Four Ways to Search
| Method | Usage | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Find by face | Open a recording, pause the video (a photo needs no pause), click a face box, then click Find by face. Other recordings of the same person are found; name registration is not required. | Face recognition on |
| Find by appearance | Click a person box, then Find by appearance. Matches the whole look (clothing, build, and carried items) and works from angles where the face is not visible. | None |
| By text | With Search by set to By text, type a phrase such as red coat in the search row and press Enter. |
None |
| By attributes | Set Search by to By attributes and click Attributes. Combine Top color and Bottom color, Age, Bag, Facing, and the items under Also, then click Search. | None |
Working with results
Face and appearance results are grouped one tile per video with n clips shown; text and attribute results show a tile for each matching moment with n result(s). Clicking a tile plays that video from the matching moment. Back above the results returns to the list.
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When face or appearance results are too many, type a condition into
Narrow these results and press Enter, for example
red jacket. Only the current results are filtered; each condition appears as a chip that Remove takes away, and Reset returns to the unnarrowed list. - Remove an incorrect match from face or appearance results with Not this person. Removed items collapse into Removed: n below the results, where Undo restores them. Several selected tiles can be removed at once from the toolbar.
- In text and attribute results, Hide takes a tile away and n removed. Undo brings it back.
- When there are too many matches, only some are shown with Too many results to show. Narrow the period to see them all.
- On a phone, the search tools are folded away in results; Show search tools unfolds them.
Attributes choices and the three-state buttons
| Item | Choices |
|---|---|
| Top color · Bottom color | Pick one or more color swatches. |
| Age | Under 18 · 18–60 · Over 60 |
| Bag | None · Handbag · Shoulder bag · Backpack |
| Facing | Front · Side · Back |
The buttons under Also cycle through states with each click. Unselected means not considered, one click means yes, a second click means no, and a third returns to the start. Each button displays its current state, e.g. "Hat", "With Hat", "Without Hat".
Because the no state exists, conditions such as "a person not wearing a hat" or "a person not carrying anything" can be constructed. Clear selection resets every choice.
The groups below are for clarity; on screen, all choices run in a single row.
| Group | Choices |
|---|---|
| Person | Male · Long hair · Glasses · Hat |
| Top | Long sleeves · Striped top · Logo top · Plaid top · Colour-block top |
| Bottom | Trousers · Shorts · Skirt / dress · Long coat · Striped bottom · Patterned bottom |
| Other | Boots · Holding object |