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Gunshot Tracking Cameras to be Deployed in LA

Posted by samzenpus on from the mixed-senses dept.

apok04 writes "Get out your tinfoil hats (and ski masks). A USC engineer uses his expertise with nerve cells to create a surveillance system that can recognize the sound of a nearby gunshot - and identify the shooter. In a unique pilot program, L.A. and Chicago will deploy test units in high-crime areas. The creator emphasizes that the system cannot recognize voices or words, but his previous research into speech recognition systems suggests otherwise."

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  1. Re:Hello, paranoid much? by mabinogi · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I was thinking the same thing myself.

    his previous research into speech regognition suggests nothing other than the fact that he is qualified to develop a system that can identify certain sounds.

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  2. gweedo by diablobsb · · Score: 0, Redundant

    now lets use one on star wars and really see if Han shoots first!

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  3. stupid final comment by glockenspieler · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The creator emphasizes that the system cannot recognize voices or words, but his previous research into speech recognition systems suggests otherwise.

    Don't be a dumbass. If someone is doing work in pattern recognition in an audio signal, something, something that they have done is related to speech recognition.

    this is like saying that because a programmer has contributed code to Apache and MySQL, that this suggests that they might be trying to hide database software in the webserver.

    Sorry, but it was a stupid side comment that makes you look like a dolt.