dreamdancer 0 #1 December 15, 2009 interesting... QuoteWHAT'S the difference between a suicide bomber and a cleaner? It sounds like the opening line of a sick joke, but for computer scientists working on intelligent video-surveillance software, being able to make that distinction is a key goal. Current CCTV systems can collect masses of data, but little of it is used, says Shaogang Gong, a computer-vision computation researcher at Queen Mary, University of London. "What we really need are better ways to mine that data," he says. Gong is leading an international team of researchers to develop a next-generation CCTV system, called Samurai, which is capable of identifying and tracking individuals that act suspiciously in crowded public spaces. It uses algorithms to profile people's behaviour, learning about how people usually behave in the environments where it is deployed. It can also take changes in lighting conditions into account, enabling it to track people as they move from one camera's viewing field to another. To improve the tracking of an individual at an airport, the system can also learn the routes people are likely to take - straight from the entrance to check-in, say. It can even follow a target as they move in a crowd, using the characteristic shape of the person, their luggage and the people they are walking with, to follow them as they walk between different camera views. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427385.800-smart-cctv-learns-to-spot-suspicious-types.htmlstay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #2 December 15, 2009 Quoteinteresting... Creepy to anyone who believes in a degree of privacy, and knows the limitations of the technology described. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #3 December 15, 2009 I went to Annapolis with a my son on a Boy Scout trip. There computer lab had a camera where a group of us could get into the image. The computer was "interpreting" our facial expressions. It was pretty good. But, facial expressions don't necessarily convey emotions.We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouDiamond 1 #4 December 16, 2009 While the "gee whiz" factor is high on this technology I can say from experience with similar programs out there that this is not as clean cut as they make it sound. Often times there are lots of false positives and or an equal degree of "hits" than that of a real person observing people via CCTV. I am not sold on it as the tech has not really gotten there yet."It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required" Some people dream about flying, I live my dream SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreamdancer 0 #5 December 16, 2009 QuoteQuoteinteresting... Creepy to anyone who believes in a degree of privacy, and knows the limitations of the technology described. the cameras are going to get better, more data will be able to be stored, and the algorithms will evolve until there is no escape from the all-seeing cctv eye.stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #6 December 16, 2009 QuoteQuoteQuoteinteresting... Creepy to anyone who believes in a degree of privacy, and knows the limitations of the technology described. the cameras are going to get better, more data will be able to be stored, and the algorithms will evolve until there is no escape from the all-seeing cctv eye. BRAVE new world! when we're there, will we have the mind-police too!?“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RonD1120 62 #7 December 16, 2009 Quoteinteresting... QuoteWHAT'S the difference between a suicide bomber and a cleaner? It sounds like the opening line of a sick joke, but for computer scientists working on intelligent video-surveillance software, being able to make that distinction is a key goal. Current CCTV systems can collect masses of data, but little of it is used, says Shaogang Gong, a computer-vision computation researcher at Queen Mary, University of London. "What we really need are better ways to mine that data," he says. Gong is leading an international team of researchers to develop a next-generation CCTV system, called Samurai, which is capable of identifying and tracking individuals that act suspiciously in crowded public spaces. It uses algorithms to profile people's behaviour, learning about how people usually behave in the environments where it is deployed. It can also take changes in lighting conditions into account, enabling it to track people as they move from one camera's viewing field to another. To improve the tracking of an individual at an airport, the system can also learn the routes people are likely to take - straight from the entrance to check-in, say. It can even follow a target as they move in a crowd, using the characteristic shape of the person, their luggage and the people they are walking with, to follow them as they walk between different camera views. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427385.800-smart-cctv-learns-to-spot-suspicious-types.html How about this one, the MAV, being developed by the USAF. http://video.designworldonline.com/bugbots.htmlLook for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #8 December 16, 2009 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteinteresting... Creepy to anyone who believes in a degree of privacy, and knows the limitations of the technology described. the cameras are going to get better, more data will be able to be stored, and the algorithms will evolve until there is no escape from the all-seeing cctv eye. BRAVE new world! when we're there, will we have the mind-police too!? It will be super great when they mount a sniper rifle on it and give the AI free reign to shoot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
