mickjoebill
19th Sep 2018, 06:31
In Australia, Victoria Police announce plans to use drones to monitor large areas during public events.
Will rollout in two years.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-19/victoria-police-new-anti-terrorism-bid/10280484
According to the media, AI wil be used to evaluate the crowd to find patterns in movement that can indicate unusual behaviour.
It is described as an anti terrorism tool.
From an elevated position I observed several drones in use during last New Year’s Eve in Melbourne, presumably in use by Govt as one of them manoeuvred down a street at around 150ft:)
Can see the practicality to gain a view of a wide area, but I’m puzzled about their viability in conjunction with AI to evaluate movement of an individual, as that would require holding in a set position where the longer the duration of the hover, the smarter the AI becomes. It’s a hard task for an orbiting drone to maintrain track of thousands of targets.
May be a outdated view, but the longer the endurance the more effective the AI.
Perhaps the endurance issue will be solved by a tether? Or is the AI a sales pitch where only irregular behaviour is tracked, not regular behaviour!
Lots of trees in Melbourne to lurk under to hide from a drone. We all know that evaluating pedestrians is best achieved with the camera looking vertically, so a decent elevation is required.
The spokesperson claimed it could identify a rucksack was left in a crowd at the Myer Music Bowl (an open stage with a capacity of 10,000).
Will be interesting to see the spec and optimal operating height for AI to function.
Mjb
Will rollout in two years.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-19/victoria-police-new-anti-terrorism-bid/10280484
According to the media, AI wil be used to evaluate the crowd to find patterns in movement that can indicate unusual behaviour.
It is described as an anti terrorism tool.
From an elevated position I observed several drones in use during last New Year’s Eve in Melbourne, presumably in use by Govt as one of them manoeuvred down a street at around 150ft:)
Can see the practicality to gain a view of a wide area, but I’m puzzled about their viability in conjunction with AI to evaluate movement of an individual, as that would require holding in a set position where the longer the duration of the hover, the smarter the AI becomes. It’s a hard task for an orbiting drone to maintrain track of thousands of targets.
May be a outdated view, but the longer the endurance the more effective the AI.
Perhaps the endurance issue will be solved by a tether? Or is the AI a sales pitch where only irregular behaviour is tracked, not regular behaviour!
Lots of trees in Melbourne to lurk under to hide from a drone. We all know that evaluating pedestrians is best achieved with the camera looking vertically, so a decent elevation is required.
The spokesperson claimed it could identify a rucksack was left in a crowd at the Myer Music Bowl (an open stage with a capacity of 10,000).
Will be interesting to see the spec and optimal operating height for AI to function.
Mjb