Free text search¶
Free text search is a versatile tool that allows you to search for objects in videos based on text input (currently in English). It uses text input to filter results - the more specific the text, the more accurate the results.
Free text search works on a single or multiple videos.
Open to Investigation on the top bar select Free text search.
You can quickly set up a Free text search by selecting one or multiple Videos or folder(s) on the left sidebar, then typing a text prompt click to start the analysis immediately, on the default parameters.
Default Free text search parameters:
- Search in Person, Car, Truck and Bus object types, and in the full image background (not limited to detected object types).
- Time frame: from the last 3 hours.
Alternatively, click the icon to open the full configuration menu and adjust these parameters as needed.
Recommendations
- Do not use negation in the search text; i.e. "person not sitting" will not produce correct results.
- Combine multiple attributes in a single search to get more accurate results, e.g. "person sitting and looking at their phone".
- Make sure to pick the object type corresponding to your search text to get the desired results - if your search is e.g. "stationary car next to a bicycle", use the Car and Bicycle object types.
Results
All done - Clicking Search will immediately start the analysis and opens the Search Results screen.