Cameras to predict crime first.Byline: GEOFFREY LAKEMAN CCTV CCTV abbr. closed-circuit television CCTV closed-circuit television street cameras will soon be able to predict when a crime is going to happen, scientists have claimed. They "smart" cameras will recognise body language to identify potential criminals or even suicides. The technology called "machine vision" is based on the ability of highly sophisticated computers to see and analyse human behaviour. The futuristic concept, which could have come straight out of sci-fi movie Minority Report, is being discussed at an international conference at Cardiff University Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a leading university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. It has an annual turnover of £315 million. this week. The British Machine Vision Conference 2002, which is attracting delegates from all over the world, will look at the development of cameras which can lock on to a person standing still in a crowd for 10 minutes or so. Such "furtive fur·tive adj. 1. Characterized by stealth; surreptitious. 2. Expressive of hidden motives or purposes; shifty. See Synonyms at secret. " behaviour is associated with the run-up to a crime such as a mugging or suicide. And like the "Pre-Crime Unit" in the Tom Cruise film, police could be alerted to stop incidents before they happen. |
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