scorpion 0 Posted June 4, 2008 Software can identify criminals before they commit a crime! http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=563&docId=l:798548235&topicId=13717&start=7&topics=single Software can also be used in ATMs and in banks, to identify known criminals before they commit a crime (shades of the film Minority Report). Video surveillance systems have existed for many years, but until recently, extracting useful information from them was labor-intensive, time-consuming and tedious. Now, however, the quickening transition from analog to digital video has made it possible to use software for detection and analysis. This can free humans from the drudgery while improving accuracy and creating opportunities to use video in ways never before possible. "Analytics software has become increasingly sophisticated and more accurate," says ABI Research vice president and research director Stan Schatt. "It is beginning to be used for such tasks as identifying customer buying behavior, identifying criminal behavior before crimes take place, identifying objects left unattended in public venues, and much more." What do you think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GT_Cameras 0 Posted June 4, 2008 A friend of mine is working on a PhD in Computer Science specializing in artificial intelligence. His dissertation is on unleashing intelligent facial recognition software upon gbs and gbs of digital surveillance footage. Point being, within my lifetime, CCTV systems will be 100% automated.... My thoughts are mixed. On one hand, this is a security boom for really busy places like airports, train stations, casinos, etc. Can you imagine how much money this will save? But, on the other hand, we all know that this technology isn't going to stay in the surveillance industry. When the marketing industry gets it, they will be able to literally track YOU and your entire credit history as you walk through a retail store. This kind of scares me - mainly because it is going to generate terrabytes of new marketing research every day...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebco 0 Posted June 4, 2008 they will be able to literally track YOU and your entire credit history as you walk through a retail store They do that now everytime you buy something on your credit or debit card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted June 4, 2008 Yes they do, but with video will they look at your hairstyle, or the lack of hair? Will they look at your clothes to determine how you spend your money? Will they look at jewelry? Will they determine who you are with. That is not your wife/husband that you are with in the mall. How many bags are you carrying? Do you appear sad? They can research why. Do you appear happy? Why? Will this make you buy a product? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scruit 0 Posted June 4, 2008 If we're going to Blue-Sky automated CCTV... We know that software can find faces in live video feeds... Well, how long before the software can detect behavior patterns? - One dead giveaway for shoplifters is their tendency to spend more time looking at other people than at the merchandise. Software could analyze the video feeds and figure out how much time a person is spending looking around rather that at the products. It can alert a human operator to look more closely. - For the most part, cars that drive past a building will do so at the same speed - ie if the road is 55mph then people who show no interest in the building will drive past at anywhere from 50 to 65 mph. Software can anaylze the image and can figure out if a car is driving at an unusally slow speed - a car that creeps past at 15mph is suspicious, so is a car that approaches at 60mph but slows to 50mph as it passes then speeds up again. Those events could be brought to the operator's attention. - License plates can already be scanned - if you see the same license plate an unusual amount of times then the operator can be alerted. Ie if a business is closed and the same car drives past 2 or 3 times in the same direction in 5 mins then maybe the operator needs to look more closely - especially if the car slows down as it passes. - Another shoplifter train is nervousness. Maybe the software can isolate a person's shape and location in shot and then start to identify how much the person is moving around. If they make lots of rapid movements back and forth (as if trying to get the courage to go through with it) then maybe the operator should look at that. If the person arrives at the aisle, hovers in front of the display, walks back and forth between the product and a vantage position where they can see the staff, etc or is just really fidgety... Compared with someone who walks down the aisle, picks up a product and then walks away. Any of these behaviors can be normal, which is why the CCTV won't say; "Arrest that person!" but it can provide hints as to who the operator should watch more closely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GT_Cameras 0 Posted June 4, 2008 They do that now everytime you buy something on your credit or debit card. To add to Scorpion's excellent post, imagine if marketers could add mass shopping behaviour information into their already vast collection of information on buying patterns, credit patterns, etc. How do you walk around a mall? What do you look at? What stores do you stop in? What displays catch your eye? What displays catch your eye and bring you into a store? What do you look at as you are on your way into a store to make a purchase? What do you look at as you are on your way into a store just to browse? I have a marketing degree and my experience/knowledge of marketing research has actually scared me. They know a lot and they can make surprisingly accurate predictions about you and people like you. More information just adds more certainty to the mix. If you're interested in this topic, I suggest that you Google "the persuaders rushkoff". The first link that returns is to a wonderful documentary that PBS Frontline put out a few years ago. In it, media expert Douglas Rushkoff goes deep into the marketing industry and shows you some of the ways marketing research happens. It is sanitized but still actually scary.... (or maybe I'm just a paranoid wacko)?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickA 0 Posted June 4, 2008 Hey Scorpion that means no more time spent at the mall looking at the young girls, they could have us both locked up as potential shoplifters instead of dirty old men.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GT_Cameras 0 Posted June 4, 2008 Hey Scorpion that means no more time spent at the mall looking at the young girls, they could have us both locked up as potential shoplifters instead of dirty old men.... +5! Strangely, I was thinking almost the exact same thing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted June 4, 2008 You both got it wrong!!! I was looking for cougars!!!! RRRRRRRRRRR!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_disparity_in_sexual_relationships Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebco 0 Posted June 5, 2008 lack of hair? How did you know that hum? Are you watching me? Ahhhhhhhhh I suggest that you Google "the persuaders rushkoff". Google is one of the biggest data minng copanies around they keep any and all your searches and sell them to marketing companies. Well, how long before the software can detect behavior patterns? It's here already If you guys have the time (2 Hours) to watch a show that will put thing in perspective for you find this show Youtube my have it make sure you watch it from the beginning CNBC Special: "Big Brother, Big Business" It will scare you.Also check this out http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/v/8159413 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neugent 0 Posted July 8, 2008 I thought this was a thread on security system with a built-in fortune teller or psychic. Seriously, facial recognition is still a tough challenge as I think it can be easily spoofed through the use of disguises. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
survtech 0 Posted July 8, 2008 A friend of mine is working on a PhD in Computer Science specializing in artificial intelligence. His dissertation is on unleashing intelligent facial recognition software upon gbs and gbs of digital surveillance footage. Point being, within my lifetime, CCTV systems will be 100% automated.... My thoughts are mixed. On one hand, this is a security boom for really busy places like airports, train stations, casinos, etc. Can you imagine how much money this will save? But, on the other hand, we all know that this technology isn't going to stay in the surveillance industry. When the marketing industry gets it, they will be able to literally track YOU and your entire credit history as you walk through a retail store. This kind of scares me - mainly because it is going to generate terrabytes of new marketing research every day...... I doubt if we in the casino industry will be able to replace our "observers" any time soon. I can't imagine AI being able to identify mis-set Pai Gow hands or improperly paid blackjack hands, along with many other things we need to observe, any time in the near future. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebco 0 Posted July 9, 2008 Seriously, facial recognition is still a tough challenge as I think it can be easily spoofed through the use of disguises. Imaging the software trying to figure this out http://pro.corbis.com/images/RF4467817.jpg?size=572&uid=%7B3E52EF58-0DBA-414B-9FAA-3CE7DEB897F0%7D I don't know give it a year, i got to hand it to the software developers as trying to get things on the market as fast as they can make there money then troubleshoot the software later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jisaac 0 Posted July 22, 2008 intelligent software has a long way to go as analytics right now just suck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
