Zone Improvements for Zone-Based Search, Intelligence Dashboards, and Alerts

AI Zone Improvement

We’re excited to announce performance updates to zones for intelligence dashboards, search, and alerts and idle time calculations!

What’s changing?

We are improving the way that Zones work for Intelligence search, dashboards, and alerts - the system will now only analyze all objects (people, vehicles, and forklifts) activity where the center of an object is inside the Zone (rather than any part of the object touching the zone). We're also making improvements to Average Idle Time calculations.

Improved Zone Collision Algorithm

Our algorithms will now track whether or not the center of an object enters a customer-drawn zone. This change will improve the accuracy of our intelligence results so that you can get a better picture of what’s going on at your facilities. This update will effect how both zone-based presence and idle time features work (alerts, intelligence dashboards, and VOD search).

In the old model, objects were detected when any part of the object entered the zone.

In the new model, objects will only be counted as in the zone when the center of the object is in the zone.

Average Idle Time Improvement

We are also introducing a new average idle time calculation on our vehicle idle time dashboards. “Average Idle Time” will be replaced with “Average Idle Time >Xs”. This new metric will only look at idle times above your set threshold. For example, if you set the threshold at >30s, your idle time average will only include idle times that are >30s.

Why are we making this improvement?

The changes will enhance the accuracy of results and make Zone setup more intuitive and accessible.

When will the change be in effect?

All organizations will switch to the new methodology by March 24th, 2023. 

What does this mean for the Intelligence dashboards I’ve already created?

Users of existing Zone-based alerts and dashboards should review the change details on the following pages and determine if their Zones need to be updated.

Where can I get help if I’m unsure of the impact on my Intelligence dashboards?

Your Customer Success Manager will be happy to answer any questions or assist you with updating your Intelligence alerts and dashboards. You can reach out to them directly or to success@spotai.co 

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