Configuration mode > Administration > Cameras > Privacy masking
Privacy masking

Sensitive areas or movements in the image can be hidden by a mask. This prevents the user from seeing these areas. Depending on the user authorizations, the mask is displayed in surveillance mode and archive mode.

This function can be activated and disabled in surveillance mode and archive mode by administrators and users with corresponding rights.

  1. Activate privacy masking.
  2. Select the Static objects or Scrambling control.
Static objects
  1. Select the Static objects function and select the shape of the area to be hidden.
  2. Select the transparency, color and shape of the mask, and then drag the shape over the camera image.
    You can select either Delete to delete a single masking or Delete all to delete all of them.
Moving objects
  1. Select the Scrambling function and specify how long the object is to be masked for after it comes to a halt (Masking duration), the pixel size to be used for masking (Masking) and how sensitive the response is to a moving object (Sensitivity).
  2. Select Black and white to display the mask in black and white. Otherwise, the mask is displayed with coarse pixels in the original colors.
Office mode
  1. Select Office mode, and then load a reference image. All differences to the stored reference image are masked.
  2. To delete all masks in the archive, click Delete history and then Yes to confirm.
    If privacy masks with archived recordings are deleted, only users with the appropriate permissions are able to see the recordings.