[Privacy Mask] Page

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Privacy Mask is a feature that enables masking of a portion of the video image.
You can set 8 rectangular privacy masks for this unit.

This page can be used during access using “admin” or “operator”.

Click [Advanced Settings] in the side menu, and click [Privacy Mask].

Press the [OK] button to enable the new settings.

If the distribution capability of the camera is exceeded when images are acquired from the camera by the Built-in Viewer or other clients, images may not appear on the [Privacy Mask] page. Stop the Built-in Viewer or other clients before using the [Privacy Mask] page.

Exiting Built-in Viewer

If the [OK] button is pressed upon entering an invalid value, a warning message will appear and the entry will be denied. Press the [Cancel] button to restore the invalid entry to the value before the change was made.

Note

When the setting page for privacy mask is opened, zoom will be at the Wide end and [Auto Flip] is set to “OFF”.

Please set the privacy mask at the wide end.

The size of the preset mask changes with the zoom ratio.

Settings

Setting values with circle_B are default values.

Mask Setting

This item adjusts the mask. Click this item to open the Mask Setting screen.

Mask Setting screen

Mask No.:
When “ON” is selected, the mask corresponding to the selected number appears on the screen.
When “OFF” is selected, mask will not be displayed on the screen.
[Set values: 0 to 7]

Size:
This item sets the size of the mask.
Use the [Shrink] or [Expand] button to set the Width or Height of the mask.

Position:
This sets the position to place the mask. Set the moving speed in [Pan/Tilt Speed].
[Set values: 1 to 8]

[Save] button:
This saves the new settings.

[Delete] button:
This removes the privacy mask of the specified mask number.

[Close] button:
This closes the Mask Setting screen.

Memo

Upon opening the Mask Setting screen, Auto Flip switches temporarily to “OFF”. After closing the Mask Setting screen, the original settings are restored.

Note

The tilt angle where mask can be set is within 40 ° from the horizontal position.

The default home position (45 ° from the horizontal position) is outside the range of the privacy mask.

To change the privacy mask position to the upper area from horizontal direction, press the up button until the end of the horizontal position, release the button, and press it again. Only the privacy mask will be moved to the upper area. This allows you to apply the privacy mask to an area above the horizontal position.

The mask will appear larger than when it is set. If some area that you wish to hide appear due to the camera direction or zoom, set the mask larger.

Brightness Setting

This item sets the brightness of the mask. Clicking this item switches the Mask Setting screen to the Brightness Setting screen.

Brightness Setting screen

This item sets the brightness (color) of the mask.
“0” is black. The larger the number is, the closer the color is to white. You can check the reference brightness of the mask at [Mask Image]

[Set values: 0 to 4 to 10]

[Save] button:
This saves the new settings.

[Close] button:
This closes the Brightness Setting screen.

Memo

To return to the Mask Setting screen, click [Mask Setting].