Identification Dashboard

The Identification dashboard is a powerful tool within the SmartFace Platform that allows you to quickly identify individuals against a watchlist. It provides the ability to perform identification using uploaded images or the camera on your device.

The Identification dashboard

The Identification dashboard keeps you informed about the identification process and relevant events through notifications in the Recent events section . The Recent events section displays a chronological list of events, making it easy for you to track past identifications and view associated notifications.

The Identification dashboard is supported by a specific subset of the SmartFace Platform’s REST API endpoints known as Lightweight Facial Identification Service.

ℹ️ To guarantee a seamless user experience, the Identification dashboard has also been specifically optimized for mobile devices and tablets. This optimization is essential due to the wide range of use cases covered by Lightweight Facial Identification Service solution, which commonly involve these devices. It is possible to install it as Progregressive Web Application on mobile devices. The user interface of PWA is designed to provide an experience that closely resembles a native application. It is important to note that certain settings for displaying the Identification dashboard may vary between desktop and mobile devices.

Identification Dashboard Sections

The entry screen for any identification dashboard consists of 2 main sections:

The area for camera preview or uploaded image
Recent events

The Identification dashboard - the main screen.

The area for camera preview or uploaded image

This part of the identification dashboard allows you to choose a resource from which you can perform an identification. Next to the title “Camera preview” you can find toggle button to switch on/off camera preview. When the camera preview is off, you can upload an image.
The area also contains the settings button, to let you set specific parameters for the identification.

The area for camera preview (desktop).

The area for camera preview (mobile).

Recent Events

The Recent events section displays a chronological list of events, making it easy for you to track past identifications and view associated notifications in the Recent events section.

Recent events section (desktop)

To access the Recent events section on your mobile device, simply swipe up on the screen or click on the arrow in the middle above.

Recent events section (mobile)

The Recent events area display match and no-match notifications.

Match notification

Match notification will be displayed, if a detected person was identified against a watchlist member.

Displayed information

the event time
the crop image
the cmatching score
the identified watchlist member
the watchlist name

No match notification

No-match notification will be displayed, if a detected person was not identified against a watchlist member.

Displayed information

the event time
the crop image

Recent events management can be set in the settings section.

Identification from device´s camera

The configurable camera preview is set to display a single camera preview by default, but it can be toggled on using the switch button. If your device has multiple available cameras, you can change the active camera directly within the camera preview.

The Identification dashboard - main screen.

⚠️ To enable the Camera preview and the Identification from device's camera your installation needs to have enabled the https secure connection. For more information about how to enable the https, please read the provided guide. For local development and testing purposes it is possible to make the SmartFace Station trusted for the Google Chrome. This is not recommended for production and it work only per Google Chrome installation. For more details how to make the SmartFace Station trusted, please read the provided guide

Capture modes

Device´s camera preview supports two capture modes:

manual capture
periodic capture

Manual capture mode

Capture a photo with a brief tap on the device’s camera preview using the capture button. Once a snapshot is taken, the photo is sent for identification, and the result is displayed as a notification in the Recent events section.

Manual capture mode (desktop)

Manual capture mode (mobile)

Periodic capture mode

Press and hold the capture button in the device’s camera preview to initiate periodic/continuous image capturing. This mode takes photos at regular intervals without the need for manual intervention. You can configure the length of these intervals in the settings section. To disable this mode, simply press the capture button again in the device’s camera preview.

After each snapshot is taken, the photo is sent for identification, and the results are displayed as notifications in the Recent events section.

Periodic capture mode (desktop)

Periodic capture mode (mobile)

Identification from uploaded image

The identification dashboard can perform identification using uploaded images. This feature is accessible when the device’s camera preview is deactivated. Once an image is uploaded, it is immediately processed for identification, and relevant notifications are displayed in the Recent events section.

Identification from the uploaded image (desktop)

Identification from the uploaded image (mobile)

Identification notifications

You can find two types of event notifications in the Identification dashboard:

Match notification detail - when a face detection with identification appears.
No-match notification detail - when a face detection without identification appears.

⚠️ In the current version of the SmartFace Station, the displayed notifications in the Identification dashboard aren't persisted in any way. Once the application is reloaded or reopened, already received notifications aren't displayed and you won't be able to access them.

You can access notification details by clicking on any item in the Recent Events notifications list on the Identification dashboard screen. On desktop, a sliding panel with the notification details will appear on the right side of the screen.

The Identification dashboard - steps to display notification detail (desktop)

To access notification details on your mobile device, navigate to the Recent events section by either swiping up on the screen or tapping the arrow located in the middle above. From there, tap on an item in the list to view the details

The Identification dashboard - steps to display notification detail (mobile)

ℹ️ The Identification dashboard does not support pedestrian detection and identification. It is possible only to detect and identify faces.

Match notification detail

In the details of a match notification on the Identification dashboard, you can access comprehensive information about the identified person.

The match notification detail is divided into two main parts:

Related images
An information section with available metadata

Match notification detail (desktop)

Match notification detail (mobile)

Related images
At the top of the match notification detail, you can find:

cropped face image from the original input frame,
watchlist member image and the matching score (in this case 83)
the original input frame is displayed on the right side of the panel.

Metadata
At the bottom of the match notification detail, you can find all available metadata:

Name	Value	Description
Date and time	03/03/2023, 12:54:21	The date and time when the event notification appeared
Camera name	Cam 1	The name of the camera from which the event notification came
Watchlist	Innovatrics	The name of the watchlist to which the identified person belongs.
Age	34	Estimated age
Gender	Female	Estimated gender (Male/Female)
Detection quality	6 102	Face detection quality (0 - 10 000)
Template quality	206	The quality of generated template.
Yaw angle	6°	The angle of moving the head left and right.
Roll angle	9°	Head tilt angle.
Pitch angle	-15°	The angle of moving the head up and down
Face size	90px	Face size in pixels
Face mask status	No mask	Estimation of the presence of a mask (Yes/No)
Face mask confidence	-10 000	The confidence for masked face detection.
Nose tip confidence	9 965	The confidence for nose detection.
Face area	6%	Face area on the frame in percentage.
Face order	2	Face order calculated from face size
Faces on frame	2	The number of detected faces on frame

No-match notification detail

In the details of a no-match event notification on the Identification dashboard, you can access all available information about the detected person.

The no-match notification detail is divided into two main parts:

Related images
An information section with available metadata

Match notification detail (desktop)

Match notification detail (mobile)

Related images
At the top of the match notification detail, you can find:

cropped face image from the original input frame,
the original input frame is displayed on the right side of the panel.

Metadata
At the bottom of the no-match notification detail, you can find all available metadata:

Name	Value	Description
Date and time	03/03/2021, 12:54:21	The date and time when the event notification appeared
Camera name	Cam 1	The name of the camera from which the event notification came
Age	33	Estimated age
Gender	Male	Estimated gender (Male/Female)
Detection quality	7 142	Face detection quality (0 - 10 000)
Template quality	158	The quality of generated template ()
Yaw angle	-0°	The angle of moving the head left and right.
Roll angle	6°	Head tilt angle.
Pitch angle	-41°	The angle of moving the head up and down
Face size	140px	Face size in pixels
Face mask status>	No mask	Estimation of the presence of a mask (Yes/No)
Face mask confidence	-3 562	The confidence for masked face detection.
Nose tip confidence	9 307	The confidence for nose detection.
Face area	2%	Face area on the frame in percentage.
Face order	1	Face order calculated from face size
Faces on frame	2	The number of detected faces on frame

Identification dashboard settings

Configuring identification dashboard settings is straightforward. To access the settings, simply click the SETTINGS button located near the camera preview title in the top bar.

Settings for the Identification dashboard (deskto

Settings for the Identification dashboard (mobile)

Setting	Description	Default value
MIN FACE SIZE	The minimum face size necessary for detection in pixels.	35 px
MAX FACE SIZE	The maximum face size necessary for detection in pixels.	600 px
FACE CONFIDENCE THRESHOLD (0 - 10 000)	The confidence threshold for face detection.	450
DETECTION FREQUENCY	The length of the interval between detections.	500 ms
MOBILE VIEW	It enables to turn on/off mobile view on desktop.	Off
VIEW	The notification display form. You can choose from: Full layout Compressed layout	Full layout
PLACEMENT	The place to display recent events on the screen. You can choose from: Top Bottom	Bottom
MAX RECENT EVENTS	The maximum number of accessible and displayed notifications in Recent events area.	35
MAX RNOTIFICATIONS	The maximum number of notifications shown in the camera preview. Available only for mobile view.	3
EVENT FADEOUT	The maximum time after which the displayed notification disappears. Available only for mobile view.	4 000 ms
DISPLAYED INFORMATION	In case of identified watchlist member it is possible to display name and watchlist. You can choose from: Name Watchlist Watchlist and name	Watchlist and name
SAVE RESULT HISTORY	It enables to display events in Recent events section from all recent images. If saving is disabled, events from only one last (recent) image will be displayed in recent events section.	On

Identification Dashboard

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The area for camera preview or uploaded image#

Recent Events#

Match notification#

No match notification#

Identification from device´s camera#

Capture modes#

Manual capture mode#

Periodic capture mode#

Identification from uploaded image#

Identification notifications#

Match notification detail#

No-match notification detail#

Identification dashboard settings#