New Singapore surveillance software can detect abnormal behaviour(fwd)

[Alan]

Am I the only one reminded of the story "Agent of Chaos" by Norman Spinrad?

And Singapore would be just the type of place to make violation of the 
unusual action protocol a capital offense.

On Monday 30 July 2001 06:04, Eugene Leitl wrote:

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> Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 12:40:36 -0400
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> Subject: New Singapore surveillance software can detect abnormal behaviour
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> Surveillance software can detect abnormal behaviour
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> Friday July 27 7:38 AM ET
>
> New Singapore Software Can Beef Up Surveillance
>
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010727/tc/tech_singapore_software_dc_1.ht
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> SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore scientists have created new software which
> may beef up surveillance efforts in the future by distinguishing between a
> person's normal activities and suspicious behavior.
>
> The software created by researchers at the Nanyang Technological University
> can tell the difference between people walking, talking and acting
> normally, and abnormal behavior such as a fight or someone collapsing.
>
> The Singapore team recorded and classified 73 features of human movement,
> such as speed, direction, shape and pattern.
>
> The features were then used with existing ``neural network'' software,
> which can learn and remember patterns, to create a new program.
>
> ``Each of the features is actually generated from a formula ...then the
> learning software will be able to classify certain motion as normal or
> abnormal,'' associate professor Maylor Leung told Reuters on Friday.
>
> ``It's something new. No one has tried (developing it) and so far we are
> successful,'' he said.
>
> Images fed to the software, such as from a surveillance camera, are
> analyzed almost instantly and with 96 percent accuracy, Leung said.
>
> The software can trigger an alarm when unusual movements are detected,
> making it well suited for surveillance.
>
> Creating the artificial intelligence needed to recognize complex human
> motion has been a challenge, Leung said.
>
> It is difficult for the human eye to accurately judge motion, such as
> speed, and even harder for a software program to do so, he said.
>
> Leung is looking for partners to commercialize the software. The research,
> which took two and a half years, is pending publication in several
> technical journals.
>
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