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Glossary

The glossary explains terms commonly used in Frigate's documentation.

Bounding Box​

A box returned from the object detection model that outlines an object in the frame. These have multiple colors depending on object type in the debug live view.

Bounding Box Colors​

  • At startup different colors will be assigned to each object label
  • A dark blue thin line indicates that object is not detected at this current point in time
  • A gray thin line indicates that object is detected as being stationary
  • A thick line indicates that object is the subject of autotracking (when enabled).

False Positive​

An incorrect detection of an object type. For example a dog being detected as a person, a chair being detected as a dog, etc. A person being detected in an area you want to ignore is not a false positive.

Mask​

There are two types of masks in Frigate. See the mask docs for more info

Motion Mask​

Motion masks prevent detection of motion in masked areas from triggering Frigate to run object detection, but do not prevent objects from being detected if object detection runs due to motion in nearby areas. For example: camera timestamps, skies, the tops of trees, etc.

Object Mask​

Object filter masks drop any bounding boxes where the bottom center (overlap doesn't matter) is in the masked area. It forces them to be considered a false positive so that they are ignored.

Min Score​

The lowest score that an object can be detected with during tracking, any detection with a lower score will be assumed to be a false positive

Motion​

When pixels in the current camera frame are different than previous frames. When many nearby pixels are different in the current frame they grouped together and indicated with a red motion box in the live debug view. See the motion detection docs for more info

Region​

A portion of the camera frame that is sent to object detection, regions can be sent due to motion, active objects, or occasionally for stationary objects. These are represented by green boxes in the debug live view.

Review Item​

A review item is a time period where any number of events/tracked objects were active. See the review docs for more info

Snapshot Score​

The score shown in a snapshot is the score of that object at that specific moment in time.

Threshold​

The threshold is the median score that an object must reach in order to be considered a true positive.

Top Score​

The top score for an object is the highest median score for an object.

Tracked Object ("event" in previous versions)​

The time period starting when a tracked object entered the frame and ending when it left the frame, including any time that the object remained still. Tracked objects are saved when it is considered a true positive and meets the requirements for a snapshot or recording to be saved.

Zone​

Zones are areas of interest, zones can be used for notifications and for limiting the areas where Frigate will create an event. See the zone docs for more info