Search Databases

FindFace Security allows you to search for faces in the following databases:

  • Database of detected faces (the Events tab).
  • Dossier database (the Dossiers). Contains face reference images.

To find a face in a database, navigate to the Search tab.

In this chapter:

Search for Faces in Event List

FindFace Security allows you to search the database of detected faces.

Note

You can access this database by navigating to the event list (the Events tab).

To find a face, do the following:

  1. Navigate to the Search tab.

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  2. Specify a database to search: Events.

  3. Upload a photo. It will be displayed in the Photo area. If there are multiple faces in the image, select the one you want.

    Note

    Instead of a photo, you can specify the ID of an event that features the face you want to find.

  4. By default, the system searches for faces using the identification threshold 0.75. If necessary, set your own value using the Threshold filter.

  5. (Optional) Specify a group of cameras, camera and a time period within which the event occurred.

  6. Specify the maximum number of dossiers in the search results.

  7. Click Search. You will see the search results appear below. For each face found, the matching confidence level is provided.

Search for Faces in Dossier List

FindFace Security allows you to search the database of dossiers containing face reference images.

To find a face, do the following:

  1. Navigate to the Search tab.

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  2. Specify a database to search: Dossiers.

  3. Upload a photo. It will be displayed in the Photo area. If there are multiple faces in the image, select the one you want.

    Note

    Instead of a photo, you can specify the ID of an event that features the face you want to find.

  4. By default, the system searches for faces using the identification threshold 0.75. If necessary, set your own value using the Threshold filter.

  5. Specify the maximum number of dossiers in the search results.

  6. Click Search. You will see the search results appear below. For each face found, the matching confidence level is provided.