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Face Watchlists

Face watchlists are collections of images that can be used for face recognition. You can create an watchlist for a group of people, such as staff members, or one for each individual.

Requirements

  • Only JPEG images are currently supported.
  • The minimum recommended face size (NOT the whole image) is 120x120 pixels for reliable recognition.
  • The maximum supported resolution of an image is 3840 × 2160 pixels (4K).
  • The maximum supported number of images in a single watchlist is 1000.
  • Each image should contain exactly one person, facing the camera.

Create a Watchlist

  1. Create a folder on your computer (e.g. Staff).

  2. Inside the first folder, create a subfolder for each person (for example: Staff/Employee1). The subfolder name should match the person's name or a term by which they are otherwise identifiable. You can create multiple subfolders within the main folder, one for each individual.

File structure example 
Staff/
├── Employee1/
│   ├── 1.jpg
│   ├── 2.jpg
│   └── ...
├── Employee2/
│   ├── 1.jpg
│   ├── 2.jpg
│   └── ...
└── ...

  1. Put images (multiple are recommended) of the respective entity's face into the entity's subfolder: Staff/Employee1 Staff/Employee1/1.jpg

  2. Open the ForensiQ web interface. Navigate to Settings Face Watchlist.

  1. Click on the Upload from your computer button on the top right of the page.

  2. Type a name for your watchlist (e.g. "Staff") and select the folder you created earlier.

  3. Click + Create Watchlist. The watchlist will be created and indexing will begin.

  1. Open the ForensiQ web interface. Navigate to Settings Face Watchlist.

  1. Click on the + Create Watchlist button on the top right of the page.

  2. Type a name for your watchlist (e.g. "Staff") and select Create from existing images.

  3. Click + Create Watchlist.

  4. Click + Add Person to add a new entity to the watchlist. Type the name of the person and upload one or more images, then click + Add Person.

  5. Repeat step 5 for each person you want to add to the watchlist.

Edit a Watchlist

  1. Click the Watchlist you would like to edit.

  2. To add images to an entity, click on the menu on its row select Add Reference Photos. Upload the image(s) you would like to add.

  3. To remove an entity, click on the menu button on its row click Delete Person.

  4. To delete the watchlist, navigate back to the list of watchlists, tick the checkbox of the one you would like to remove Delete.

Note

Note that a watchlist cannot be deleted if it is referenced by a Search or Live Rule. First delete the Search or Live Rule, then delete the watchlist.

Using a Watchlist

Watchlists can be used in Face recognition and Face finder to filter for faces in videos.