NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE
                   ====================


Products involved:  AXIS Forensic Search for Genetec

Release date:       Oct 25, 2023

Release type:       Production

Software version:   2.1.5.0

File name:          AXIS forensic search for Genetec.exe

Supported
platforms:          Genetec Security Center

Supported platform 
version:            5.10 or later

Software:           Microsoft® .Net 4.8 Framework

Virus Scanner:      Trend Micro.

Languages:          English

Last preceding
release:            2.1.3.0


Contact Information
===================
Please contact Axis Communications for product information, updates and
support at: http://www.axis.com

Installation
============
Run the AXIS forensic search for Genetec.exe and follow the 
instructions.

Known limitations
=================
- To get the correct video footage for the search results, it’s 
  important to have the correct clock synchronization.
- The data analyzed by the forensic search application doesn’t take 
  the scene’s perspective into consideration. This means that an 
  object’s size and speed differ depending on how close to the camera 
  the object is.
- Weather conditions such as heavy rain or snow may affect the 
  detection accuracy.
- If there’s a good contrast of the object in low light scenes, the 
  analytic will become more accurate.
- A single object can, under some circumstances, generate multiple
  results. For example when tracking is lost when an object is 
  temporary obscured by another object.
- The object types Bike, Buss, Car and Truck are only supported on 
  cameras with a deep learning processing unit (DLPU)
- For forensic search to work on video streams that have been rotated
  180 degrees, you must use firmware 10.6 or later 
  on the camera(s).
- Forensic search doesn't work if you use a resolution with a different
  aspect-ratio than the native camera resolution.
- It takes around 20 min for an object that's visible in the scene to 
  become searchable.



Changes since version 2.1.3.0
==============================
- Fixed an error that could cause the "Add Camera" dialog in "Config Tool" 
  to crash.
- Fixed an issue when detecting human body clothing color on cameras 
  using firmware 11.6

Changes since version 2.1.2.0
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- Added filters for human upper/lower body clothing color (on selected
  cameras).

Changes since version 2.0.7.0
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- Performance enhancement for large systems.
- Fixed an issue in the vehicle filter.
- Thumbnail for region of interest is now fetched on the "Security Desk" client.


Changes since version 1.1.4.1
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- Added Vehicle color filter in report
- Added Face and License plate filter in report
- Made filters collapsible in GUI
- Added search to Add Camera in Config Tool
- Fixed an issue with timeout in database cleanup
- Don't save unidentified objects to database for
  cameras supporting object classification.
- Filter out swaying objects from being saved to database

Changes since version 1.1.4.0
==============================
- Fixed an issue with reading metadata from some cameras.

Changes since version 1.0.42.3
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- Improved search: To save storage space and reduce CPU usage, images
  are no longer stored in the database. Results are now returned in
  chunks during search to speed up the access to the images in 
  the report.
- Added an index to the database to lower CPU usage when collecting
  metadata.
- Added option exclude images in report to speed up search.
- Show number of cameras with selected regions of interests.
- Added button to clear selected regions of interests for all cameras.
- Config Tool: Selection of multiple cameras is now possible when
  adding cameras.
- Config Tool: List only cameras with firmware 9.50 and up when adding
  cameras.

Changes since version 1.0.42.0
==============================
- Fixed an error that could cause the metadata not to be collected for
  some cameras.
- Added some logging for metadata collection statistics.

Changes since version 1.0.37.0
==============================
- Reconnect if metadata reader timeouts during read.
- Fixed an issue with object classification.
- Fixed an issue with adding a camera to plugin, when using some
  languages.

Changes since version 1.0.34.0
==============================
- Increased timeout during database cleanup.
- Reconnect image collection after losing connection to database.

Changes since version 1.0.31.0
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- Fixed an issue with the sql data format. Could cause issues when 
  searching and cleanup of the database.

Changes since version 1.0.30.0
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- Fixed some installation issues.
- Fixed an issue with the icon on the server.