional, but highly recommended. In my test setup, I'm trying to get to the point where a person, or a car (or dog, or whatever I choose) causes the alarm and starts the recording instead of just pixel/blob motion. 28. 26. Apr 4, 2014 · First, this integration of YOLO is awesome! I hope it is the latest version of YOLO. x Imagine that when you view an event, there are buttons to "Mark real alarm" and "Mark false alarm," which if you click, ZoneMinder will add the alarm images from that event into a machine learning database and start retraining the algorithm. Step 2: Get But I'm not able to get person/object detection running in zoneminder (1. 1) When I set the function of a monitor to "Modect", the camera in the area detects motion, but it only records 2 to 5 seconds of images. 35. detect_objects: No detect_classes: person, car, dog # Names of monitors to exclude from object detection. detection of people) using the excellent zmEventNotification to enhance ZoneMinder. The person detection works fine but i don't get any notification. APIs allow for third-party integration. Oct 15, 2019 · ↳ ZoneMinder Distributions; ↳ ZoneMinder Translations; ↳ Archive [End of Life Versions] ↳ ZoneMinder 1. by knight-of-ni » Thu Sep 20, 2018 7:12 pm. Jul 6, 2021 · Background. The state of those boolean inputs are tied to the HA alarm panel so that I don’t get lots of unnecessary Aug 28, 2021 · That’s grown to four IP cameras, each of which has both a high and low resolution feed. This is the zone type you'll use most often, and which will be set for your default zone. Jan 25, 2022 · Hi, I want execute a script file when the event match with a object detection, for example: person >= 60% I don't know how achieve this, because ZM filter don't have an option to create a filter based on objects detections (person, car, bike, etc) Aug 13, 2023 · But I'm not able to get person/object detection running in zoneminder (1. Hello - I updated to ES 6. So using an I don't think adding machine learning based detection (CNNs like TinyYOLO, FastRNNs etc) are a good idea - they are still too slow to work properly in non GPU machines, hence my suggestion to add OpenCV's HOG mechanism. Again; many thanks to those people who developed ZM at the first place and to those who helped it to become a perfect opensource project. Jan 10, 2024 · I ran ZoneMinder (the server software that manages and presents the feeds from the cameras) on various hardware over the years, but for the Frigate and HomeAssistant setup I have gone for an energy-efficient and quiet little “server” – an HP ProDesk 600 G1 Mini – it’s very very basic and very low powered… and cost £40 on eBay: Oct 13, 2020 · Re: zmevennotification object detection on edge tpu. 2. You'll probably want to return the other zone settings back near their original settings to get the motion detection back. You may not use this local smart detection with Zoneminder, but you can use the advanced AI powered detection feature supported by the ZM. We can see in this image that "Monitor-2" is currently in Modect (motion detect) mode. So I decided I should pay more attention to the motion detection feature of the cameras I have and relieve the ZM server from the task of detecting motion. The camera angle and light are appropriate, and it is 5 megapixels. The software uses the GPU to determine and identify the type of object detected so I decided to run it under Windows and use it to trigger ZM events. It will be a big step forward from blob detection. Jul 6, 2024 · The challenge of all surveillance systems lies in its motion detection analysis (thus the 'zone' in zoneminder, being the motion detection zones). A complete and local NVR designed for Home Assistant with AI object detection. How it works: zm-aidect runs alongside ZoneMinder and feeds images from ZoneMinder into a highly sophisticated artifical intelligence (actually it's tinyYOLO-V4 and ML and not AI but marketing said otherwise). Been playing about with the motion sensor side of ZM for a coupe of days. 37. I've tried unsuccessfully a couple of times to set up object detection and I was wondering if anyone has a very easy to follow guide. I followed the guidelines documented and rebuilt the system multiple times without luck. Jun 8, 2012 · > The models that have "A" in the name are the cameras having on-board Person/Vehicle Detection, that is, RLC-510A, 520A, 810A, 820A, 1220A, 1210A. e. Oct 30, 2020 · Detection is very accurate and not resource intensive, my Zoneminder runs in a VM with 2 CPU and 4 GB or RAM (for 4 cameras). Jan 24, 2011 · Solution: I was able to solve the problem by reducing the alarmed pixels and filtered pixels settings. ; Amazing 3rd party integrations - ALPR, Object/Person Detection, Event Blending and more Apr 15, 2019 · Anyway, I've got object detection working in that the logs show it detecting the object(s) (car, person etc) but then it throws "Could not write image to ZoneMinder as eventpath not present". The camera can be purchased on Amazon for $94. x Development Branch; ↳ ZoneMinder 1. This will open up a small form giving you the function options that are available (image 2). Can be blank if you want # to do object detection with all of them. First off, the sock files have nothing to do with motion detection. Plan on configuring the motion settings by hand for every outdoor camera. As you see the rectangle around the “person” intersects with one of your polygons. by iconnor » Tue Jan 04, 2022 2:52 pm. This makes a lot of sense, actually, but also makes the Analysis FPS setting not so useful for what I wanted to do (detect motion at 2. FYI OD Checks if the object is in your defined polygons by matching the rectangle around the object with your zones. Frigate is an open source NVR built around real-time AI object detection. Jan 6, 2021 · by repomanz » Wed Jan 06, 2021 4:16 pm. Mar 24, 2009 · ↳ ZoneMinder Distributions; ↳ ZoneMinder Translations; ↳ Archive [End of Life Versions] ↳ ZoneMinder 1. When there are new products, this list will be updated. 1. experimented with every setting there is and still cannot get it right. Nov 15, 2020 · It's a windy day, here, so the moving shadows are causing alarms. The list of models you can use are here https://coral. Face detection will involve using OpenCV's face detection library instead (very simple) and adding that as a hook. - Event Server v6. They are a means of php communicating with the zms process to tell it to do things and get status information. Aug 12, 2023 · But I'm not able to get person/object detection running in zoneminder (1. You have many issues. That being said, face recognition is hard due to lighting, angle of camera I don't think adding machine learning based detection (CNNs like TinyYOLO, FastRNNs etc) are a good idea - they are still too slow to work properly in non GPU machines, hence my suggestion to add OpenCV's HOG mechanism. 3. Zones are used for image analysis in ZoneMinder and Zone definition has a significant effect on the effectiveness and performance of a ZoneMinder server. Original Thread. ↳ ZoneMinder Distributions; ↳ ZoneMinder Translations; ↳ Archive [End of Life Versions] ↳ ZoneMinder 1. I was under the impression that frames satisfying the alarmed pixels Sep 19, 2021 · What I'm looking to resolve is most of my object detections seem to be working excellent, but what I haven't quite understood is retrieving the object detection image from zoneminder and zmninja. Significantly reduce false positives from ZoneMinder's pixel-based motion detection. Experiment with others if yolov4 isn’t working for you. Dec 20, 2007 · My zoneminder system also shares a dual role as a home threater pc, so it was critical offloading the motion detection work to the cameras where the processor cycles are free. Motion Detection of People Walking in the distance not working Post by kyferez » Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:56 pm I have 1080p cameras and want to ensure I capture anytime someone walks next to my vehicle parked on the street, about 30 feet away. Apr 6, 2021 · I am facing a challenge with getting the OBJECT DETECTION and FACE DETECTION to function. The models that have "A" in the name are the cameras having on-board Person/Vehicle Detection, that is, RLC-510A, 520A, 810A, 820A, 1220A, 1210A. This looks great, and I'd like to have a labeled image I can have sent to me in my push notifications in zmninja. This lead to the requirement to use a higher-level object and person detection algorithm based on Amazon Rekognition remotely or TensorFlow locally (this is configurable). Longer description: here. I've double checked that write_image_to_zm=yes and hook_pass_image_path=yes. From this form you can change the recording Zoneminder object detection. Like AI, expect 90% but do not ever expect 100%. Mar 26, 2024 · The models that have "A" in the name are the cameras having on-board Person/Vehicle Detection, that is, RLC-510A, 520A, 810A, 820A, 1220A, 1210A. That’s where Zoneminder starts to fall down. Easy to install - from package or source. . 30. by mdedmon » Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:04 pm. Hi, I want execute a script file when the event match with a object detection, for example: person >= 60% I don't know how achieve this, because ZM filter don't have an option to create a filter based on objects detections (person, car, bike, etc) Defining Zones. Inclusive. Oct 11, 2018 · ZOMG!!! (I hear millenials like this word) TL;DR — If you want to use Object Detection with ZoneMinder, then: Step 1: Install the event server, get it working first by reading this. The program picks up every change in shadows / light and grabs the stills. Not as accurate, but much faster. The key is that in order for an alarm to be generated, the relevant frame must satisfy the alarmed pixels setting AND the filtered pixels setting AND the blob setting. ZM is too good a software to abandon just for performance issues. 04. Jun 7, 2019 · zmeventserver object detection settings per monitor. It’s hard to eliminate false positives in motion detecting security cameras without also missing genuine events. Jan 28, 2020 · I ran across AI-Homeguard, a Windows (or Linux) based AI NVR. Mar 8, 2012 · Adjusting Motion Detection Settings. x I just start to implement zmeventnotification with hook. Feb 3, 2024 · ↳ ZoneMinder Distributions; ↳ ZoneMinder Translations; ↳ Archive [End of Life Versions] ↳ ZoneMinder 1. However, you will see gobs of posts in the forum about people complaining that ZM logs all sorts Oct 8, 2021 · Motion Detection of People Walking in the distance not working Post by kyferez » Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:56 pm I have 1080p cameras and want to ensure I capture anytime someone walks next to my vehicle parked on the street, about 30 feet away. Example: default is to use "best match" between alarm and Aug 12, 2023 · But I'm not able to get person/object detection running in zoneminder (1. ini, but not sure this works with the standalone mlapi. Everything seems to be working correctly, but I have a couple of questions. I had the idea that maybe somehow when zm detected a “person” on my drive or in my back garden I’d like to use that in my HA setup. That's normal for me, in my prod setup. However, object detection via tools like Yolo is still an emerging field, there is likely to be improvement in I mostly use it to filter out junk notifications to my phone. The detection area is very easy to set up as it uses “virtual lasers” drawn on the image and analyzes anything that crosses one. You can tune it by enabling zm_analysis images in options (if you want). by asker » Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:35 pm. -- A turnkey object (human, animal, vehicle) detection system for ZoneMinder --. ai/models/ - You are looking for the object detection section. If not specified, default is 1 # Other detection processes will wait to acquire lock cpu_max_processes=3 tpu_max_processes=1 gpu_max_processes=1 # Time to wait in seconds per processor to be free, before # erroring out. zmNinja - Awesome mobile and desktop app. qf zq dm bx de hf kk cw dw xr