Metrici AC (Area Counter) engine
Distributed counting engine for people, vehicles and objects
Features
- Architecture
- Distributed detection and recognition, free-flow or triggered
- Recognition rate and performance
- More than 99%, using appropriate camera positioning and image settings; can recognize vehicles or people whose view is partially obstructed by fences, bushes, trees, etc.
- Recognition enhancements
- Yes, depending on the size of the objects/vehicles: low, medium, normal, high, ultra, insane
- Recognition speed
- Less than 200 ms/frame at high settings, using an appropriate GPU
- Number of recognized people/vehicles/objects in each frame
- Unlimited
- Number of defined counting gates
- Unlimited
- Trigger type
- Over UDP from a Metrici Multicontroller, a Barix Barionet 50 LAN controller, from the Metrici LC web interface, or from another Metrici engine (LPR, CCR, QR, LC, etc.)
- Companion stream
- Yes
- Live view
- Yes, 1 fps
- Data type for each counted person/vehicle/object
- Area ID, counter, object type, bounding box size and coordinates, area coordinates, timestamp, camera name, location name, primary picture, companion picture
- Parallel processing
- Adaptive multithreading, up to 8 threads for each connected camera
- GPU acceleration
- Yes — Intel, AMD or Nvidia supported
- Data push
- POST method over HTTP; one event generated: reporting
System requirements
- OS
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS MATE, Linux CentOS 7 (64-bit)
- CPU
- Intel Xeon; AMD Ryzen, Threadripper or Epyc
- GPU
- Intel, AMD or Nvidia; mandatory for more than 2 cameras/server
- System memory
- 512 MB for each connected camera, but no less than 4 GB/server
- GPU memory
- At least 256 MB available for each connected camera
- Storage
- Up to 512 KB for each parking event stored in the buffer, depending on the camera resolution and image compression
- Cameras/server
- Up to 256 connected cameras on each server; unlimited number of servers
- Camera type
- IP; MJPEG, MxPEG, H.264 or H.265 video stream; HTTP or RTSP/RTP transport protocols
- Supported camera producers
- ACTi, Arecont, Avigilon, Axis, Bosch, Dahua, Diviotec, Hikvision, Mobotix, Novus, Pelco, Samsung, Sony, Uniview, Vivotek