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Harris Poll Shows 96 Percent of Americans Support Uses of Video Surveillance to Counteract Terrorism | Reuters
A recent Harris Poll survey indicates that 96 percent of U.S. citizens feel the
federal government and law enforcement agencies should be able to use video
surveillance in an effort to counteract terrorism and help protect U.S. citizens
in specific public places... That Americans don't mind being watched is
especially relevant in light of the recently exposed domestic terror plot in
Boston, and subsequent FBI intelligence indicating that Al Qaida recruits are
reportedly being encouraged to perform acts of terrorism inside the U.S.
BRS Labs' technology blends computer vision, machine learning and artificial
intelligence; it sends instant and reliable alerts to a myriad of PDA devices,
and the software is compatible with all legacy camera systems.
"Traditional video surveillance approaches have failed because they ignore the
fact that every environment is unique," said Ray Davis, founder of BRS Labs.
"These methods also require expensive, labor-intensive programming to define
specific objects or activities a system should look for, so unexpected security
incidents are missed," said Davis. "Any new technology approach to video
surveillance must deliver the right level of protection and the right level of
privacy from small, simple deployments to the most complex security environments
without human intervention required."
AiSighttakes visual input from a camera, learns what activities and behaviors
are typical, and generates real-time alerts when it identifies activities that
are not normal. It is a reasoning-based surveillance technology that functions
in a manner similar to the human brain. It takes in external visual input
(computer vision), while its machine learning engine observes the scene, learns
and recognizes behavioral patterns and responds accordingly. Surveillance is
24/7, and since the software learns the scene, the false positives are greatly
reduced.