FortiRecorder and FortiCentral supports easy to use face detection for your ever-evolving security needs. This recipe guides you through the process of getting the best facial recognition results and configuring facial recognition in FortiCentral.
Note: FortiRecorder automatically initializes and configures facial recognition when detected. No manual configuration is required.
Ensuring Best Results
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There are a few steps you should take to ensure the best possible results for a face match
- Make sure the individual at eye-level with the camera and is facing forward and looking into the camera.
- Keep the area well lit to avoid harsh shadows.
- Do not pose the subject of the picture against a bright background, since this will darken their faces and make facial recognition difficult.
- Keep the subject relatively still to reduce motion blur.
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FortiCentral Configuration
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- Select the settings cog.
- Select Settings.
- Select Analytics.
- Select the recorder receiving teh results of the face analytics from the Face Recognition Database dropdown menu.
- Enable “Face Recognition in a snapshot” to allow FortiRecorder to receive an image individual pictures of individuals for later identification.
- Enable “Display EBC/GPC Demos” to electronically welcome guests based on recognition.
- Enable “Show Analytics Alarms” to start a playback loop of the moment a person triggered an alarm.
- Select OK.
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Facial Analytics Configuration
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Face Analytics is the first implementation of a video analytics engine for FortiCentral. Setting it up is simple
- Select a camera stream on a pane.
- Select the pane’s settings gear menu.
- Select Face Recognition from the Algorithm dropdown menu to activate analytics on the camera’s stream.
- Enable Visualize to enable the overlay of facial landmarks on a live video. This could help determine if the processing is functional. The displayed overlay has four different colors:
White: Face detected but the quality is too low to generate a representation.
Yellow: First frame taken as a snapshot and to generate facial representation.
Magenta: The individual being tracked after initial detection.
Cyan/Green: The individual track continued from face matching.
- Enable Show Snapshots to enable the display of the best snapshots associated with each track in a gallery.
- Enable Look For Names to activate a search for detected faces in the face database. If an enrolled person resembles someone in the database, their name is added to the bottom of the facial landmark.
- Select OK.
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