Finding a vehicle of interest from the Investigation task

To quickly find a vehicle of interest, you can perform an intelligent search in Security Center SaaS using natural language search criteria and additional intelligent search filters. The investigation information can then be reviewed and used to build a timeline of events and understand what happened before or after an incident.

1. From the vertical navigation bar, click Investigation.
2. In the search field enter your natural language search criteria and press Enter.
   For example:

   • “white truck entering the car park yesterday afternoon”.
   • “blue sedan parked outside HQ entrance last night”.
   • "vehicle outside two days ago".
   Natural language search quickly selects relevant footage without manually scanning hours of video.
3. (Optional) If natural language search returns too many matches, select filters to further refine the vehicle of interest search results:

   What

   Select the Vehicle radio button.

   When

   Select a date or range from the calendar picker.

   Where

   Select one or more cameras.

   Vehicle type

   Select the vehicle types you are looking for.

   Note:

   Selecting multiple vehicle types is useful when you only have a vague description.

   Vehicle color

   Select the color you are looking for.

   

4. From the Thumbnail size list, select an appropriate thumbnail size for reviewing the search results.
5. Review the results to find your vehicle of interest.
   1. Select a video thumbnail to see more details and options.
      The video plays in the side pane tile with details below, such as the current video frame, vehicle type and color filters, and so on.

      

      Reviewing thumbnails helps to validate matches quickly and avoid wasting time on irrelevant clips.
   2. To view the video in a larger format, click Maximize tile ().
   3. (Optional) Navigate the video timeline using video scrubbing to quickly scan thumbnails and find relevant footage:

      Hover over the timeline

      Hover and move the mouse over the video timeline. A thumbnail preview displays above the timeline.

      Seek in the timeline

      Click, hold, and drag the mouse along the video timeline.

6. In the Nearby activity section, review people and vehicles in the surrounding area before and after the incident to reconstruct the scene.
   1. Click Show more to expand the nearby activity section.
   2. From the People and vehicles list, select people, vehicles, or both.
   3. From the time range list, select a time range.
   4. In the search results or the side pane, select thumbnails of any potential matches to view in the video player.
7. (Optional) Repeat one or more of the preceding steps to refine the criteria and review any other thumbnails that might be a match.