Alert User Manual AlertVU Mobile User Manual Mobile
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1. An event in the History list it should include the main video image the Plate patch and the Plate text Evidence File A method of saving events on the local hard drive for later retrieval Event A capture of a vehicle It will have its own patches and its own line entry in the history list Film Strip A view mode in the Live screen which allows users to have a main camera but still monitor any others FPS L3 AlertVU Mobile works at various frames per second depending on the camera and video type used Frame An individual video shot The Frame kept in History is the one that ANPR used to identify the plate with Fuzzy Match A match of a number plate using approximation techniques Certain characters are allowed to be fuzzy i e guessable but still using syntax rules Fuzzy matching can be used when only part of a plate is known GPS Global Positioning System GPS devices can be used by an ANPR system to give the position of an event HD High Definition in relation to ANPR a type of camera that gives a high resolution image stream History The stored sequence of events Hit A Plate which is on a Hotlist Hot Tag A category assigned to a hotlist entry Hotlist A list of suspect wanted etc vehicles If a plate is matched to a hotlist entry certain actions can be taken by the system e g sounding of an alarm Image In the context of ANPR this is usually a single video frame fro2. Camera Unknown Ho Reset All to Default Time 11 35 08 24 09 2009 Hotlist None Hits Any Vehicle All Hits Hotlist Filter Time Period Toggle Last 7 days Hotlist Cancel Figure 9 A Sample Search 9 Type length of Events 10 The Cancel Filter in History button e This composite picture shows the Search screen and beneath it the results it got in the History Screen In this example 2 hits were obtained The text above the History List 9 confirms what search parameters you were using e If you see the Cancel Filter button you know you are in a Search because this is normally the Show All button e Togo back to normal i e return the History list to This Session tap on the Cancel Filter button 10 Search for all Hits Events that caused an Alarm Leave the Search for Plate input box blank Tap on All Hits Choose what hotlists should be used in this search with the Hotlist Filter button Choose what time period should be used in this search with the Time Period button Tap OK It will jump back to the History screen and show you the results Page 16 18746 September September Cancel Figure 9 Choose button amp Calendar screen 11 The Choose button 12 The Calendar screen 13 The OK button e The Calendar screen only appears if you tapped the Choose button 11 which appears when you start a custom search e All buttons in the Calendar screen 12 cycle by toggling through d
3. Mosaic Screen 1 Thumbnail view of an 2 Thumbnail view of the 3 Tap and Drag to event most recent event Scroll e The Mosaic Screen is a quick visual way to scan through the History list when you are looking for a particular event e Tap on the Thumbnail 1 of any event to jump to that event in the History Screen This is the same as if you had selected that event in the History list e The most recent event will appear at the bottom of the Mosaic Screen 2 Page 13 18743 e You may move up or down the Mosaic history using the Tap and Drag to Scroll 3 method a very quick drag or flick allows accelerated vertical movement through the mosaic of thumbnails e To return to the normal History screen just tap on any event s thumbnail you could then tap on the Show Last button so that you don t get lost Reset All to Default All Hits Hotlist Filter Manual Time Period Camera Unk Time 10 3 Toggle This Session Hotlist Live Histo ry Hotlist Check Manual Alarms Mute Session Figure 8 Search Screen 1 Toggle through 4 Hits Search for any 6 Jump back to the different time periods vehicle Hotlist screen 2 Current selected time 5 Hits Search for any 7 OK button period hit 8 Reset All to Default 3 Input box button e The default Time Period 2 is This Session This will show all events since you logged in to L3 AlertVU Mobile Toggle to Today This will show all e
4. toolbar button to take appropriate action Priority Low Camera Position Si ight Time 16 46 40 Manual Entry test ntfs video US plates Dismiss Dismiss All Live History Hotlist Check Manual Alors Mute Camera Session Figure 16 Alarms Screen 1 Text box title 4 Next button 7 Flash border 2 Text box 5 Dismiss button 8 Mute toolbar button 3 Previous button 6 Dismiss All button e The information at the top of the screen shows the number of current Alarms 1 here there is only one alarm e The details of the alarm appear in the Alarm Details section 2 Camera time hotlist and description details are presented Page 25 18755 Tap on the Previous button to see older alarms 3 Tap on the Next button to see newer alarms 4 Tap on the Dismiss button 5 to cancel the currently viewed alarm Tap on the Dismiss All button 6 to cancel all alarms A border 7 will flash in all screens to remind you that there is an alarm The flashing will continue until all alarms are dismissed A cancelled or dismissed alarm is not forgotten about it will appear in the history list in a red font An alarm will have caused a Hit You can search for hits in the Search screen e Tap on the Mute toolbar button 8 to stop the alarm sound All subsequent L3 AlertVU Mobile sounds are muted while this button has a red font Page 26 18756 4 8 Camera Screen Selected 1 Front Left Selec
5. PR back office software Allows fast easy searching of history files based on full part plates time amp date ranges etc Page 4 18734 3 0 GETTING STARTED 3 1 Log on e Your Administrator should have supplied you with a username and password Please do not use blank passwords particularly for administrators e Some police forces may use the officer s own unique ID as a username 3 2 Touch Screen e L3 AlertVU Mobile is designed to be used with a Touch Screen therefore users should just tap on the screen to select items tap on navigation buttons to change screens and write text using the on screen keyboard e Most button presses need only one tap Double taps are needed to view images full screen and to sometimes to act on events e Users may keep their finger in contact with the screen and then slide up and down to move up and down lists i M393UHM Description Next Field Backspace F Q Caps Lock Zz X C V B N M Symbol Alpha O OK Cancel Figure 1 On screen Keyboard Screen 1 Text entry box 3 Symbol button 5 Next Field button 2 Keyboard buttons 4 Alphanumeric button 6 OK Exit button Page 5 18735 e Tap on any text entry box including the Username and Password Login boxes and the On Screen keyboard will come up e Your text appears in the text entry box 1 as you use the keyboard buttons 2 to type e Choices of other characters e g brackets punctuation marks a
6. Rev 1 0 L 3 Mobile Vision AlertVU Mobile User Manual Confidential This document is the sole property of L 3 Mobile Vision Inc It is for the exclusive use of L 3 Mobile Vision Inc and its customers 18731 1 0 Contents atiedacsicaccentcacunssistdspantrensmnanadanentatealuuiieadtnatencionat 2 1 0 Contents 2 0 INTRODUCTION ccccceeeeeecceeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeneens 3 2 1 Conventions used in this document 22 00000 3 2 2 Companion Programs for L3 AlertVU Mobile 4 3 0 GETTING SIAR TED sinssscsnsecrcaaininininenntiataanadatinetabouns 5 3 OO epe A E 5 3 2 TOUCH SOTEN crrr EAA ERA 5 4 0 USER INTERFACE sarni 6 4 1 Login Screen os sescheds suyshoguccnnpecseeestadeocoegncesedscuaduiendes 6 4 2 Live Screen oscnancntianasananaudianddanasuisnaniiendbantensivaienenweainihs 7 4 3 History SCREW ie cuiccenistascontiniccnnnadataeicicedwedvnedanassivance 10 A AL Hotlist SCION arenino 17 4 5 The Check Screen ccccccceeseseesseseeeeeseeeeseneeeees 22 4 6 Manual Screen saivaniineivtcilerntetinaiteilenameiecctonuauies 23 4 7 Alarms SClC ON iaicasicinsceaiderianssaiaieassdieccediaeiwtesennenpenne 25 4 8 Camera Screen sesinesdsessnasdiardaartscsanvdioninactiusienewenaces 27 4 9 Session Dialogue sssssesssssseeennnesseeerrrnnnreeeseeseee 28 5 0 APPENDIX scsiwioisandoidnananiceandcsiansaicemndnandmmidnecadeatdeanseaicseans 29 5 1 Troubleshooting sdecincetenciceccnernaerineetcn
7. are being missed Ensure no other applications are running have lost my login password how do reset to defaults If you have lost all your passwords you will need to get an unlock code from your supplier L3 AlertVU Mobile Reports Out of disk space or no access to temp directory or Cannot write sync log file Running out of hard drive space contact your administrator 5 2 Glossary Active A current setting something in use or a Live event Alarm A live warning that a hit is occurring ANPR engine The Plate Detection software module Audit L3 AlertVU Mobile tracks changes that users have made to the system BOF BOF2 A Back Office System at Headquarters that can import hotlists from export data i e history to Capture A still image from a video A car and it s plate have been found and recorded by the system Client An ANPR PC doing local live recognition L3 AlertVU Mobile on a Laptop is a client Cycle All In Film strip view causes video boxes to show still images events as they occur It may be easier to keep track of events this way Detection The piece of software that analyzes video frames for possible number plates then works out the plate text Dongle A hardware device which attaches to a USB port on a PC This device is a method of software protection and prevents the software being operated on an unauthorized PC Page 30 18760 Entry
8. ate month year hours minutes e The Days buttons increment each figure separately i e you have to adjust the tens and then the units Make sure the start day is less than the end date The Month buttons cycle between all 12 months The Year buttons cycle between years The Hours buttons increment in a 24 hour clock cycle The Minutes buttons cycle in 10 minute increments Make sure the start time is less than the end time Tap on the OK button 13 to return to the search screen and conduct the search Alternatively click on Cancel to start your selection over 4 4 Hotlist Screen e The Hotlist screen is the only screen with tabs i e it is split into 3 parts e The Manage tab shows all currently available Hotlists brief information about them and whether they are in use or not e The Import Tab shows all Hotlists ready to be added i e imported for use with L3 AlertVU Mobile e The Delete Tab shows all hotlists ready to be deleted when obsolete Page 17 18747 4 4 1 Hotlists e A Hotlist is a computer file containing lists of plates that are suspect or wanted by police forces and perhaps other authorities There may be several hotlists being used at the same time e L3 AlertVU Mobile uses hotlists to generate a warning alarm to officers when a passing plate matches an entry in any loaded hotlist e L3 AlertVU Mobile systems connected to BOF services usually have their hotlists managed remo
9. denly need to jump to another screen a warning dialogue window will pop up e The left hand button 1 will make the changes you selected so far then jump you to where you wanted e Information will be lost if you delete a Hotlist e The right hand button 2 will cancel the jump and take you back to the Hotlist tab you were working in Page 21 18751 e Alternatively just ignore the warning dialog by tapping again on the same Live History Manual etc button you already just tried jumping to e In this case the Hotlist button 3 will now have an asterisk as a reminder that you have unsaved changes in one of the Hotlist tabs e Come back later to that Hotlist tab and finish editing 4 5 Check Screen e The Check screen has an Input Plate box a Check button and an Output box e Itis used to check any plates against the BOF if a connection is setup and available Otherwise it searches the local hotlists Plate on Check Looking up plate KPO2VVL 1 hit found BOF101x1_10_10 3 STOLEN 0 PNC Check here lt Live History Hotlist Check Manual Alarms Mute Session E Figure 14 Check Screen 1 Plate Input box 3 Reference 5 More Detail 2 Check button 4 Details e f you want to check a vehicle type the plate number in the Plate input box 1 Page 22 18752 e Tap on the Check button 2 the results will appear in the large output box as follows 1 The reference source of the
10. details 3 2 Any details about the car 4 3 More details e g Insurance 5 if available 4 6 Manual Screen e The Manual screen can be thought of as the manual hotlist area you may create your own hotlist see its entries and edit and delete them e The Manual hotlist is not transferable between computers It is ideally used as either a list of events or notes used on a per session basis or could be an emergency temporary hotlist er Priority Plate G54FUH Description Ready Add Edit Delete a manual hotlist entry History Hotlist Check none Alarms Session Figure 14 Manual Screen 1 Plate text Input box 4 Save button 8 Delete button 2 Priority button 5 Add button 3 The Description Text 6 An Entry box 7 Edit button Page 23 18753 To create a Manual Hotlist entry 1 Enter the license plate in the Plate text input box 1 If this box still shows the last entry tap on the Add button Assign a priority to the Entry by toggling through Low Medium High Critical 2 Enter some descriptive text 3 The Save button 4 will not be highlighted until some descriptive text is written Tap on the Save 4 or Add 5 buttons to save the new entry it should appear in the entry box 6 Highlight an Entry 6 by tapping on it to see the full descriptive text in the Description text box 3 7 You may edit an entry by highlighting it with a tap then tapping the Edit button 7 8 You
11. e Toolbar button The buttons along the bottom of the screen that allow jumping navigating to other screens Total Reads The total number of captures obtained since session start Web Service A method of sending data from an application on one machine to another machine e g BOF Page 32 18762 Contact Information Our goal at L 3 Mobile Vision is to provide you with the most dependable rugged equipment for your mobile workforce To ensure that you get the most from your investment L 3 Mobile Vision technical experts are available for training and any questions We take pride in our ability to provide you with the most comprehensive support available so you can minimize any downtime and allow your workforce to concentrate on their task at hand Technical Support 800 336 8475 ext 3 Service 800 336 8475 ext 3 fax 973 316 9509 service MVI L 3Com com End of Document Page 33 18763
12. en imported e The Hotlists should then appear in the Manage tab e Alternatively tap on Cancel to start your selection over e Note that any BOF services that L3 AlertVU Mobile is nas connected to may have imported Hotlists for you WEEGEE Import Hee Hotlist Name Select All active_hotlist_september v History Hotliet Check Manual Alarms Mute Session _ Figure 12 Hotlist Screen Delete 1 Select column Check 2 Hotlist Name column 4 Deselect All button box 3 Select All button 5 Delete button e Inthe Select column you may select or unselect 1 each Hotlist A Hotlist with a red X next to it will be deleted Page 20 18750 Information will be lost if you delete a Hotlist The list of Hotlists appears here 2 The Select All button 3 puts an X in all the Hotlist boxes for you All the Hotlists will be deleted The Deselect All 4 button removes all the X s The deletion of hotlists will not actually occur until you tap on the Delete button 5 Alternatively tap on Cancel to start your selection over Manage HL Unsaved Changes Continue Editing Import HL Unsaved Changes Import Selection Continue Editing Delete HL Unsaved Changes Delete Selection Continue Editing Figure 13 Leaving the Hotlist Screen 1 Save Import 2 Continue Editing 3 Hotlist Toolbar button Delete button button e f you are editing something in one of the Hotlist screens and you sud
13. f Figure 19 Logoff button 1 Exit button End Shift 2 End Shift button 3 Login button Exit e You may be required to login first 3 before logging off This ensures that only persons with the correct credentials can stop the system e You may be required to End Shift first 2 before logging off This helps BOF recognize a shift or user change e Exit by tapping the Exit button 1 This will shutdown the system on most L3 AlertVU Mobile systems for security reasons Page 28 18758 5 0 APPENDIX 5 1 Troubleshooting The following pages categorizes common problems if after checking these lists you still have problems please contact L 3 Mobile Technical Support for help 5 1 1 Hardware Cameras Has the camera been set up correctly i e seen working before Is there any dirt on the front of the camera IR lamp Is the IR lamp working place hand in front should feel warm Cabling Is the cable to the camera in good condition No kinks not trapped etc Power Supply Is there any possibility of power fluctuations to any of the cameras or to the laptop 5 1 2 Cameras Camera screen video faults Check camera voltage Defragment hard drive 5 1 3 Dongles The dongle has expired Requires update from supplier to renew The dongle isn t working Check dongle condition check USB port try another USB port or contact supplier to check dongle settings L3 AlertVU Mobile reports No permission t
14. ghout The words tap as in tap on the screen with a finger means the same as click as in mouse click would do on a desktop system The terms Window Screen and Page refer to full screen or non full screen dialogues interfaces that come up during use of the software at various times The figures screen shots show different skins The default skin is called Blue The terminology Number Plate License Plate and just Plate mean the main identifying plate of the vehicle that the ALPR system finds and recognizes History History lists Hits Matches etc refer to an event or sequences of events Each event is an image capture of a live passing vehicle Each event is not necessarily an actionable incident depending on circumstances or the information in a Hotlist Importable Hotlists are obtained pre configured and unalterable from a central authority or database Page 3 18733 Use of actual license plates and vehicle pictures within this document is of random events only captured in the course of development test of cameras or of the software No actionable incident is ever involved or implied Alarms text entries and Hotlists seen in any screenshot are for example purposes only and are entirely fictitious 2 2 Companion Programs for L3 AlertVU Mobile e L3 AlertVU Mobile Administrator Administrators log into this part of L3 AlertVU Mobile to add change users and Hotlists e L3 AlertVU Review The AL
15. m a video source Import Obtaining hotlists from an external source Input Text box A screen area in which you may tap and enter data the On Screen keyboard will be activated Jump Navigation to another screen Page 31 18761 Lane The use and view of one video image from a camera Live Real time events Manual The screen where you make the Manual Hotlist Match A plate which was found in a search of History Mosaic A version of the History screen showing a thumbnail for each event On Screen keyboard A screen which allows character entry using the touch screen Page Same as Screen Patch An extracted area of a video image Personality A settings backup program Plate A license plate Plate Patch The image of the actual license plate captured by the ALPR engine Plate Text The characters on the license plate as interpreted by ALPR Purge The deletion of old History files Recognition When a number plate is read by the system this is called a recognition event or just event Server A PC or web service receiving events from a client e g laptops and possibly sending them on to a BOF Screen In L3 AlertVU Mobile the current part of the system being viewed A GUI window Session A period of operation a shift If L3 AlertVU Mobile is restarted a new session begins Skin The color scheme background images used in L3 AlertVU Mobil
16. may delete an entry by highlighting it with a tap then tapping the Delete button 8 9 By tapping the Next Field button in the On screen Keyboard you may jump from the Plate text to the Description text box o BO P O Manual Unsaved Changes Finish Now Finish Later Figure 15 Leaving the Manual Screen 1 Finish Now button 2 Finish Later button e f you are editing something in the Manual screen and you suddenly need to jump to another screen a warning dialog window will pop up e The left hand button 1 will make the changes you selected so far then jump you to where you wanted e Information will be lost if you delete an entry e The right hand button 2 will cancel the jump and take you back to the event you were working on e Alternatively just ignore the warning dialog by tapping again on the same Live History Hotlist button you already just tried jumping to e In this case the Manual button in the toolbar 3 will now have an asterisk as a reminder that you have unsaved changes in one of the Manual hotlist entries Page 24 18754 4 7 Alarms Screen e An Alarm is an event which triggers a response from L3 AertVU Mobile because it is a match to a hotlist e The vehicle involved is on a Hotlist or manual Hotlist The system will alarm with a sound e The Alarm toolbar button will highlight and all screens will be alerted by a flashing border e Therefore should an alarm occur tap on the Alarm
17. o run when started Dongle not enabled to run this application contact supplier Dongle isn t connected to PC ensure it is connected properly L3 AlertVU Mobile reports Dongle failure Please check the dongle Dongle isn t connected to PC ensure it is connected properly L3 AlertVU Mobile reports PC Identification changed Please plug in the original dongle The hardware has changed a different LAN network has been set up contact your administrator 5 1 4 Software start the program and get ANPR init failed The ANPR engine is already started OR wrong dongle L3 AlertVU Mobile crashes on Hotlist recognition match Possible corruption of hotlist file check original hotlist file reload from BOF services System locks up periodically requiring machine reboot Compatibility issues with some Laptop PCs VGA chips have been found which can cause them to lock up Try and obtain the latest drivers Page 29 18759 L3 AlertVU Mobile takes a very long time to load The log is very large ask your administrator to set up auto purging to keep the log at a reasonable size L3 AlertVU Mobile missed misread a plate Check that the plate is not dirty cracked broken using illegal fonts Make sure you can read the number plate on the monitor before expecting the software to read it Ask your Administrator to check the recognition settings CPU usage is at max or the system is very slow and events
18. ou may still edit it 84 75084 All current events Search Filter Show Last a Time Hi 1 6 43 1 4 Today 16 43 20 today ERKS2 GLF RKS2GLF Event Details Camera Front Left Time 16 43 34 09 10 2009 Hotlist None Live iy Hotlist Check an Figure 6 History Screen Continued 8 Number of events in history KJSSODK KDO4MDX BX551YJG KHS4HVT V185LCK K414MOR RFS6WZJ Manual 9 Type length of events in viewable history 16 43 22 today 16 43 26 Today 16 43 27 today 16 43 30 today 16 43 30 Today 16 43 31 tod 16 43 32 today Alarms Session 10 Mosaic Screen button 11 Search Filter button e The numbers 8 above the History list show the total number of events currently shown in history If the second number is higher you are only looking at part of the available history This can be changed in the Search Filter screen 18742 Page 12 e The text 9 above the History list shows the type and or length longevity of events currently shown in history in this case All current events means all events This session i e since logon e Alternatives are Today Last 7 days Last 30 days Entire History etc e Tap on the Mosaic button 10 to obtain an alternate view of history e Tap on the Search Filter 11 button to do a search or to alter the criteria for which events appear in the History list Live ee Hotlist Check Manual Alarms Mute Session Figure 7
19. re available by tapping the Symbol button 3 e An Alphanumeric alternative to the QWERTY keyboard is available by tapping the Alpha button 4 e Once finished typing you can often jump to the next piece of input the system expects by using the Next Field button 5 e g when in the Manual Screen e Tap on OK 6 when finished to return to the L3 AlertVU Mobile screen 4 0 USER INTERFACE 4 1 Login Screen e You must log onto L3 AlertVU Mobile before use If Windows is opening L3 AlertVU Mobile for the first time since power up please wait for no longer than one minute while the ALPR detect engine On subsequent launches of the software it will be quicker e If you see any messages about Dongles e g Please insert a Dongle or An Imprint Dongle has been detected please make sure that the USB dongle key is plugged into the USB port on your computer e Log in with a tap on the Warrant number or Username Input box this will bring up an Onscreen keyboard e You may use the Next Field button in the On screen keyboard to expedite logging in Page 6 18736 L3 AlertVu Mobile Username Password Figure 2 Login Screen Input your unique login ID Likewise input your password Tap the Login button to log in Should you input the wrong username or password an error message box will pop up Beware when trying again that there is a limited number of login a
20. sometimes not be accurate with very far or very close Plates however Position the surveillance vehicle accordingly e The Total Reads 6 will change to a Show Last button if you have selected an earlier event in the history Tap on this new button to return to normal and see the last i e most recent event e You may Jump navigate to other screens windows by tapping on any button along the toolbar Just tap on the Live button to return to this start screen e The plate patch and the plate text will not show new details until updated when another event occurs Do not worry if you see the patch and the plate but with no car that car is now in history L3 alertvu Mobile SS ALPR Live Front Left Pic Pite Time A573408 4 09 05 F Cycle All Total Reads 61 te E History Hotlist Check Alarms Camera Session e Figure 4 Live Screen in Film Strip View 7 Current View 9 Camera in Film Strip 8 Camera in Film Strip 10 Cycle All button Page 9 18739 e f L3 AlertVU Mobile has two or more cameras then it there will be an option to be set up in Film Strip View This can be done by going into the L3 AlertVU Mobile Administrator and on the General tab checking the option Use Film Strip view on Live page e One camera has the focus of attention in center screen 7 and any other cameras appear in a Vertical Film strip bar to the left 8 9 All the events will still appear in the His
21. st button 3 Event Details text box 7 Add to Manual button 4 Camera time and other details of the event selected e The video image 1 is a repeat of the same box in the Live screen If you have more than one camera it will update with the appropriate still image from each camera as new events occur e Tap on the video image 1 to see it full screen To return tap on the X button in the top right hand corner of the resultant full screen image e Note that the History list 2 shows a thumbnail image of each event the plate text the time and an extra Manual button 7 e Tap on an event to show its still 1 and view its details in the Event Details section 3 on the left e The Details 4 include such information as camera time etc If the event is listed in a Hotlist some text will indicate this Here the plate is not in a hotlist Page 11 18741 e Once an event is highlighted 5 that event will stay highlighted even as other events occur This means that the history list will get longer underneath that event while this History screen concentrates on the human chosen event e You may Tap and Drag to scroll to see these newer events or tap on the Show Last button 6 to get to the most recent event e Tap on the Manual button 7 to jump to the manual screen and create notes about the highlighted event If the event has a red font then it already has notes or is on a Hotlist y
22. ted 3 Rear Middle E History Hotlist Check Manual Alarms Mute emma Session a Figure 17 Camera Screen 1 Camera box 2 Selection text 3 Save button Each installed camera will be represented by its own box 1 with a check mark You can tap on each box to disable the camera A disabled camera will have a red X e Only currently enabled cameras will be listed in the main part of the screen 2 Tap on the Save button to save any changes Only the cameras enabled will appear in the Live screen Leaving the Camera Screen e lf you are editing in the Camera screen and you suddenly need to jump to another screen a warning dialog window will pop up The choices are similar to leaving other screens e In this case the Camera toolbar button will now have an asterisk as a reminder that you have unsaved changes in your selection of cameras Page 27 18757 4 9 Session Dialogue e The Session toolbar button does not bring up a new screen but a stack of buttons Figure 18 The Session buttons 1 Skin button 3 Logoff button 2 Blackout button Malachite Nignt e Change skin 1 The default skin is Blue standard skins are Night Red and Yellow Other custom skins may appear e Blackout the screen temporarily 2 to briefly hide the screen from inquisitive eyes Tap anywhere on the screen to cancel and return to L3 AlertVU Mobile Yellow e Exit L3 AlertVU Mobile 3 via the Logoff screen Blackout Logof
23. tely However it is still useful to see what hotlists are being used wanags Import Delete 1 Alarm Priority Hotlist Name Manual Hotlist Deselect All aq Low FastTrack ium e01 High CitySyncTes Critical PNC Extract w Low CitySyncTestB 2 eye Live History TE Check Manual Alarms Mute Session _ Figure 10 Hotlist Screen Manage 1 Alarm column check 3 Hotlist Name column 7 Fuzzy button box 4 Updated column 8 Save button 2 Priority column slide 5 Select All button Indicator 6 Deselect All button e Inthe Alarm column you may check 1 or uncheck each hotlist causing it to be used or not used A hotlist with a check next to it will cause an alarm when L3 AlertVU Mobile sees any plate in the list e If the acronym BOF appears in the check box then that hotlist was imported from BOF e Inthe Priority column you may toggle 2 the priority i e importance of that Hotlist Page 18 18748 e The different priorities are Low Green Medium Yellow High Red Critical Crimson BOF hotlists come with their own priority e Each hotlist has a unique name 3 You may have to use the tap and drag scrolling method to see all the hotlists e Note that the top hotlist is always the Manual hotlist e The time and date of creation import of the hotlist is shown in the Updated column 4 e Tap on the Select All button 5 to put a check next to all hotlists e Tap on the Deselect All but
24. tiiatncetnantaatensanae 29 5 2 IOS SATY aisseta nia aena 30 Page 2 18732 2 0 INTRODUCTION L3 AlertVU Mobile is one in a range of leading edge products designed for Microsoft Windows L3 AlertVU Mobile is an normally for use on Laptops with Touch Screens ALPR Automatic License Plate Recognition system allowing you to keep track of vehicles Once installed and running you will have the ability to connect live video input to your system and carefully monitor vehicle movements with the use of L3 AlertVU Mobile Each vehicle s license plate which is captured will be saved to a history file along with the date and time of capture camera details and images will be stored to disk for retrieval Later an administrator can obtain and manipulate this database of images analyzing for records using a wide range of search methods including searches made with only partial criteria The L3 AlertVU Mobile system has visual screen alert and audible alert tones to inform you of any vehicles entering the camera s field of view which are Wanted This is done via the use of Hotlists i e the system will re act to pre configured alarm events which it obtains from an Administrator or back office system You may also write to your own Manual Hotlist in order to keep track of real world current session happenings 2 1 Conventions used in this document As L3 AlertVU Mobile is normally used with a Touch Screen this mode is assumed throu
25. ton 6 to un check all hotlists e The Fuzzy button 7 changes the accuracy fuzziness of Plate searching matching The default is 1 see the Glossary for an explanation of fuzziness e Large fuzzy numbers will cause miss hits please try and always have 0 or 1 as the fuzzy number e lf you have made changes to the hotlists the Save button 8 will be highlighted Tap on Save to activate the new configuration of Hotlists e Alternatively click on Cancel to start your selection over Select Hotlist Name Select All E hotlists PNC Extract hot E hotlists CitySyncTestA hot E hotlists CitySyncTestC hot Rescan Cancel Live History TE Check Manual Alarms Mute Camera Session p Figure 11 Hotlist Screen Import 1 Select column Check 2 Hotlist Name column 4 Rescan button box 3 Select All button 5 Import button Page 19 18749 e Inthe Select column you may check 1 or uncheck each Hotlist A Hotlist with a check next to it will be imported that is saved locally and checked against for vehicles e Note that Hotlist names 2 can be txt or csv files e The Select All button 3 puts a check in all the hotlist boxes for you the Deselect All button removes all the checks e Tap on the Rescan button 4 to refresh the list of available hotlists e The import of hotlists will not actually occur until you tap on the Import button 5 You should then receive a message telling you how many hotlists plates have be
26. tory list e f you wish to make another camera appear center screen then tap on its film strip video box 8 or 9 and the cameras will swap places Tapping on the Cycle All button 10 will cause all video boxes to go into still mode Still mode cycles to the latest event As new events occur they will replace the previous one as a still image e Tap on the Cycle All button 10 again to return to live video If a camera is unchecked in the Camera screen it will not appear in the Live screen The Camera Toolbar button only appears if you have more than one camera 4 3 History Screen e In this you should see one Video box the Events Details text box and a large History list It will show the last i e most recent events from all active cameras e This History list will only show the events that have occurred since the software started until you change the length of viewable history this is configured in the Search Filter window see below Page 10 18740 134 19944 All current events Search Filter Time 17 04 33 te 17 04 40 toe 17 04 47 1o 17 04 48 trode 47 04 50 1 Camera Front Left TARR Time 17 05 17 28 09 2009 17 04 55 tote GPS 51 46 20 8 N 47 04 56 1w 000 13 0 2 W R Hotlist Non 17 05 14 To 17 05 14 To Live Bi Hotlist Check Manual Alarms Mute Session Figure 5 History Screen Overview 1 Video image 5 The selected highlighted event 2 History list 6 Show La
27. ttempts allowed 4 2 Live Screen The first screen L3 AlertVU Mobile shows is the Live Screen In this you should see one or more Video boxes and a History list The History list will show the events as they happen and earlier ones Toolbar buttons allow navigation to other screens windows see Figure 3 Page 7 18737 13 Alert u Mobile Pic Plate Time ji NZ3800 4 12 46 H TR 83 4 1247 FEN ALPR Live Front Left Total Reads 12 LY 3 History Hotlist Check Alarms Camera Session Figure 3 Live Screen 1 Current View 3 History list 5 Plate text 2 Video box 4 Plate patch 6 Total reads e Tap on Current View 1 to see a still image note the change from ALPR Live to Still Image You will not see live video until you tap on Current View 1 again As new events occur they will be shown as still images e Tap on the Video box 2 to see that image full screen To return tap on the X button in the top right hand corner of the resultant full screen image e Note that the History List 3 shows 3 things a thumbnail image of each event the plate text and the time e Double tap on an event in the History list to jump to the History screen for more extensive viewing of that and other events e The plate patch 4 shows the best image the system used to read the plate 18738 e The plate text 5 displays the system conclusion it calculated The system will
28. vents since midnight Toggle to Last 7 Days This will show all events for the past week Toggle to Last 30 Days This will show all events for the past month Toggle to Entire History This will show all events ever seen that have not been deleted Page 14 18744 e Toggle to Custom This will show a new Choose button Tap on this to select an exact time date period via the Calendar screen e The Toggle process is a cycle it will return to This Session then step through them all again Conducting a Search e Inthe Search for Plate input box 3 tap in using the Touch Screen keyboard part or all of a plate number you are interested in e Be aware that searching using only a few characters may return a large number of results e Use the Any Vehicle button 4 to find a match with any event that the camera has seen e Use the All Hits button 5 and find a hit with any event that coincided with a Hotlist e Any hits would have caused an Alarm e Use the Hotlist Filter button 6 to jump to the Hotlist Screen and change which hotlist s will be used for the search e When ready tap on the OK button 7 It will jump back to the History screen and show you the results e Togo back i e return the History list to normal tap on the Reset All to Default button 8 e Alternatively tap on Cancel to start your selection over Page 15 18745 09 29 02 25709 2009 EYKO7 XHC YKO7XHC TTT Search for Plate
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