Area Search

Focus Where It Counts - Every Second Saved Matters.

With CheckVideo’s Area Search, you can select a specific region inside any camera’s field of view (a door, a loading bay, a parking stall, a fence line) and instantly see only the activity that occurred inside that region. It’s the fastest way to cut through busy scenes, reduce irrelevant clips, and jump straight to what matters – across every camera and every site. No complex setup, no manual tagging, no model training required.

What Is Area Search?

Area Search is a precision filter for video investigations. Draw a box over the part of the frame you care about, and CheckVideo returns only the events from that area across your selected time window and camera groups. Think: “Show me everything that crossed this gate between 7–9 p.m.” or “Only activity in this handicap stall after hours.”

It’s ideal for busy, high-traffic environments where you want to focus on a specific zone of interest.

Why It Matters for Security and Operations

Area Search gives security teams and operators the power to focus on exactly where incidents occur – speeding up investigations, and delivering clearer insights that improve both safety and efficiency.

Speed: Shrink investigations from hours to minutes by ignoring everything outside your zone.
Signal over noise: Eliminate distractions from crowds, reflections, or traffic outside the region you care about.
Scales instantly: Search a single doorway—or every dock door across a portfolio—in seconds with our cloud architecture.
Proof you can use: Review and export full-resolution video for clean evidence packages and incident reports.

How it Works

No tagging. No expensive AI training. Just click, draw, and go.

Pick your timeframe (e.g., last 30 minutes, yesterday, custom range).
Choose cameras or groups (one site or many).
Draw your zone (entrance, stairwell, parking stall, gate line).
Review results—only clips inside that zone are returned.
Refine with quick filters (object type, camera groups) and export.

Area Search vs. Appearance & Natural Language Search

Area Search: Best when you know where the incident occurred—filter to one region and remove the rest.

Appearance Search: Best when you have a visual reference (person/vehicle snapshot) and want to find visually similar sightings across cameras and time.

Natural Language Search: Best when you want to describe behavior (e.g., “person loitering at east door after 10 p.m.”) and get relevant clips fast.

See Area Search in Action

Ready to see Area Search in action? Contact us to learn more.