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Ability to mark "Static Objects" as False Positives to stop AI misidentification (Snow/Rain)

 
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Ability to mark "Static Objects" as False Positives to stop AI misidentification (Snow/Rain)

Ability to mark "Static Objects" as False Positives to stop AI misidentification (Snow/Rain)
Ability to mark "Static Objects" as False Positives to stop AI misidentification (Snow/Rain)
2026-01-03 17:04:43
Tags: #Image recognition
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The Problem:

During snowfall or heavy rain, the AI Person/Vehicle detection identifies static landscape objects (garden posts, parked equipment, fences) as humans or vehicles. While these objects are ignored in clear weather, the visual "noise" from precipitation causes the AI to misidentify them.

Currently, "Activity Zones" are not a solution because they create permanent blind spots in the security perimeter.

 

Proposed Functionality:

I am requesting a "Mark as False Positive" or "Ignore this Object" feature.

 

AI Feedback Loop: When a user receives a false alert (e.g., a garden post seen as a person), allow the user to long-press the event and select "This is a static object, ignore in future."

 

Static Object Calibration: Allow users to "tag" known static objects in the field of view (like a tractor or a post) so the AI filters those specific coordinates/shapes out of its alert logic while remaining active for new movement in that same area.

 

Environmental Adaptation: This would allow the AI to maintain high sensitivity for real threats while ignoring the "ghost" patterns created by snow interacting with static objects.

 

This would move Tapo from simple shape-matching to a more robust, environment-aware security system.

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Re:Ability to mark "Static Objects" as False Positives to stop AI misidentification (Snow/Rain)
2026-01-05 08:47:47

  @Karmo 

Hi, 
Thank you very much for your feedback and feature requests. While we don't have specific details on whether these features can be added to the product or when they might be, I'll log the feature requests and pass them along to the relevant team for evaluation.

 

Btw, some Tapo camera models support the Correct Event Type feature. On the camera's Playback & Download > Playback page, tap the three dots icon beside a detected event. If the Correct Event Type feature appears, you can tap it to modify the event type manually, such as select No events or select the correct event type. This will improve the detection feature's accuracy.

 

Best Regards

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Re:Ability to mark "Static Objects" as False Positives to stop AI misidentification (Snow/Rain)
2026-01-23 18:21:53

  @Solla-topee thanks for the 'Correct event type' hint. Didn't even think that it could improve future recognition. Have now done it hundreds, if not a thousand times. Unfortunately no improvement what so ever. It has been snowing daily for weeks now. Even a very light snowfall is registered as motion on Tapo 4k cameras. And with that loads of persons and pets are detected.  I reduced sensitivity to minimum. Still no help. Only two things that helped were

- disabling person detection

- excluding an area from detection. 

Both make these cameras useless. 

 

Hope to get software update with recognition improvements soon. 

 

Feel free to contact me directly for sample data.

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Re:Ability to mark "Static Objects" as False Positives to stop AI misidentification (Snow/Rain)
2026-01-26 06:10:36

  @Karmo 

Hi,
For the reported phenomenon, please provide the following information for further analysis.
  1. Please go to the camera's Device Settings > Detection page and send us the screenshots of the Detection, Detection Zones, and the enabled detection types pages.
  2. Go to the camera's Live View > Playback & Download > Playback page, download the videos that show the false detection behavior, and send us a screenshot of the playback page that includes the videos.

 

You can upload the videos and screenshots to your cloud server (such as Google Drive), generate a download link, and send it to me (@Solla-topee) via a private message.
 

Best Regards

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Re:Ability to mark "Static Objects" as False Positives to stop AI misidentification (Snow/Rain)
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  @Solla-topee 

Thanks!

Sent you a private message a month ago, but haven't received any answer yet.

 

Offered a more convenient sample data sharing than you suggested. By using in app sharing our your own cloud service (instead of Google).

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Re:Ability to mark "Static Objects" as False Positives to stop AI misidentification (Snow/Rain)
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  @Karmo 

Hi,
I have replied to you on Wednesday in a private message. You may double-check if you can find my reply.
In your situation, to protect your data security and privacy, direct access to your camera is not recommended. I have escalated your case to our tech team, and they will contact you via email to assist you further. You can then email the requested screenshots and videos in this post to our tech team.
Best Regards

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Re:Ability to mark "Static Objects" as False Positives to stop AI misidentification (Snow/Rain)
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  @Solla-topee 

Thank you so much for your responses and actions!

Received the email from support and found your message under my profile. Before I was looking for the private conversation from your profile and couldn't find it.

 

I kept correcting those hundreds of false detections. Therefore can't use old videos as example anyone. But in general, correcting of event type seems to have helped. Can't be totally sure because during the past month there has been just a few hours of snowfall. With rain though, those false alerts seem to have resolved.

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