Search & investigate · Feature guide

Natural language video search

You know what you are looking for, but not when it happened. Natural language video search lets you describe a person, vehicle or object and review matching recordings. A warehouse manager might search for a white van near the gate instead of opening every camera and guessing the time.

Illustration of a text query finding white-van footage at an Indian warehouse gate
AI-generated illustration of natural-language search. The scene and overlays explain the concept; they are not a PGAK screenshot or measured result.

How it works

Describe the person, vehicle or object you need. Find relevant footage without scrubbing through hours of recordings.

Where it could help your business

Search a Delhi site for a white vehicle arriving after closing time.

Start with simple descriptions from your own footage. Try clothing colour, vehicle type and location separately before combining them. Keep the original clips available so an operator can check each result; a convincing match can still be the wrong person or vehicle.

What your camera setup needs

Requires a compatible search platform or AI recorder. Query support and indexing capacity vary.

Can I search all my old CCTV recordings?

Only if the proposed platform can ingest and index those recordings. Ask which cameras, recording formats, retention periods and historical imports are supported before assuming your archive is searchable.

Check it on your own site

Bring a camera model list and explain the event you want to find or detect. We can use that to scope a compatibility assessment. Ask for a written proposal naming the supported functions, processing hardware, licences and pilot checks before agreeing to an installation.

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